Samantha Dynowski, Sierra Club Connecticut, samantha.dynowski@sierraclub.org, (860) 916-3639
Adil Trehan, Sierra Club, adil.trehan@sierraclub.org, (202) 630-7275
Hartford, CT -- Today, the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection released the latest data on greenhouse gas emissions in the state. The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows that Connecticut is not on track to meet the state’s statutorily required reduction of emissions 45 and 80 percent below 2001 levels by 2030 and 2050, respectively.
The recent International Panel on Climate Change report on climate change as well as climate-change driven weather disasters in Connecticut call for urgent and swift reductions in greenhouse gases to avoid the worst impacts of climate change before it is too late.
In response, Samantha Dynowski, Director of the Sierra Club Connecticut Chapter, issued the following statement:
“The news that Connecticut is failing to reduce emissions quickly enough is not surprising; the state has been nibbling around the edges rather than taking the urgent action necessary. Connecticut must do more to mitigate the impacts of climate change and protect lives. Our state must stop allowing more fossil fuel power plants and pipelines that will further pollute our air and damage the climate, and start investing in only clean and renewable electricity, vehicles and buildings.”
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