CT Climate News

News, resources and inspiration for everyone in Connecticut who cares about the environment and wants real #ClimateActionNow.

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Did you know? If people under 40 voted at the same rate as people over 65, Congress would look a LOT different! In 2022, just 35% of people under 40 voted vs 72% of older voters. 🗳️
Let’s change that! Your vote matters. Elections matter. #Vote2024
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More here:
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Did you know? If people under 40 voted at the same rate as people over 65, Congress would look a LOT different! In 2022, just 35% of people under 40 voted vs 72% of older voters. 🗳️
Let’s change that! Your vote matters. Elections matter. #Vote2024
https://t.co/vd5N7lnrqm

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

"Please make no mistake. Climate change is the biggest threat to global security that modern humans have ever faced." Sir David Attenborough.

No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #stopfossilfuels #go100re

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https://t.co/QMIhIkQL11 - Lamont keeps the public in the dark on a vital issue

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Rennie makes a good point in today's column: “None of this addresses the primary source of emissions: transportation. Without plentiful…electricity generated at reasonable cost, rational CT residents will not make the transition that matters: to electric vehicles.”

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And to a top rate mass transit system, yet to exist in CT.

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@WFSBnews Reminder to be #BearSmart, Connecticut!
Your birdfeeders and trash cans invite bears to your home and neighborhood.
👉https://t.co/y6nPnB8BpA

[Cyril May @CyrilMay1]

This Thursday is Connecticut’s best day for talking trash…and #recycling, #composting, #circulareconomy and #sustainablematerialsmanagement. #ctwastecrisis #ctbusiness

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

2 photos of the arctic both taken in the summer more than 70 years apart show the dramatic change in the continent ice cover.

There is no time to waste. No planet B. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateEmergency #climate #phaseoutfossilfuels #renewables #GreenNewDeal pic via @ChristianAslund

[CFPA @CTwoodlands]

#Invasive plants hurt the CT ecosystem in many ways.
There are new ones on the list and a fine for having them. (Gift link) https://t.co/6WEW7qPPla

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Why didn't @CT include climate action innovation to the Innovation Clusters initiative? B/c it's not impt to state gov?
This program is only for "physical spaces" for next gen technologies. Where?
No razing forests and fields for a construction boondoggle.https://t.co/AZhEA0WEDA

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@nhregister Because it is?

[IPCC @IPCC_CH]

Human activities, principally through emissions of greenhouse gases, have unequivocally caused #globalwarming, with global surface temperature reaching 1.1°C above 1850–1900 in 2011–2020.

Read more from #IPCC's 2023 Synthesis Report 👉 https://t.co/zAMzd12lR7

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

The world's largest single-site solar farm is officially live.

The Al Dhafra solar farm contains almost 4 million solar panels. It's expected to power 200,000 homes and eliminate more than 2.4 million tonnes of CO2 per year.

We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

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👀Take the new ConnDOT survey on electric vehicle charging locations.  Survey open until May 31. https://t.co/za9bQ8W9xx

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@CTSenateDems Too bad climate bill 5004 wasn't one of them. The decision to deprioritize it, and leave it to the last day of session--with all those sponsors and a 24-12 majority-- is just mind blowing. Not a proud moment.

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We in the US can take heed too:

[Trees for Streets @TreesforStreets]

Where have all the trees gone?🌳❌

This street, like many others in the UK is suffering from the side-effects of off-street parking🚗. There is almost nowhere a tree can now be planted.

The impacts are many: a loss of visual amenity, no shade, suffers worse in heavy rain, negative impact on wellbeing, loss of natural habitat, cars drive faster, more anti-social behaviour and lower house prices. We could go on...

We need a rethink.

[CT League of Conservation Voters @ctlcv1]

Dan Haar: Environment advocates battle a powerful CT lawmaker's plan to boost housing https://t.co/s0mfRZi2Ba via @insider_ct

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Lamont: Not the Environmental Leadership We Had in Mind https://t.co/ZEsp2Fgc3N