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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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Learn MoreFor 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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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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NYLCV joined two dozen environmental groups from across New York to lobby more than 60 members of the state legislature on 10 bills to advance environmental justice, protect drinking water, ban harmful chemicals, support sustainable waste management, and protect natural habitats. Several of the bills included are NYLCV priorities and are likely to appear on our legislative scorecard later this year.
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We're excited to release latest NYC Council Environmental Scorecard, in which Council Members are evaluated based on their support of environmental issues
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We are excited to release our 2021-2022 Westchester Policy Agenda. We will focus our advocacy and programming on combating climate
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We are excited to release our 2021 NYC Policy Agenda. In 2019, New York City committed to a bold Green
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