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Most Recent NewsBuilding Connecticut’s Economic and Environmental Future 3/03/2010Environment Connecticut joined clean energy businesses, workforce development representatives, construction industry representatives, environmental advocates, and legislative leaders today to support legislation designed to create jobs in the state’s “green” business sectors. CONNECTICUT’S WATERWAYS AT RISK OF INCREASED POLLUTION 2/11/2010Streams and wetlands in Connecticut are at risk of unlimited pollution, according to the report Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court has broken the Clean Water Act and why Congress must fix it, released by Environment Connecticut. Governor Rell Loses the Keys to Connecticut’s Economic and Energy Prosperity 2/04/2010In her 2010 budget proposal address to the legislature, Governor Rell said, “Kermit the Frog had it wrong all these years, I'm afraid. It is easy to be green. Solar, fuel cells, wind turbines and geothermal - all hold the keys to economic and energy prosperity.” The line made for a nice sound bite, but apparently Governor Rell didn’t mean a word of it. Most Recent ReportsCourting Disaster 2/11/2010Streams and wetlands in Connecticut are at risk of unlimited pollution, according to the report Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court has broken the Clean Water Act and why Congress must fix it, released today by Environment Connecticut. The report provides more than thirty case studies demonstrating how the federal Clean Water Act has been weakened by Bush-era Supreme Court rulings, including a case involving wetlands neighboring the Farmington River. Environment Connecticut is calling on the U.S. House of Representatives to restore the Act to its intended purpose and ensure that all waterways are protected from unrestricted contamination. 2009 Congressional Scorecard 1/28/2010Connecticut’s Congressional delegation received 100% scores on the 2009 environmental scorecard released by Environment Connecticut. The state’s Congressional delegation was the only one in which all members had perfect pro-environment voting records in 2009. Plug-In Cars: Powering America Toward a Cleaner Future 1/20/2010A new white paper from Environment Connecticut shows that increasing America's use of plug-in electric and plug-in hybrid cars can dramatically reduce global warming pollution and cut the nation's dependence on oil. Our Issues in the NewsCT Business & Industry Association Attacks Clean Air and Clean Water Protections 2/22/2010With the economy down, business interests have decided that the political environment is ripe for restricting the regulatory reach of the Department of Environmental Protection. Polluters are trying to take Connecticut's environmental cops off the beat. Plan would tap "green" fund 2/05/2010One day after its release, a key piece of Gov. M. Jodi Rell's proposed $18.9 billion budget for the next fiscal year is in trouble, a harbinger of challenges awaiting legislators. Opposition mounted Thursday as word spread that one of Rell's top options for borrowing $1.3 billion would require diverting money from special green-technology funds largely financed by a surcharge on electric rates. It’s Not Easy Being Green 2/04/2010Hours after Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s farewell budget address, the Office of Policy and Management released its recommendations for which revenue stream it would like to see the state borrow against to find $1.3 billion to balance the state budget. Its number one recommendation was the state’s Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund. |