These are the key issues the Huntington League of Women Voters is following now:
October 11,2023 follow up press release on water quality
Larchmont, NY Nonprofit environmental organizations Save the Sound, Group for the East End and Peconic Baykeeper have notified the Suffolk County Legislature that its failure to take meaningful action to address nitrogen pollution resulting primarily from outdated and inadequate septic systems violates the Green Amendment of New York's Constitution. Download the full text of the press release here. https://lwvhuntingtonny.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Oct.11-Press-Release-on-water-quality.pdf
- Statement to Suffolk County Legislature on Water QualityKeeping our waterways and drinking water clean is a critically important issue for ourselves, our children, and their children’s children. Residents should be allowed to vote this November on whether they want to invest in this effort. Professor Christopher Gobler from SUNY School of Maritime and Atmospheric Sciences says 75% of the nitrogen in our… Read more: Statement to Suffolk County Legislature on Water Quality
- Fair and Uniform RedistrictingCongressional districts and government legislative bodies should be based on population. We oppose partisan and racial gerrymandering. Position In Brief: To learn more: https://www.lwvnyonline.org/advocacy/redictricting/2021/january/New-York…
- Climate ChangeState and local Leagues, and individual League members, have a critical role to play in helping to limit future climate change and protect the planet. Position In Brief: The League is calling for prompt action to cut this country’s GHG emissions, invest in a clean energy economy, and help the world’s poorest countries tackle the… Read more: Climate Change
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