Bipartisan advocates for smart, sustainable environmental policies in Connecticut
Filmmaker Peter Byck discovered that focusing on getting people to believe in climate change isn’t the way to enact clean, green energy solutions. Watch what he has to say:
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Connecticut legislative leaders led a press conference today to encourage Governor Rell to sign the just-passed landmark energy reform bill, and to tout the bill's potential to lower electric rates, increase the generation of renewable energy, and promote energy efficiency.
Email: governor.rell@ct.gov
Tel: 860-566-4840
Toll-Free: 800-406-1527
TDD: 860-524-7397
Tell Governor Rell to sign the bill! Watch the video for details.
Senate Bill 463, the 169 page energy bill released a few days ago, seems to be pitting traditional energy businesses against new clean energy businesses. As part of a press conference yesterday, the Connecticut Citizen Action Group displayed a poster identifying the bill’s biggest supporters and opponents (below).
Background on the Bill
For background on what the bill proposes, see:
- The nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research summary here
- CT News Junkie and CT Mirror articles here and here
- This morning’s Hartford Courant endorsed a go-slow approach. You can read the Courant editorial here.
With the US Senate’s climate action bill taking shape, the EPA’s move last week to regulate greenhouse gases, and major companies rejecting the US Chamber of Commerce’s stance on climate action, the shift continues toward America’s clean energy future.
Late this summer, CTLCV attended a clean energy panel discussion that Congressman Chris Murphy hosted with Carol Browner, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, at the Hill-stead Museum in Farmington.
The panel focused on the promise that green energy advancements hold for our environment and for Connecticut’s economy.
Joining Browner and Murphy were representatives from Connecticut-based renewable energy businesses, including Apollo Solar of Bethel, FuelCell Energy (Danbury and Torrington), Duracell (Bethel) and Optiwind (Torrington).
The nearly two-hour meeting covered stimulus investments in energy, the US House bill on climate change (ACES), transmission issues for renewable energy, smart meters, energy efficiency rules for appliances, initiatives of some of Connecticut’s renewable energy businesses, and more.
Here’s some of what they had to say.
