Group Roundup: Fall 2014
New York City
Chapter sues to prevent massive fish kills by power plant
SA Fall 2014
Executive Committee Report: Fall 2014
The Atlantic Chapter ExCom held its fall quarterly meeting in Syracuse on September 27. The ExCom heard a recap of the successful People’s Climate March, including consideration of how to build on it going forward.
Enviro Close-Up Fall 2014
Suffolk DA tough on environmental crime
The ECU—Environmental Crime Unit—of the Suffolk County district attorney’s office has figured prominently in major stories in the New York region in recent times.
Atlantic Chapter Executive Committee 2014 election for four at-large delegates
To be eligible to vote in the election, you must be a member in good standing of the Atlantic Chapter as of the mailing of this newsletter in the fall of 2014.
Cooking for a Small Planet: Fall 2014
Quick recipes for shorter days
PSC delays desalination decision until after election
by Peggy Kurtz and Gale Pisha
Rockland County has made real progress in fighting the desalination plant proposed by Suez/United Water for irreplaceable habitat in Haverstraw Bay. The Public Service Commission (PSC) postponed a decision on Suez/United Water’s $60.3 million request for a down payment on the massive costs of this proposal until November 30, after the election.
Conservation Action: Fall 2014
People’s Climate March: next steps
Celebrating 50 years of the Wilderness Act & Pinnacles National Park - an overlooked gem
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, consider these words by Kenneth Brower, son of the Club’s first executive director, David Brower:
Chapter Adirondack lawsuits moving through courts
by Charles C. Morrison
The Atlantic Chapter has two lawsuits in progress in the Adirondack Park. One concerns “Lot 8,” a 200-acre Forest Preserve parcel in the Jay Mountain Wilderness Area of the Champlain Valley. Readers may recall that this parcel was the subject of an amendment to Article 14 of the State Constitution, the “forever wild” provision, on the ballot last November as Proposal 5. It allowed a private company, NYCO Minerals, Inc. to expand its existing wollastonite mine into this State land.
Why the climate movement cannot ignore trade
by Ilana Solomon
In September, I joined more than 400,000 community members on the front lines of climate disruption— environmentalists, workers, students, parents, and others—to demand action on climate and to claim our collective rights to clean water, air, and land.
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