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| Connecticut’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. | |
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| In 2008, Connecticut residents saved 15.3 million gallons of gasoline by riding transit in record numbers – or the amount consumed by 26,000 cars in Connecticut. Transportation is responsible for more than two-thirds of American dependence on oil, and about forty percent of Connecticut’s global warming pollution. Environment Connecticut outlined the benefits of increased transit ridership in their new report “Getting On Track: Record Transit Ridership Increases Energy Independence.” | |
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| President Obama has in two short months set the nation in a new direction when it comes to transitioning to a clean energy economy, stopping global warming and protecting the environment. The president's proposed federal budget makes clean energy and environmental protection cornerstones of his Fiscal Year 2010 budget. | |
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| The Green Infrastructure Engine is a new white paper developed by a coalition of statewide Connecticut environmental groups. The paper discusses “green” investment opportunities in the areas of energy efficiency, clean energy, transportation, agriculture, historic preservation, Long Island Sound restoration, and natural resource protection. | |
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| 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. | |
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| Although genetically engineered crops are still poorly understood, corporations and universities are growing them experimentally in the open environment with little oversight and public notification. | |
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