Bag deposit bill confusion

Plastic bags clog our drains, waste energy, litter our streets. Paper bags compost poorly, waste our trees, litter our streets. Both are unnecessary.

A deposit required for those who need bags for consumer goods would drastically diminish bag use, save energy and provide desperately needed funds for the State.

But the forces of "business as usual" that are responsible for our global energy crisis, pollution and litter seem to be winning again. When will we ever learn?
David

CTLCV Proud Winner of 2009 Environmental Excellence Award!

CTLCV is honored to have received this year's Environmental Excellence Award from the Connecticut Audubon Society at Glastonbury for our legislative watchdog work.

"Since 1997, Connecticut Audubon Society at Glastonbury has awarded The Environmental Excellence Award to honor companies, groups and individuals in greater Hartford that demonstrate responsibility and integrity towards the environment. We are pleased to present the 2009 Award to the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters for its bipartisan work on behalf of the environment we all share."

- Connecticut Audubon Society at Glastonbury, April 2009

From all of us on the CTLCV board and staff, THANK YOU!

Photo: CTLCV Executive Director Lori Brown accepts Environmental Excellence Award, April 2009

YOUR Connecticut Energy Guide - now even better!

Our readers spoke and we listened: we've adapted the format of our popular energy guide to make it easier to download and print from our website.

You'll find the latest edition of YOUR Connecticut Energy Guide at the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters Education Fund website, at www.conservationeducation.org.

It's what you WANT to know, what you NEED to know and where to find it...

• Grants,
• Loans,
• Tax credits,
• Rebates,
• Educational resources

for your home, school, business & community!

Click here for the full document, or visit www.conservationeducation.org/energyguide.htm to view and print just the sections you want.


Many thanks again to our funders!
YOUR Connecticut Energy Guide was underwritten by grants from the Betsy and Jesse Fink Fund of the Fairfield County Community Foundation, Harris and Frances Block Foundation, Inc., Byedale Foundation, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, Jane Marcher Foundation, Newman's Own Foundation, Northeast Utilities, Norwich Public Utilities, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation and United Illuminating Company.