2010 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
Defense of Connecticut Environmental Law and Policy. Protection of Dedicated Funds
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Stop budget raids of the Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Funds.
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Prevent cuts to DEP budget.
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Maintain key environmental laws.
Green Jobs
- Work with a broad coalition to make green jobs a legislative priority for Connecticut's economic future.
- Collaborate with the environmental community to develop a consensus on priorities that focus on job creation.
Watershed Protection
- Riverfront Protection: work with allies to develop legislation protecting river and stream banks and setting standards for local upland review.
- Increase protection of Class I Watershed Lands.
Long Island Sound
- Clean Water: ensure that priority sewer and stormwater projects are funded and moving ahead.
- Long Island Sound License Plate Fund: investigate increasing this revenue stream for LIS restoration.
- Storm Water Initiative: develop clarifying legislative statute to enable municipal stormwater authorities to fund (bond) and implement local projects.
Transit for CT
- Maintain and expand bus operations as an economic development priority.
- Support Bus Rapid Transit as part of a multi-modal solution to reducing vehicle miles traveled, increasing livability and providing workforce access.
- Work to maintain current service level. Work with DOT and transit districts to determine whether lower use routes can be eliminated and existing funds channeled to improved service.
Global Warming
- Green Buildings: develop time-of-sale building energy performance standards.
- Adopt electronic appliance energy efficiency standards.
- Support innovative finance models for new energy business development.
- Work to ensure implementation of the Carbon Cap (DEP plan report due July 2010).
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