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Connecticut

Will Endangerment Finding Repeal Trigger New State Actions on Climate?

The Trump administration included language in its proposal designed to head off new state rules and lawsuits. But legal experts predict years of battle ahead.

By Marianne Lavelle

Then Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly speaks to reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 29, 2006, as states argued against the EPA’s inaction on global warming. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images
A view an offshore wind turbine installation jack-up vessel called the Sea Installer on Aug. 17, 2023 in New Bedford, Mass. Credit: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Trade Unions Urge Southern New England States to Triple Their Offshore Wind Commitments

By Jon Hurdle

Wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island on July 7, 2022. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Multi-State Offshore Wind Pact Weakened After Connecticut Sits Out First Selection

By Jon Hurdle

A collection of plastic pellets known as nurdles that washed up on a beach in Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Andrew Wunderley/Charleston Waterkeeper

Lawsuits Targeting Plastic Pollution Pile Up as Frustrated Citizens and States Seek Accountability

By James Bruggers

Sen. Joe Lieberman spent more than 20 years advocating for climate action. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Joseph Lieberman Sought Middle Ground on Climate Change

By Marianne Lavelle

Steve Gephard, a former fisheries biologist with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and an Atlantic salmon expert, is pictured on the banks of the Connecticut River in Deep River, Connecticut on Sept. 28, 2022. Gephard is now a consultant on damn removal and fish ladders. Credit: Cloe Poisson

Swimming Against the Tide, a Retired Connecticut Official Won’t Stop Fighting for the Endangered Atlantic Salmon

By Delaney Dryfoos

Bill Olesner walks down South Battery St. while cleaning debris from storm drains on Sept. 5, 2019 in Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Fives States Have Filed Climate Change Lawsuits, Seeking Damages From Big Oil and Gas

By David Hasemyer

The Connecticut State Capitol building is seen in 2018 in Hartford. Credit: EGryk

Connecticut Passed an Environmental Justice Law 12 Years Ago, but Not That Much Has Changed

By Abby Weiss

Connecticut is one of the fastest-warming states in the contiguous United States. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Fading Winters, Hotter Summers Make the Northeast America’s Fastest Warming Region

By Abby Weiss

CT Governor Dan Malloy

State 'Green Banks' Gathering Steam

By Maria Gallucci

The Man Who Makes Greenhouse Gas Polluters Face Their Victims in Court

By Amy Westervelt

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