News Release | Environment Connecticut

Connecticut 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 and Mid-Atlantic states.  

News Release | Environment Connecticut

New 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 frequently in Connecticut since 1948.

News Release | Environment Connecticut

As 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 global warming emissions, while challenging claims that actions that reduce emissions undermine economic growth.

News Release | Environment Connecticut

Obama Administration to Protect Connecticut Residents’ Health by Setting Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants

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 triggers asthma attacks and other respiratory problems.  Scientists also predict that global warming will lead to more devastating floods, more deadly heat waves and the spread of infectious diseases. Coal-fired power plants are the largest single source of carbon pollution in the U.S., yet there are currently no federal limits on this pollution from power plants.  The standard proposed today will correct that for new power plants by limiting their emissions of carbon pollution.