This is our valley.
Not their warehouse.
Orange County is being bulldozed for data centers, mega-warehouses, and fossil-fuel plants. We're the citizen watchdog that's been in the fight for 43 years — and we need your generation on the front line.
One check → hearings monitored, permits reviewed, pollinator corridors planted across the Hudson Valley.
Stop the sprawl.
Save Orange County.
Hyperscale data centers guzzling millions of gallons of water. Million-square-foot warehouses paving over farmland and choking our roads with diesel trucks. Speculators betting the Hudson Valley is theirs to strip-mine for cheap land and cheap power. We're saying no — and we're winning fights.
Fighting speculative 1M+ sq-ft distribution centers replacing farmland in Montgomery, Wallkill, and Newburgh.
Opposing power-hungry hyperscale campuses that would strain the grid, drain aquifers, and hand tax breaks to out-of-state builders.
Still holding CPV Valley and Danskammer accountable — because clean air is non-negotiable.
A holistic, science-based defender of the Hudson Valley.
Since 1982, Orange Environment has played a key role in defining and defending the natural character of Orange County and addressing its major environmental problems — from radon and lead pollution to landfills, sprawl, fossil-fuel plants, and the loss of pollinators.
We educate the public, train activists, produce technical reports, testify at public hearings, and run Permaculture and pollinator workshops — all powered by an all-volunteer board.
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Four pillars, one healthy region.
Climate Change & Environmental Health
Fighting greenhouse-gas emissions from CPV and Danskammer, urging local governments to lead on climate.
Sustainable Growth
Smart, ecologically friendly development that protects greenspace and farmland from sprawl.
Clean Air & Water
Watchdogging the Harriman STP, the Ramapo River, and decades of regional air-quality work.
Pollinators & Green Living
Leading the Hudson Valley Pollinator Project to restore biological connectivity, one yard at a time.
Where we're putting energy right now.
ReThink Rt. 17
Advocating for sustainable transportation instead of a $1B highway expansion through Orange & Sullivan counties.
Hudson Valley Pollinator Project
Mobilizing private landowners to convert lawns into a contiguous pollinator corridor.
Climate Change
Local action on emissions, energy, and adaptation in the Hudson Valley.
Smart Growth: Warehouses & Data Centers
Pushing back on warehouse sprawl and energy-hungry data centers reshaping Orange County — and weighing in on proposed land-use regulation changes.
Quassaick Creek
Protecting the Quassaick Creek watershed from pollution, degradation, and overdevelopment in Newburgh and New Windsor.
All Active Campaigns
Harriman STP, CPV & Danskammer, Save the Caves at Mt. Lookout, and more — see the full list of issues we're tracking.
The Hudson Valley Pollinator Project
Insect populations have collapsed 75–90% over the last 25 years. We're mobilizing private landowners across the Hudson Valley to convert turf lawns into a Contiguous Pollinator Corridor — restoring native meadows that bring monarchs, bees, and birds back to our backyards.
- Free milkweed giveaways
- Native plant propagation & sales
- Workshops & community education
Protecting the Quassaick Creek watershed
The Quassaick drains one of Orange County's most rapidly developing corridors before emptying into the Hudson. OE is running an active, on-the-ground campaign — mapping outfalls, drafting model buffer ordinances, documenting storm events, and training a resident monitoring corps to build the long-term record no agency is keeping.
- Watershed profile & outfall inventory in progress
- Model riparian-buffer language for Newburgh & New Windsor
- Volunteer stream-monitoring corps launching this season
More field notes: Mapping the Quassaick · Riparian buffers · Storm event report
With your help, we keep watch.
Your membership funds the technical reports, public hearings, and on-the-ground work that protect this region. Every cent goes to the mission — our board officers volunteer their time.