Though a few environment bills passed, major legislation concerning greenhouse gas emissions and resiliency against climate change failed.
Climate Change
CT greenhouse gas emissions up as climate change bills languish
Transportation accounted for 42% of CT emissions, followed by heating in residential and commercial buildings at 21% and 13% respectively.
Climate change legislation faces another uphill battle to approval
CT has four major climate bills awaiting legislative action this session. It’s anyone’s guess what will emerge to make it to a vote, or pass.
Plans for offshore wind power blow back into New England
The largest proposal received from a three-state solicitation came from Avangrid, which had pulled out of a CT project called Park City Wind.
Thousands of dams in CT pose risks and challenges
Thousands of aging dams in CT challenge the officials that oversee and regulate them — and almost every town with conflicting priorities.
CT legislators take another swing at a big climate bill
The bill has 17 multi-part initiatives designed to address climate change, but it is not a comprehensive greenhouse gas reduction roadmap.
What CT could learn from other states’ climate change policies
There could be lessons for CT in the region and beyond for innovative ways to tackle climate change from energy and emissions standpoints.
After a lackluster 2023, CT’s efforts on climate policy are still stalled
Even as extreme weather fueled by climate change pummeled Connecticut last year, all major climate legislation failed.
The forgotten reasons behind CT’s ban on new gasoline car sales
Lost in the battle over CT’s rule requiring sales of only zero-emissions new cars by 2035 is the reason for the rule: the environment.
With more and heavier rain, more inland flooding in CT
Nonprofits have become essential tools for CT towns that generally lack the expertise to figure out and solve inland flooding issues.
As flooding worsens in CT, its drainage systems can’t keep up
CT has updated its stormwater manual with stricter regulations for how municipalities and some large institutions handle stormwater.
UConn students demand university divest from fossil fuels
UConn was expected to release a ‘comprehensive Sustainability Action Plan’ in spring 2023. Students say they haven’t seen it yet.
Climate change has hit CT hard this year. Are we ready for more?
Planning for this sort of climate change-driven weather certainly requires physics and meteorology — but also probably a crystal ball.
Advocates searching for any kind of legislative win on environment
The biggest climate bill proposed in CT this year is dead, and a few smaller measures could be the stars of the 2023 legislative session.
Building emissions are the climate change contributor you hadn’t heard of – until now
Building emissions are CT’s second-largest category of greenhouse gas emissions — and they’re growing. Is the state addressing them?