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Clean energy, green economy!

American ingenuity, investment and hard work have created fledgling clean energy industries, such as wind and solar power, that are not only helping solve global warming and America’s energy problems—they’re creating thousands of good jobs that boost our economy.
 
Government support of clean energy has started to level the playing field with coal, oil, gas and nuclear power, but if ExxonMobil and its friends on Capitol Hill get their way, the federal government will pull back on its commitment to a clean energy economy—just as we’re about to reap the environmental and economic benefits.
 
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Latest News

Environment Connecticut Applauds Connecticut’s Congressional Environmental Champs 6/12/2008

Representatives Joe Courtney, Chris Murphy, Rosa DeLauro and Senator Joe Lieberman voted for the environment 100% of the time in the 110th Congress, according to the annual Congressional Scorecard on major environmental issues released today by Environment Connecticut.

Our Latest Reports

Global Warming Solutions that Work 6/18/2008

Environment Connecticut released a new report detailing 20 examples of cutting-edge policies and practices that communities, states and countries are using to reduce global warming pollution.

Congressional Scorecard 6/12/2008

Connecticut's Congressional delegation received high scores on the 2008 Environmental Scorecard released by Environment Connecticut. Representatives Joe Courtney, Chris Murphy, Rosa DeLauro, and Senator Joe Lieberman voted for the environment 100% of the time in the 110th Congress.

In the News

Confronting Emissions 4/29/2008

The Hartford Courant reported on passage of the Connecticut Global Warming Solutions Act by the State House of Representatives.

Emissions Goals Face Scrutiny 3/08/2008

The Hartford Courant reported on the General Assembly Environment Committee's vote to approve the Connecticut Global Warming Solutions Act.

Adopt Greenhouse Gas Caps 3/05/2008

The Hartford Courant editorialized in favor of the Connecticut Global Warming Solutions Act. The bill, capping and reducing Connecticut's global warming pollution to 10% below 1990 levels by 2020 is Environment Connecticut's top legislative priority in 2008.