Obama Administration to Protect Connecticut Residents’ Health by Setting...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed historic new limits on carbon pollution from new power plants. Carbon pollution fuels global warming, which leads to poor air quality that...
View ArticleA Record of Leadership: How Northeastern States are Cutting Global Warming...
Over the last decade, northeastern states have built a track record of successful action to reduce global warming pollution. By working together across state lines and partisan divides—and developing...
View ArticleAs Emissions in Northeast States Decline, Economic Growth Outpaces Nation
A new report by Environment Connecticut Research & Policy Center highlights the role that clean energy and environmental policies have played in moving states toward meeting targets for reducing...
View ArticleWhen it Rains, it Pours
Global warming is happening now and its effects are being felt in the United States and around the world. Among the expected consequences of global warming is an increase in the heaviest rain and snow...
View ArticleNew Report: Extreme Downpours and Snowstorms Up 73 Percent in Connecticut
One year after Hurricane Irene led to record flooding that devastated our state, a new Environment Connecticut report confirms that extreme rainstorms and snowstorms are happening 73 percent more...
View ArticleConnecticut and Other Northeast States Plan Deeper Cuts in Power Plant Pollution
Power plant pollution in the Northeast would decline by more than 20 percent in the next decade under a plan announced on February 7th by environmental regulators and energy officials from 9 Northeast...
View ArticleSenators Blumenthal and Murphy Urge President Obama to Cut Carbon Pollution...
U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy sent a letter to President Obama today, describing the devastation that Hurricane Sandy caused in Connecticut, and urging him to set limits on carbon...
View ArticlePresident Obama to Unveil Plan to Tackle Climate Change
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, record droughts and wildfires in many states, President Obama has announced he will unveil a climate action plan on Tuesday designed to cut the carbon pollution...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s Climate Plan a Clear Victory for Future Generations
Today, President Obama will announce a climate plan that sets limits on carbon pollution from power plants, advances energy efficiency and increases the nation’s commitment to renewable energy. In the...
View ArticleConnecticut Poised To Strengthen Cap on Carbon Pollution
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection held a public hearing today on proposed amendments to the state's regulations implementing the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative...
View ArticleConnecticut Legislative Committee Blocks Wind Power – Again
Today, the legislature's regulation review committee voted to extend Connecticut's wind power moratorium by blocking regulations governing siting of wind turbines. This same committee has voted to...
View ArticleConnecticut Legislature's Regulation Review Committee Extends Wind Power Ban
The Connecticut General Assembly's Regulation Review Committee for the fourth time since 2012 blocked CT Siting Council Regulations that would have ended the state's ban on new wind power projects.
View ArticleConnecticut Solar Jobs Grew 62% in 2013
Connecticut's solar power industry grew 62% and added 420 new jobs in 2013 according to a national Solar Jobs Census released by the Solar Foundation.
View ArticleNew Climate Science Report Warns of Growing Threat and Urgent Need for Action
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change officially released its latest report on global warming. The report makes a compelling case that quick action to cut carbon pollution is urgently needed –...
View ArticleConnecticut Charging Ahead toward Electric Cars
On May 29, Connecticut and 7 other states unveiled a plan to put over 3 million electric cars on the road within 12 years.
View ArticleEPA proposes first-ever nationwide limits on carbon pollution from power plants
On Monday, June 2, 2014 the Environmental Protection Agency proposed the first-ever, federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants, the largest single source of global warming pollution in America.
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