The Latest from CT Green Energy News

by People’s Action for Clean Energy

[Excerpts from March 21 issue of CT Green Energy News]

“Eversource and Avangrid join fossil fuel lobby, undercutting climate targets”
Boston Globe.
“Last year, two major energy companies working in Massachusetts [and Connecticut] joined the ranks of an innocuous sounding group: the Consumer Energy Alliance… Its stated purpose includes “the promotion and defense of natural gas.”…Across the country, the alliance has fought the kinds of climate policies that are taking root in Massachusetts….That makes it “incredibly troubling” that both Eversource, one of the state’s largest gas and electric utilities, and Avangrid, offshore wind developer and the parent company of Berkshire Gas, became members of the alliance last year.”

CT bill would ban gas-powered leaf blowers
Connecticut Public.
“A bill in the Connecticut General Assembly would ban the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in the state starting in 2029. Co-sponsored by 10 Democratic state lawmakers, House Bill 6263 would first direct state and municipal agencies to begin phasing out the use of gas-powered blowers beginning in 2027. Beginning in 2029, the use and sale of such blowers would be outlawed statewide…“They are much more than just a nuisance – they are actually a very meaningful public health threat,”…the blowers emit fine particulate matter “which is respirable, which goes into the lungs, goes into the bloodstream,” as well as conventional air pollutants like ozone.”
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