There is no shortage of bad ideas emerging from Connecticut’s legislature in Hartford that, if passed, would have a detrimental affect on our environment in our wonderful state. According to a report by the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters (“CTLCV”), these short-sighted and ill-conceived legislative proposals put forth would:
(1) Sell off state land without following rules requiring public disclosure and public comment;
(2) Rob clean energy and energy efficiency accounts in order to pay the costs of borrowing money to plug our current $1.3 billion budget gap;
(3) Allow a takeover of the Department of Environmental Protection by the Department of Community & Economic Development; and
(4) Form a commission to expedite the environmental permitting process–without designating a single environmental specialist seat on the commission.
CTLCV prepares a legislative “score card” (think “grammar school report card”) that rates our legislators’ environmental voting records. If you want to follow what our ingenious legislative representatives are doing, log on to the score card. If you care deeply about environmental issues in Connecticut and how these issues work their way through the legislative process, consider formally joining the CTLCV and becoming one of the “good guys”! We need environmental watchdogs and CTLCV fills that role well. (Full disclosure: I am a CTLCV Education Fund (the 501(c)(3) affiliate of CTLCV) Board Member.
