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Sierra Club Connecticut Chapter - Environmental Advocates for Connecticut and beyond.
Connecticut
Joined December 2012
Offshore wind is not just the future of energy in CT and New England, it's happening now! Today, @BOEM announced 2 offshore wind bid winners on 4 lease areas in the Gulf of Maine. The accepted bids have the potential to power 2.3 million homes 📷 https://t.co/6pt4VBTBS1
sierraclub.org
MAINE. – Today, the Department of Interior (DOI) announced the results of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s first-ever Gulf of Maine wind energy auction for eight lease areas off the shore of...
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EPA Announces Clean Ports Program. 2 CT Ports will receive funding to install zero-emission technology!
⚡️⛴️🚛⚡️ Nearly $3 BILLION for clean ports funding announced today by @POTUS in #Baltimore for cleaner air and environmental justice 💙 @SierraClub statement from @Yassi_lovely: https://t.co/NLn953D3eU
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📢🆕 @NYCComptroller is taking more action to protect workers' savings from the climate crisis by stopping NYC pension funds' private market investments in all fossil fuel sectors. This sets a strong precedent for pensions across the country to follow. 👏 https://t.co/YviEnY4JyS
sierraclub.org
New York — Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced a plan to develop a new policy to exclude prospective private markets investments in downstream and midstream fossil fuel infrastru...
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By investing in #offshorewind, CT will see: -Lower electricity bills -Reduced exposure to gas price spikes -A stable, sustainable energy future Economists agree, offshore wind is CT's best energy solution. @GovNedLamont @CTDEEPNews
ctmirror.org
Amidst rising costs for electricity in CT, offshore wind presents an opportunity for relief —not an added burden.
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"Stronger action is urgently needed, including improvements to U.S. banks’ climate targets, policies, and disclosures — and ultimately an end to their financing of fossil fuel expansion,” shared @bmcushing on latest #NetZero analysis.
esgdive.com
“What we see today in terms of their implementation and operationalizing of those [net-zero] commitments is far from sufficient,” the director of the Sierra Club’s Fossil-Free Finance Campaign said.
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National Drive Electric Week continues!! CCSU in New Britain is the longest continuously running event in the US (we think, maybe), with a CT Transit electric bus & many vehicles. More events this weekend in E. Hampton, Old Saybrook and W. Hartford: https://t.co/Ff9ElnQsDF
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📷 Check out @SierraClubCT Volunteer Martha Klein + Brookfield Resident Kerry Swift talk about the dangers of fracked gas expansion in Connecticut. "We're very concerned about the health of our children + our neighborhoods + also safety." 📷@GovNedLamont
https://t.co/d1AP3LJZMY
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"There are many reasons why people love owning and driving their EVs, and many reasons why I’d recommend one to almost anybody who’s in the market for a car." Find an upcoming EV event in CT at https://t.co/Ff9ElnQsDF
https://t.co/OuqXjbC8W9
ctinsider.com
National Drive Electric Week events throughout CT try to lure drivers to check the status of EV technology.
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Thanks to everyone who came to the Capitol to urge @GovNedLamont and @CTDEEPNews to reject proposals to expand gas pipeline facilities in CT! We will #StopProjectMaple and the #Brookfield compressor station expansion
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Join us at a rally to Stop Project Maple- Stop Fracked Gas Expansion on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 1 pm at the State Capitol in Hartford. Stop the CT Fracked Gas Expansion! Clean Energy and Climate Justice Now!
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This summer, “virtual power plants” deployed across New England to lower energy demand and ensure lifesaving cooling reached residents without any power outages. Read more about this technology is creating a more resilient power grid below: https://t.co/ApJ28HmwvO
wbur.org
On the hottest afternoons this summer, thousands of internet-connected thermostats, home solar panels and battery systems helped reduce the strain on the electric grid. These "virtual power plants"...
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In an op-ed published today in @CTMirror, United’s @Katburnham1 argues rethinking the gas sector is key to addressing rising energy bills in #Connecticut. Read the full op-ed here ⤵️ https://t.co/w86jWo4Js1
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"The Capitol Area System, with its decades-long history of polluting our air, needs to be replaced! We have the chance to choose 100% clean, renewable energy solutions...that will significantly reduce harmful emissions and improve our air quality."
courant.com
Choose the clean energy path. Choose the health of our children. Choose the future we all deserve.
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“I haven’t gone to a gas station for almost 3 years. It costs a lot less to own [an EV]... I don’t have to worry about the maintenance that I used to have with a gas car.” Learn more about why this Cheshire family drives #CleanerCars: https://t.co/XYScdGDeAG #ACCII @NAGHartford
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Must read on CT energy bills ⬇️ "Utility customers who saw significant increases ... are understandably upset. However, legislators and utility executives who are misleading the public ...should be ashamed of themselves."
courant.com
Let’s reject political posturing and scapegoating that will make it more difficult for residents to manage their energy costs in the future, and let’s focus on the real issue.
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Great read on @EPA funds for CT! Heat pumps cut household emissions by 36-64% vs. furnaces & boilers. They also provide much needed cooling. Learn how new funding for New England & Alaska will boost equitable adoption of highly efficient heat pumps. https://t.co/3TVrNzEFiO
canarymedia.com
The EPA awarded these cold regions with a combined $488M to replace fossil-fueled heating with efficient electric heat pumps.
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Offshore Wind is key to unlocking Connecticut's clean energy future. Reaching CT's #OSW goals will: ☑️ Lower health-harming air pollution ☑️ Lower emissions that cause climate change ☑️ Lower dependence on pricey gas power ☑️ Lower electricity bills
ctmirror.org
Offshore wind projects can set Connecticut on a path towards lower energy costs, cleaner air, healthier communities, and a more reliable grid.
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📢 Great news! @Chubb drops Rio Grande LNG after strong opposition from the community and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of TX. 5 major banks also won't finance the project. Time for @AIGInsurance & @SOMPO_JP to follow suit. Take action with us:
act.ran.org
In a massive community win, Chubb insurance has DROPPED the planned Rio Grande LNG. Demand peers @AIG @LibertyMutual @Sompo listen to people and do the same and stop Rio Grande LNG once and for all!
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Take Action! Call @GovNedLamont 860-566-4840, urge him to: - reject the permit for the Brookfield compressor station expansion - conduct a long term health study on the impacts of the compressor station - conduct long term air monitoring around the facility 5/5
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The study also found that a recent health assessment carried out by the corporations who own the compressor station was deeply flawed, missing crucial data, and failed to look at the long term health impacts of the facility. 4/5
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