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| Tailpipe standards already in place in Connecticut and 11 other states would reduce global warming emissions by nearly 400 million metric tons by 2020 – a reduction level equivalent to taking 74 million of today’s cars off the road for an entire year, according to a new report released today by Environment Connecticut. | |
| Environment Connecticut applauded Representatives Larson, DeLauro, Murphy and Shays for cosponsoring legislation introduced today to fight global warming. The Safe Climate Act would limit global warming pollution to levels that current science says are needed to prevent the worst effects of global warming. | |
| The world’s scientists are more than 90% certain that human activity – primarily burning fossil fuels to power cars, power plants, and factories – is responsible for most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20 th century, according to a consensus report released early this morning by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations body charged with assessing the scientific record on global warming. | |
| This year’s unprecedented heat wave is part of a broader trend of rising temperatures in Connecticut, according to a new report released today. With broad support from State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, the Office of the Senate Democrats, the CT Climate Coalition, the Inter-religious Eco-Justice Network, and UCONN Campus Climate Challenge Program, the Connecticut Public Interest Research Group (ConnPIRG) released their new report “Feeling the Heat.†| |
| ConnPIRG and the Connecticut Climate Coalition marked the Hartford-area release of the new global warming film “An Inconvenient Truth†by calling for action to reduce global warming pollution nationally from current levels within 10 years. The best science available indicates that preventing the worst impacts of global warming requires reducing global warming pollution by 20% by 2020 and 80% by 2050. | |
| Governors of seven Northeast states today unveiled a pioneering bipartisan accord that will cut heat-trapping global warming emissions from the region’s power plants and create new investment in cleaner, more efficient energy technology. Along with new pollution limits, the plan will use a market-based strategy that rewards smart companies for outperforming the new pollution limits and lowers overall compliance costs. | |
| A new economic analysis commissioned by Gov. Rell and eight other Northeastern governors in both political parties who are finalizing plans to cut power plant global warming pollution predicts substantial consumer savings from the climate policy coupled with increased investment energy efficiency efforts. | |
| Some of the region’s biggest polluters are working to scuttle a bold global warming proposal by Governor Rell and eight other Northeastern Governors from Delaware to Maine. The plan would place a cap on global warming pollution from power plants and require reductions in those emissions. | |
| According to environmental groups in the region, a preliminary proposal from Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell and eight northeastern governors to cap global warming pollution from electric power industry falls short of what is necessary to make progress toward pollution reductions from the power plants. | |
| With Governor Rell and colleagues from eight northeastern states negotiating new rules to limit global warming pollution from power plants, environmental advocates called today for an emphasis on energy efficiency to achieve cost-effective pollution reductions. | |
| A major new report released today finds that a small number of the northeast's power plant owners produce the lion's share of power sector global warming pollution in the region. The report identifies companies that own power plants that rank among the dirtiest and least efficient in the region. | |
| On Wednesday December 19th, EPA administrator Stephen Johnson announced that he was denying a waiver for California allowed under the Clean Air Act for that state, and by extension all states including Connecticut, to tackle one of the largest and fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions – cars and trucks. | |
| Environmental advocacy groups call for action on energy this legislative session to implement key policies in the state CT Climate Change Action Plan and solidify Connecticut’s national leadership on global warming. | |
| After two years of debate, the legislature passed an omnibus energy bill that promotes energy efficiency, increases Connecticut’s use of clean, renewable energy, and cuts global warming pollution. | |
| Environmental advocacy groups applauded Senator Williams and the Connecticut General Assembly for their leadership in moving the state forward with the implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. | |
| We applaud Senators Lieberman and Warner for their leadership on global warming. Time is running out to stop the worst effects of global warming, and this bill is an important starting point for action. | |
| Citing the need to address “the most important environmental issue facing Connecticut and the nation†several prominent environmental groups today announced that they have formed the Stop Global Warming Connecticut Campaign and will push for legislation mandating a statewide global warming pollution cap in the 2008 legislative session. | |
| Environment Connecticut, and members of the Stop Global Warming Connecticut coalition today called on the legislature to pass H.B. 5600, the Connecticut Global Warming Solutions Act. The legislature’s environment committee is holding a public hearing this afternoon on the bill that would require Connecticut to cut emissions of global warming pollution 10% below 1990 levels between now and the year 2020. | |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formally denied California’s request for a Clean Air Act waiver of preemption today, blocking the efforts of Connecticut and twelve other states seeking to require automakers to cut global warming pollution from automobile tailpipes. | |
| The members of the General Assembly’s Environment today approved landmark global warming legislation. HB 5600, An Act Concerning Connecticut Global Warming Solutions establishes statewide global warming pollution caps requiring emissions reductions to 10% below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% below 2001 levels by 2050. | |
| As scientists report a large break-up of ice from Antarctica and warn it is a sign of increasing global warming, Environment Connecticut and Clean Water Action today released a new report, Falling Behind: New England Must Act Now to Reduce Global Warming Pollution. | |
| As the nation celebrates Earth Day, the Connecticut General Assembly is poised to pass historic legislation establishing mandatory statewide limits on global warming pollution. HB 5600, An Act Concerning Connecticut Global Warming Solutions establishes mandatory global warming pollution caps requiring emissions reductions to 10% below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% below 2001 levels by 2005. The legislation has been approved by legislative committees and is currently awaiting a vote in the state House of Representatives. | |
| As Governor Rell met with Governors from across the country today at Yale to discuss state and federal efforts to stop global warming, the General Assembly moved a step closer to ensuring Connecticut does its part in the effort. The legislature’s Appropriations committee approved HB 5600, An Act Concerning Connecticut Global Warming Solutions. With the vote, the bill cleared a final hurdle paving the way for final passage of this landmark measure to mandate reductions in Connecticut’s emissions of global warming pollution. | |
| Hartford – Leading Connecticut environmental organizations applauded the Connecticut House of Representatives for passing An Act Concerning Connecticut Global Warming Solutions (HB 5600) today. The bill caps emissions of global warming pollution and requires emissions cuts to 10% below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% emissions reductions from 2001 levels by 2050. | |
| Environment Connecticut applauds the bipartisan efforts by legislators in the House of Representatives for their support of the measure to ensure that our state is a leader in the effort to cut global warming pollution. The Global Warming Solutions Act is historic legislation that mandates cuts in Connecticut’s emissions of global warming pollution to 10% below 1990 levels by 2020, and 80% below 2001 levels by 2050. | |
| The Connecticut State Senate passed the Connecticut Global Warming Solutions Act 35-0 on Monday, May 5th. The bill creates mandatory caps on Connecticut's global warming pollution, requiring pollution cuts to 10% below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% below 2001 levels by 2050. | |
| Environmental groups denounced Governor Rell’s decision to alter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) global warming regulations which she had already submitted for final approval to the legislature’s Regulation Review committee. | |
| The nation's first auction of pollution permits under a global warming emissions cap was launched today by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. RGGI is a collaboration of ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states that have united to establish a program to limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants to 10 percent below current levels by 2019. | |
| Environment Connecticut released a new report documenting temperature increases in Connecticut and nationwide. 2007 tied for the second warmest year on record globally and was the tenth warmest year on record in the United States | |
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