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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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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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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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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With bipartisan support from a group of 59 Senate co-sponsors including the Majority Leader and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as well as President Trump, “The Great American Outdoors Act,” if passed, would provide full dedicated funding for the LWCF and address the maintenance backlog in America’s national parks and other public lands.
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We recently joined 13 other state conservation voter groups for a Fall Lobby Day on Capitol Hill organized by the national LCV. On the agenda was permanent and full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and a suite of clean energy proposals ranging from tax credits for renewables to funding for electric school buses.
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Last month, the Trump Administration announced the repeal of the 2015 Clean Water Rule (also known as “Waters of the United States”) under the Clean Water Act. These new changes will weaken the protection of the nation's waters by allowing the federal government to reduce the number of waterways it protects.
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The EPA is looking to weaken the Clean Water Act (CWA) enforcement process by decreasing states’ authority to enforce the law. The proposed changes target states like New York that have used the CWA to block or delay projects that may harm the environment.
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