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Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has issued Requests for Proposals to energy companies for energy efficiency measures that could lower residents’ bills.

An effort to improve infrastructure at Connecticut state parks and forests has gotten a $30 million boost. This is in addition to $70 million already allocated by the state from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Officials at the scene of a brush fire in central Connecticut said they’re bracing for a long fall fire season in the state this year.

Connecticut has just launched the second round of an initiative to help communities get federal assistance for climate resiliency projects.

Nearly two dozen environmental and climate advocacy organizations sent a letter to Connecticut opposing the expansion of a natural gas compressor station in the town.

The Fitchville Pond Dam leak catapulted dams into public consciousness. But CT has thousands of aging dams that are challenging to regulate.

A proposal to study how data centers affect CT's electric grid is drawing opposition from some who say it would delay critical development.

Gov. Ned Lamont said the measure, drafted as a compromise to a proposed phase-out of most gas-powered vehicles, was a "nothing-burger."

There could be lessons for CT in the region and beyond for innovative ways to tackle climate change from energy and emissions standpoints.

A Connecticut legislative task force is working on proposals that might prevent dam breaches, following last week's concern about the Fitchville Pond Dam after really high water in the Yantic River caused flooding in Bozrah and Norwich.