The 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.
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Compromise in Hartford on Open Space Funding
Thursday, July 9th, 2015Governor 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. […]
