Environment

Environment

2023-24 Advocacy and Education Program: Outlook for Work on Environmental Issues

  1. Ban Release of Radioactive Waste into Hudson River (S5181/A5338)
  2. Bigger Better Bottle Bill (S237/A6353)
  3. The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Act (S4246/A5322)

LWVW has taken action regarding air quality, energy, land use, waste management, water resources, issues specific to Indian Point Energy Center, a nuclear power plant, and the efforts of the Army Corps of Engineers to protect the harbors of NY and NJ from storm surge. Past efforts also include an influential study on sewage that led County Government to adopt legislation strengthening the laws in this area and a Wa$te Wi$e Westchester conference at the County Center to spur early recycling efforts..

Recordings of Past LWVW Events

Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at 7 pm: Endocrine Disruptors in Plastics: State Policy Options

  • John Peterson (Pete) Myers, Ph.D., founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences
  • NYS Senator Pete Harckham
  • Megan J. Wolff, Ph.D., MPH, public health historian
  • Endocrine Disruptors Resource Guide

 

 

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at 12 pm: Perils of Plastics

  • Erica Cirino, author of Thicker Than Water: A Quest for Solutions to the Plastics Crisis
  • Jim Vallette, President of Materials Research L3C and author of The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change
  • Perils of Plastics Resource Guide

 

Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at 12 pm: LWVW Climate Smart Workshop, Finding the Money for Municipal Climate Projects

  • Anilla Cherian, Hudson Valley Regional Council (HVRC) Clean Energy Communities Coordinator
  • Niki Armacost, Mayor of Hastings-on-Hudson
  • Mary Lambert, Hastings-on-Hudson Trustee and CSC Coordinator
  • Brian Pugh, Mayor of Croton-on-Hudson
  • Lindsay Audin, Croton-on-Hudson CSC and CEC Coordinator

 

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