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The Community Risk and Resiliency Act was signed into law in 2014 after NYLCV and other environmental advocates pushed for its passage. The Department of Environmental Conservation recently released two new flood management documents developed under the CRRA that address flood risk and sea-level rise, as well as approve state funding for mitigation and resiliency programs.

Improper drug disposal is an issue that affects us here in New York and across the nation. While researchers in Washington State recently found water contamination from improperly disposed drugs, New York State recently approved a policy to combat this issue.

NYLCV and other state chapters took to Capitol Hill recently to lobby Congress for the Land and Water Conservation Fund's unabridged funding and indefinite reauthorization. At each meeting, legislators were presented with a complete list of projects the LCWF has sponsored in their districts with the intention of collaborating on an event at a cherished LWCF funded project and to serve as a reminder of the essential role the conservation program plays.

Earlier this year the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR) found that toxic chemicals in drinking water can be harmful at much lower levels than the EPA previously reported as safe. Newly disclosed e-mails between members of the EPA revealed that the agency tried to keep this information hidden to avoid conflict with the public and a negative reaction from the media.

A new study from researchers at Columbia University cites the environmental concerns of caffeine and numerous other substances lurking in

The State Assembly recently examined progress on the spend-down of the $2.5 billion allocated to clean water in this year's

Last Wednesday evening at CUNY Law School in Queens, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) held its