Safe Energy Rights Group

What if bodies of water were guaranteed legal rights that would criminalize their destruction? What if communities could enact laws that prevented - rather than regulated - their pollution?
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 1pm Eastern
Free online event, register below

Join religious and environmental leaders to learn more about the Legal Rights of Nature Movement and the NYS Great Lakes and State Waters Bill of Rights (A05156A).
We'll discuss connections to the work of Thomas Berry and the potential benefit of the Movement to the efforts of local environmental organizations.

Events What if bodies of water were guaranteed legal rights that would criminalize their destruction? What if communities could enact laws that prevented - rather than regulated - their pollution? ​...

Two powerful letters. One clear message: No new nuclear in New York.

200 advocacy organizations and the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force have sent letters to Governor Kathy Hochul opposing plans to build 5 GW of new nuclear reactors in the state.

These letters highlight the risks of nuclear expansion—from rising costs for ratepayers to unresolved radioactive waste and threats to land, water, and future generations. New York’s energy future should prioritize affordable renewable energy, energy efficiency, and community-centered solutions. See both letters at bit.ly/4bfc6yR & bit.ly/4upI83Q

Thank you Assemblywoman Levenberg for sharing more on why re-opening Indian Point is not feasible and what the current administration is doing to try and speed up nuclear power development by cutting corners on safety and oversight.

For Immediate Release:
Contacts:
Tina Volz-Bongar, co-organizer with United For Clean Energy/STOP HOLTEC Coalition, 646-808-6018, [email protected]

MEDIA ADVISORY Friday, March 6 — 12 p.m. — Indian Point east gate, Buchanan, NY

Community Impacted by Decommissioning Indian Point Holds People's Press Conference Ahead of Press Conference by U.S. Energy Secretary
Community members and environmental advocates from the STOP HOLTEC Coalition call for better decommissioning oversight, passage of STRANDED Act, and no more nuclear at Indian Point

Buchanan, NY — This Friday, impacted community members, elected representatives, and environmental advocates will hold a press conference and rally at the east gate of shuttered Indian Point at 12 p.m. after the announcement on Congress member Mike Lawler's web site that the U.S. Energy Secretary Christopher Wright would be holding a press conference at the plant at 1 PM. The mysterious press conference, which was not announced to the public and does not include most local elected officials, was also announced in the Exchange Monitor.

WHAT: Rally and People's Press Conference calling for better federal oversight on decommissioning
WHEN: Friday, March 6 at 12 p.m.
WHERE: Bleakley Avenue and Broadway, Buchanan, NY 10567
WHO: Community members, elected representatives, environmental advocates representing the STOP HOLTEC Coalition, Food & Water Watch, the Ramapo Munsee Lenape Nation, Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC), Lower Hudson Valley Sierra Club, Safe Energy Rights Group (SEnRG), United for Clean Energy, Grassroots Environmental Education, among others.

The STOP HOLTEC Coalition is a grassroots umbrella group of over 138 environmental organizations, three counties and 35 municipalities who advocated for the passing of the Save the Hudson bill S6893(Harckham)/A7208(Levenberg) that called for a halt to the dumping of tritiated nuclear wastewater in the Hudson River, with nearly 450,000 online petition signers.