About Environment Connecticut
We’re your state environmental group — protecting the places we love, advancing the environmental values we share, and winning real results for our environment.
Who we are
Environment Connecticut is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization. We believe there’s something special about Connecticut — something worth protecting and preserving for future generations. Whether it’s going for a swim in Long Island Sound, or canoeing on the Farmington River or going for a hike in any one of our state parks, Connecticut’s natural wonders enrich our lives in countless ways. Yet the places we love and the environmental values so many of us share are too often threatened by powerful industries, short-sighted politicians and more. Defending our environment requires independent research, tough-minded advocacy and spirited grassroots action.
That’s the idea behind Environment Connecticut. Together with thousands of supporters from all walks of life, we take the kind of action that wins tangible results for our environment.
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OUR STAFF
What we do
Funded by supporters like you, we research the challenges confronting Connecticut’s environment and educate the public about what’s at stake. Through our research reports, news conferences, interviews with reporters, op-ed pieces, letters to the editor and more, we raise awareness of environmental issues and promote sensible solutions. Our canvassers meet people where they are — in public places or door to door — raising awareness, recruiting new supporters and activists, and raising funds to support our work.
When decisions are being made about Connecticut’s environment, our elected officials hear plenty from the oil companies, developers and other powerful interests. We make the case for our environment and help people like you make your voice heard, through petitions, emails, letters, phone calls and more, all delivered to the right people just when it matters most.
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Environment Connecticut Research & Policy Center
Results
- Cleaner cars, less pollution. Connecticut residents are breathing easier thanks to new clean car standards our staff helped win.
- Repowering our lives with clean energy. In 2011, we helped pass a game-changing clean energy bill that will help Connecticut families and businesses improve their energy efficiency, install solar panels and more.
- Restoring Long Island Sound to health. Sewage pollution creates a dead zone in the Sound every summer that can grow up to seven times the size of Manhattan—but new EPA rules will set tough limits on pollution.