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Connecticut, Donald Trump and the environment. What could change for clean air and water. Connecticut faces pollution and ozone levels that have long kept it from meeting federal air quality standards ...
Oyster beds are critical to a healthy ocean, because they filter water, prevent erosion and provide a home for an estimated ...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Mayor Justin Elicker, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) announced Wednesday that $20 million in federal ...
Katie Dykes, Commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Energy & Environmental Protection, speaks to the press about the state’s acquisition of a series of grants from the EPA’s Climate ...
Connecticut leaders are addressing concerns about the use of the controversial chemical diquat to combat hydrilla. Diquat ...
A new round of $14 million worth of state grants will be used to preserve nearly 2,300 acres of open space and a public parks throughout Connecticut, the governor’s office announced. Gov. Ned Lamont ...
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes says once Connecticut cities and towns identify most important climate change projects, her agency will do what it can to ...
An effort to improve infrastructure at Connecticut state parks and forests has gotten a $30 million boost. This is in addition to $70 million already allocated by the state from the American ...
"In 1971, the General Assembly passed HB 5037. The act, PA 71-96, is commonly known as the Environmental Protection Act is codified at CGS § 22a-14 to 19, and 20.
Now more than ever, we need to strengthen protection of our rights to a clean and healthy environment in our Connecticut courts by passing the Connecticut Environmental Rights Amendment. In 2022 ...