Current Environmental Issues in Orange County, NY
Keep track of the environmental issues shaping Orange County. Follow our active campaigns, bring us concerns from your town, and help turn local knowledge into collective action.
Active campaigns
Where we're organizing, testifying, and pushing local boards today.
Warehouses & Data Centers
Pushing back on hyperscale warehouse sprawl and energy- and water-hungry data centers reshaping Orange County — and weighing in on proposed land-use regulation changes.
ReThink Rt. 17 Coalition
$1B in NYS infrastructure funds is slated to widen Rt. 17 across Orange and Sullivan counties. We're leading a coalition for a smarter alternative.
Quassaick Creek Greenway Project
Watershed profile, outfall inventory, riparian-buffer model ordinances, and a volunteer monitoring corps for the Quassaick watershed.
Climate Change & Resilience
Local action on emissions, energy, and adaptation — including community workshops supported by the Eachus grant.
Pollinator Project
A regional initiative to restore biological connectivity by converting private lawns into a contiguous pollinator corridor. Our native-plants program lives here too.
Moonbeam & Mt. Lookout Preserves
Protecting the prehistoric Dutchess Quarry Caves and adjacent open space in Goshen from proposed land sale and development pressure.
Be OE's eyes and ears in your town.
From Newburgh and New Windsor to Montgomery, Wallkill, Goshen, Central Valley, and Warwick, residents can help connect the dots. Watch public agendas, share documented concerns, and bring neighbors into the conversation.
Have an issue we should know about? Send the location, a short summary, links to public documents, and any upcoming hearing dates to Orange Environment.
Recent history & legacy campaigns
Long-running fights that defined our decades — kept online for the record and because most of them are still worth watching.
Harriman Sewage Treatment Plant
A proposed 50% expansion that would discharge 9 million gallons/day into the Ramapo River.
CPV & Danskammer Plants
35+ years of advocacy for clean air against fossil-fuel power plants in Wawayanda and Newburgh.
Save the Caves at Mt. Lookout
Preserving Goshen's prehistoric Dutchess Quarry Caves — used by humans as early as 12,000 years ago — from a proposed land sale.