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Over the past eight months, Republicans, and some Democrats, have tried to back the state out of California’s standards for clean air, which would have banned the sale of new gas-powered vehicles after 2035. WSHU’s Molly Ingram spoke with Republican Senate Leader Stephen Harding about what he thinks Connecticut should do to curb greenhouse gas emissions instead.

The Connecticut Port Authority is discussing a potential $6 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. The money would go toward buying and using shoreside electricity for ships docked at New London’s State Pier.

Though CT won't phase out new gas car sales, its number of EVs and plug-in hybrid vehicles went from about 4,800 in 2016 to 35,100 in 2022.

Building emissions are Connecticut's second-largest category of greenhouse gas emissions — and they're growing. Is the state addressing them?

Officials with the state Climate Action Council said they've received 18,000 comments on the draft plan, which calls for sweeping changes to the state’s power grids and transportation infrastructure.

The state’s goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. Charles Rothenberger of Save the Sound said the state needs to push that to net-zero.

Connecticut officials joined environmental advocates at the state Capitol in a final push to pass energy conservation and vehicle emission standards bills before the legislative session ends on May 4.

Tropical Storm Elsa will make landfall in our region tomorrow. Connecticut could extend the governor’s emergency powers, Cuomo recently declared a state…

Connecticut will commit to a green transportation initiative with two neighboring states and the District of Columbia.The Transportation Climate…

Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has drafted a plan to spend $51 million to reduce the number of high pollutant cars on…