Please see attached letter to Gov Hochul signed by all of the Westchester County legislators, calling on her to immediately sign the Save the Hudson bill.   Ellen Weininger Director of Educational Outreach Grassroots Environmental Education 914-422-3141 www.grassrootsinfo.org

It’s not over yet.   The bill banning dumping tritated water into the Hudson passed the legislature but is is not signed into law.  Holtec now has given no indication that they will respect this bill when and if the Governor does sign it.  There are amazing numbers of people, including lawyers, working on this from...

Hi everyone, I know all of you already know we passed the Save the Hudson bill but I wanted to extend my thanks to everyone, particularly those who volunteered their time to make calls, send mass texts, come to lobby days, pack meetings, show up to rallies, table to build up the bill and meet...

The vote was 100 to 44, 6 legislators did not record a vote and 8 Dems voted against it. From: ‘Rebecca Martin via Stop Holtec The passage of the legislation in the senate and now in the assembly provides strong leverage against August/September releases. The ball is in Hochul’s court. It’s a single target for all of...

The DOB meeting was right out of Energy’s play book from years ago.  Workers were bussed in and given a buffet dinner.  The outside door was locked and we could not go in to the meeting room. When a protest was raised that some people were already inside we were told that was different –...

ALL HANDS ON DECK TO TAKE 2 URGENT ACTION STEPS:#1. URGENT ACTION to keep calling Assembly Speaker Heastie (toll-free) 855-969-5613 or 518-455-3791 and tell him to bring the Save the Hudson bill – Assembly Bill A.7208 to the floor for a vote to prohibit discharging radioactive waste into the Hudson River in order to protect our children, our communities,...

ALBANY – State Senator Rob Rolison (39th District) released a statement following the upper chamber’s unanimous passage of S.6893, his co-sponsored bipartisan legislation which would make it unlawful to discharge any radiological substance into the Hudson River in connection with the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant. The bill passed 62-0.Holtec, the company involved in Indian...

Albany comes to Ossining my friends. In short: Our Assemblywoman (and former Town Supervisor) Dana Levenberg sponsored a bill (which is sponsored by our Senator Harckham in the Senate) that would end the plan of Indian Point’s decommissioning owner, Holtec, from dumping almost 2 million gallons of radiated wastewater into the Hudson River as early as August. While the state legislative...

Stop Holtec! “Buchanan, NY: Pack the Room – Thurs. 4:45. Decommissioning Oversight Board meeting. https://www.mobilize.us/fww/event/567628/?re⁶⁶ferring_vol=4615800&rname=Marilyn&share_context=signup-form-modal&share_medium=mailto&timeslot=3941709 CHANGE OF VENUE – this meeting is in Buchanan, not Cortlandt. Come early to pack the house! DATE: Thursday, June 15, 2023  TIME: 6:00 p.m.  LOCATION: Buchanan Village Hall 236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511  David Lochbaum will present his latest paper on tritiated water. ...

ALBANY- A bill that would prevent the dumping of radioactive water in the Hudson River unanimously passed the Senate, however, failed to come for a vote in the Assembly. The bill, sponsored by State Senator Peter Harckham (D, Peekskill) prohibits the discharge of radioactive water into the Hudson River.  The bill is in response to...

Albany, NY — On Friday, the New York State Senate unanimously passed S6893-Harckham, which prohibits the dumping of radioactive waste from decommissioning nuclear plants into the Hudson River. After the Assembly failed to pass A7208-Levenberg this afternoon, activists are calling for a special session to pass the legislation, as Holtec International plans to dump one million...

Apologies for the misinformation. The bill did not pass. It was so close it seemed like a done deal.  At the very last minute a lot of different unfortunate factors came together and  three Republican members said they wanted to have a debate on the bill.  That was enough to knock it off track.  Albany...