CTLCV on “Meet the Leaders” for Earth Day 40

CTLCV Executive Director  Lori Brown appears on Cablevision's Meet the Leaders program for Earth Day 40. 

Watch it here:

(the audio in this clip is now working… apologies for the technical difficulties.)

The Really Big Energy Bill: Supporters & Opponents

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.

Earth Day TV, Live from the Capitol

- Kelly Kennedy

These “Earth Day TV” videos are a joint project of the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, Middlesex Community College, and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection in honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day - April 22, 2010.

Watch what Connecticut’s top advocates for the planet had to say in the full playlist below, or scroll down to click on individual videos.  Thanks to everyone who participated!

Click on any picture below to watch that individual video separately.