Helping ensure that everyone has access to healthy food and understands the role farms can play in land conservation and in fighting climate change.
Continue readingFarms & Food for Life
Federal Farm Bill
FARMS FOREVER: The next Farm Bill can protect healthy soils, 🌱encourage climate-friendly farming 🌏 AND support new, urban, and small family farmers in the Hudson Valley 🧑🏽🌾. BUT ONLY WITH YOUR HELP! Learn more: https://defendthevalley.org/campaign/farm-bill/ #DefendtheValley #GrowStrongAmerica
Continue readingCommunity Preservation Fund
PRESERVE NY COMMUNITIES: The Community Preservation Fund allows certain towns to set up funds to protect the land and historical buildings that maintain their unique identity. Find out if your town qualifies: https://defendthevalley.org/campaign/community-preservation-fund/ #DefendtheValley
Continue readingECO-LOGIC: Greening New York’s Budget
KEEP NY GREEN: @GovKathyHochul I stand for a state budget that protects parks and open spaces, supports clean water and fresh air, and takes steps to stop climate change. RT if you agree! 🌳 https://defendthevalley.org/campaign/greening-nys-budget-working/ #DefendtheValley
Continue readingNew York Bond Act
FUNDING AVAILABLE: The Bond Act provides $4.2 billion for environmental and community projects across New York State. Learn more about the project’s goals and available funds: https://defendthevalley.org/campaign/bond-act/ #DefendtheValley
Continue readingRiver Access
RECLAIMING OUR RIVER: On both shores of the Hudson, railroad tracks prevent communities from accessing the river. I join @scenichudson in protecting and enhancing river access for all. Read their plan: https://defendthevalley.org/campaign/river-access/ #DefendtheValley
Continue readingRockland Desalination Plant (Haverstraw)
Our six-year campaign to halt construction of an environmentally harmful desalination plant on Haverstraw Bay — site of some of the river’s most important aquatic habitats — ended in victory when plans to build the facility were dropped.
Continue readingStorm King Mountain (Cornwall)
Conserving the iconic northern gateway to the Hudson Highlands, Con Edison agreed not to build a destructive hydroelectric plant. Scenic Hudson was established to protect the mountain and led the successful 17-year campaign.
Continue readingPilgrim Pipelines (Hudson Valley)
We engaged people and communities to oppose this proposal to construct two crude oil pipelines through the valley. The outcry against the project led to its abandonment, halting potential environmental, public health, and safety threats.
Continue readingLG Headquarters (Englewood, NJ)
In a “win-win” for the environment and the economy, LG Electronics reached an agreement with Scenic Hudson and partners to reduce the height of its proposed corporate tower atop the Palisades, preserving magnificent views and keeping jobs in the region.
Continue reading