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  • NYLCV/NYLCVEF Announces Annual Spring Gala

    NYLCV/NYLCVEF's annual Gala draws over seven hundred environmentalists, business leaders from the energy and environment sectors, philanthropists, politicians and government officials from across the state each year.  Your participation as an honoree will highlight your efforts as a champion for the environment before the key players and stakeholders of New York's environmental community.

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  • From the Nation’s Capital to Nassau County, a Week of Environmental Advocacy

    From a panel discussion on decarbonizing buildings in Albany, to a Washington D.C. fly-in to lobby congress on climate issues, to an environmental breakfast with City Council members in New York City, to a town hall concerning America's affordable clean energy plan, NYLCV/EF got to work this week.

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  • NYLCV Releases Ambitious Policy Agendas for Long Island and New York City

    The New York League of Conservation Voters and New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (NYLCV/EF) released their regional policy agendas last week for Long Island and New York City. These agendas will focus much of NYYLV/EF’s work and advocacy throughout the next 12 months, including guiding which bills get included in the Legislative Scorecards and directing League’s educational programming. 

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  • A Clean Fuel Standard: The Path to a Clean Transportation Sector

    The New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) is advocating strongly for the approval of a Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) law in the state of New York. A CFS, sometimes also called a low carbon

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NYLCV/NYLCVEF Announces Annual Spring Gala
NYLCV/NYLCVEF's annual Gala draws over seven hundred environmentalists, business leaders from the energy and environment sectors, philanthropists, politicians and government officials from across the state each year.  Your participation as an honoree will highlight your efforts as a champion for the environment before the key players and stakeholders of New York's environmental community.
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NYLCV Releases 2022 State Policy Agenda
Read more about The New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) and NYLCV Education Fund (NYLCVEF) 2022 State Policy Agenda.
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NYLCV Testifies in Support of Clean Water Infrastructure
Last week, Senator Michelle Hinchey of New York District 46 held a forum to address key issues facing New York’s water infrastructure. The forum covered key matters facing New York water systems, including aging infrastructure, lead pipelines, and PFAS contaminants. Further, replacing septic systems and lead service lines, conducting private well testing and treatment, and providing local governments with the necessary funds to maintain clean water systems are all necessary priorities.
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Major Environmental Investments in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
The deal secures an investment of $1.2 trillion, some of which will be used to fund new climate resilience projects, such as electric school buses, EV infrastructure, zero-low emission public transit, the removal of lead pipes & PFAS to improve drinking water, and pollution remediation. These investments are part of a comprehensive effort to both build resilience against the climate crisis and completely stop it in its tracks, and it marks the largest federal investment into infrastructure in U.S. history. 
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Build Back Better: Senate and House Leaders Need to Make Clean Water A Priority in Infrastructure Spending
To help address our clean drinking water crisis, NYLCV signed a letter with the Clean Water for All Coalition urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to make clean water investments a priority in both the bipartisan and reconciliation infrastructure packages.
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Urging the EPA to change its Trump-Era Lead Policy
Along with 147 other organizations, NYLCV is urging the EPA to remove the previous administration's harmful revision to the Lead and Copper Rule and instead implement new broad changes to the LCR that would prioritize decreasing lead exposure.
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PFAS Update: Urging Senate Majority Leader Schumer to make Clean Water A Priority
Recently, NYLCV joined a letter urging Senator Schumer to adopt policies from the INVEST Act, which provides necessary funding to remove toxic “PFAS” chemicals from our drinking water.
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2021 State Legislative Session Wraps Up With a Few Environmental Victories
For environmentalists, this session brought some major wins, but unfortunately, the session ended with a lot still to do to fight climate change.
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Plastic Straws Are Out!
The New York City Council last week passed legislation to restrict food-service establishments from giving out single-use plastic straws, except upon request. This will cut the city’s plastic output that reaches our landfills and oceans. 
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