Rep. Jim Himes and Republican challenger Harry Arora on Monday night presented two different views on how the United States should treat friends and foes around the world. Continue Reading →
Himes knocks Trump foreign policy, Arora defends it
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Trump digs coal, and GOP candidates skip climate forum
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By skipping a forum on climate change Monday night, the five Republican candidates for governor saved themselves from two unpalatable options: Defending the Trump administration’s love affair with coal to furious environmentalists, or riling the GOP base a month before the primary by publicly breaking with the president. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Politics, climate change, coal, EPA, Trump
Connecticut on front line of key fights with Pruitt’s EPA
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rejected Connecticut’s petition to force a power plant in York County, Pa. to cut down on smog pollutants that the state claims heavily contribute to its unhealthy air. But the state hopes to have other wins, and is at the forefront of the resistance to the agency’s proposed rollback of protections on air and water.
Filed under: Environment, Politics, Washington, Clean Water Act, Clean Waters of the United States, climate change, Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Dannel Malloy
EPA plan to ease car emission standards would affect CT more than most
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to ease auto emissions standards has particular resonance for Connecticut, with the potential to force the state to accept cars that are more polluting than it wants and make its notoriously bad air even worse. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Energy, Environment, Transportation, Washington, Attorney General George Jepsen, auto emissions, CAFE standards, California waiver
Energy bill heads for committee showdown, uncertain future
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With the Energy and Technology Committee’s approval deadline for bills this session on Thursday, committee leaders, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the governor’s office and environmental advocates are racing the clock on one of the most consequential energy bills in years. Solar policy could stop them — again. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Energy, Environment, Acadia Center, climate change, Comprehensive Energy Strategy, Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Connecticut Green Bank, CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Solar is again the flashpoint in CT’s new energy strategy
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The final version of Connecticut’s new energy strategy and the bills that would implement it are before the legislature. So is a controversy that has dogged the plan since it was first released – solar policy. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Energy, Environment, Acadia Center, clean energy, climate change, Comprehensive Energy Strategy, Connecticut Green Bank, CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
CT’s clean energy edge: Going, going . . . or coming back?
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Connecticut, once a national leader in clean and renewable energy and energy efficiency, has slipped behind many other states, including its neighbors. Most of the finger-pointing is at the state’s budget problems and questionable choices by the legislature. But the state may have started to lose its energy edge before then. The question is, can it get it back? Continue Reading →
Filed under: Budget/Economy, Energy, Environment, A deeper look, Acadia Center, clean energy, climate change, Comprehensive Energy Strategy
Sandy + 5; Irene + 6: Coastal resilience still elusive and expensive
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More than six years after Irene, five years after Sandy, and tens of millions of dollars later, Connecticut’s shoreline communities have been slow to embrace resiliency and now look much as they did before the storms hit. But there are exceptions. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Environment, Housing, Land Use, Regional Planning, base flood elevation, Bridgeport, CIRCA, climate change
Blumenthal: A Trump decision to exit Paris climate accord would cost CT jobs
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Blumenthal said President Donald Trump’s expected decision to pull the United States from the Paris climate accord will cost Connecticut jobs and hurt U.S. credibility overseas. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Environment, Politics, Washington, Chris Murphy, climate change, Donald Trump, greenhouse gas, Paris accord
Blumenthal joins Dem effort to block Trump offshore drilling plan
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WASHINGTON — Offshore drilling is the focus of the latest battle between environmentalists and the Trump administration. On Tuesday, a group of 15 Democratic senators reintroduced the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling (COAST) Act to keep oil and gas drilling banned in the Atlantic and other coastal areas. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Environment, Politics, Washington, Antiquities Act, climate change, COAST Act, Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Donald Trump
Complaints persist even as shared solar (finally) nears finish line
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After years of delays, shared solar may finally be close to its first test in Connecticut. But along with some cheers from its supporters, there’s still an awful lot of complaining over how it’s being handled. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Environment, clean energy, Clean Energy Collective, climate change, community solar, Connecticut Fund for the Environment, DEEP, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
CT fires its first shots in battle with Trump over environment
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The state could turn out to be one of the most uniquely qualified to challenge the Trump administration on environmental policy. “Connecticut fights way above its weight in a number of the areas on the national scene,” Attorney General George Jepsen said. “Environmental issues is one of those areas.” Continue Reading →
Filed under: Environment, Politics, Washington, Clean Air Act, Clean Power Plan, Clean Water Act, climate change, Connecticut Fund for the Environment
Trump to give commencement address at Coast Guard Academy
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WASHINGTON — The last time a president gave a commencement speech at the academy was in 2015, when former President Obama used the occasion to address the need for action on climate change. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Defense, Politics, Washington, Barack Obama, climate change, Coast Guard Academy, commencement, Donald Trump
Trump’s gesture to coal country falls flat in Connecticut
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President Trump’s order rolling back many of his predecessor’s efforts to curb global warming was quickly denounced Tuesday in Connecticut, one of the northeastern states where successive Democratic and Republican gubernatorial administrations have supported policies to limit greenhouse gases. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Environment, Clean Air Act, climate change, Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Donald J. Trump, greenhouse gas emissions
Trump would slash CT environment funds; hit to Sound feared
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The Trump administration called massive cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency an attempt to ease the burden of unnecessary federal regulations. Connecticut’s environmental commissioner called it an assault on public health and the environment. Continue Reading →