Testimony of the Connecticut Audubon Society to the Energy and Technology Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly in opposition to sections 2 and 3 of S.B. No. 950 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITY POLES AND REVISING VEGETATION MANAGEMENT IN UTILITY PROTECTION ZONES. March 3, 2021 The Connecticut Audubon Society thanks the […]
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Testimony in Support of An Act Concerning the Replacement of Utility Poles and Revising Vegetation Management
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021Testimony in Support of An Act Concerning Electronic Documents and Pesticide Regulation
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021Testimony of the Connecticut Audubon Society to the Environment Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly in support of Raised S.B. No. 839 AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS AND PESTICIDE REGULATION IN THE STATE. February 10, 2021 The Connecticut Audubon Society thanks the Committee and the sponsors of Raised S.B. No. 839 An Act Concerning Electronic […]
Testimony in support of An Act Concerning the Use of PFAs in Class B Firefighting Foam
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021Testimony of the Connecticut Audubon Society to the Environment Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly in support of Raised S.B. No. 837 AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF PERFLUOROALKYL OR POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN CLASS B FIREFIGHTING FOAM. February 10, 2021 The Connecticut Audubon Society thanks the Committee and the sponsors of Raised S.B. No. 837 […]
Testimony in strong support of An Act Concerning Climate Change Adaptation
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021Testimony of the Connecticut Audubon Society to the Environment Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly in strong support of HB 6441, An Act Concerning Climate Change Adaptation March 7, 2021 The Connecticut Audubon Society thanks the Committee and the sponsors of HB 6441, An Act Concerning Climate Change Adaptation for proposing this important resolution and […]
Testimony in support of an Act Concerning Arts, Culture and Tourism Funding
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021Testimony of the Connecticut Audubon Society to the Commerce Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly in support of H.B. No. 6119 An Act Concerning Arts, Culture and Tourism Funding February 11, 2021 The Connecticut Audubon Society thanks the Committee and the sponsors of H.B. No. 6119 An Act Concerning Arts, Culture and Tourism Funding for […]
Connecticut Audubon’s Hartford Advocacy List for 2021
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021March 16, 2021 — Helping to change laws, in Hartford and Washington, by speaking out and writing is an incredibly effective way of protecting the environment. Connecticut Audubon Public Policy/Advocacy Committee has chosen a handful of important bills in Hartford to speak out on in 2021. Here’s a list, with links to our written testimony.
Advocacy: Connecticut Audubon calls on the General Assembly to pass the Blue Plan
Friday, January 22nd, 2021January 22, 2021 — The Connecticut Audubon Society submitted testimony today to the General Assembly’s Environment Committee urging the passage of the Long Island Sound Blue Plan.
Ballot question #2 wins!
Friday, September 21st, 2018November 7, 2018 – Connecticut voters approved a Constitutional Amendment protecting Connecticut’s public lands yesterday. The Amendment requires the Connecticut General Assembly to hold a public hearing and gain a 2/3 majority vote before state-owned park, forest, wildlife management area, or farmland is sold, swapped, or given away. This means greater transparency for the public […]
Long Island Sound and other New England waters get added protection for vital herring fishery
Wednesday, September 26th, 2018September 26, 2018 – A memo from Executive Director Patrick Comins about a recent decision to protect the Northeast’s herring fishery I am thrilled to report some great and unexpected news. Yesterday the New England Fishery Management Council passed Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan. Having corresponded with Connecticut’s representatives on the […]
The Endangered Species Act must be saved
Tuesday, September 25th, 2018September 24, 2018 – The Endangered Species Act protects wildlife throughout the United States and its territories, and it has a direct affect on several species of bird in Connecticut. Those birds could suffer population declines if the act is weakened, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes. Here is the letter from Executive […]
Compromise in Hartford on Open Space Funding
Thursday, July 9th, 2015The Connecticut General Assembly concluded its 2015 session last week by agreeing to provide significant funds for open space preservation, narrowly averting a proposal that would have been disastrous to conservation efforts.
Governor Malloy’s Proposal to Empty the Community Investment Act Fund Would Devastate Conservation in Connecticut
Monday, April 13th, 2015Connecticut Audubon Society has been expressing its opposition to Governor Malloy’s proposal to sweep funds from the Community Investment Act in op-eds pubished throughout the state. We urge you to contact your state Senator and Representative.
Editorials Support Connecticut Audubon Society’s Stance on Community Investment Act
Friday, April 10th, 2015Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s proposal to balance the state budget by removing all the funds from the Community Investment Act is not going over well with the editorial boards of newspapers in Connecticut.
Governor Malloy’s Proposal Would Devastate Conservation in Connecticut
Tuesday, March 24th, 2015Connecticut Audubon Society has been expressing its opposition to Governor Malloy’s proposal to sweep funds from the Community Investment Act in op-eds published throughout the state. We urge you to contact your state Senator and Representative and send this message: “Because of the reasons explained in Connecticut Audubon Society’s recently published op-ed, we urge you […]
Our Statement in Support of Robert Klee as Commissioner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Friday, January 30th, 2015January 30, 2015 – We were in Hartford yesterday to testify before the Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee in support of Governor Malloy’s nomination of Commissioner Robert Klee to a full four-year term as head of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The committee is chaired by Representative Claire Janowski and Senator Robert Duff. Here’s […]
We’re Working in Hartford to Improve the State’s Open Space Plan
Saturday, March 17th, 2012We’ve been urging the state of Connecticut for the last several years to revise its open space program. This year we are supporting a bill, drafted by the Council on Environmental Quality, that incorporates many of our recommendations by requiring the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to tackle the issue in its Green Plan. […]
