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FRACKING WASTE
Public Information Meeting & Discussion regarding Fracking Waste will be held on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at 7pm at Yeomans Hall located at 323 Route 87, Columbia, CT.
Coventry was the first CT town to pass ordinance language in the state (which directly relates to banning fracking waste). This language is now law in 20 of 21 CT towns with fracking waste bans see the map & examples of Ordinance language from neighboring towns in the document section below!
CT Legislation:
- House Bill 6329 (click here)- An Act Concerning Hydraulic Fracturing Waste in Connecticut.
- Passed overwhelmingly in the House 141-6 but vetoed in the Senate
- Citizen action groups claim that the House Bill only addresses one type of extraction process - gas. HB 6329 disregards byproducts from oil extraction methods. See the info graphic in the document section below for more details.
Health & Safety information:
- Concerned Health Professionals of NY Compendium (click here)
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (click here)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- Energize CT (click here) empowers residents to make smart energy choices.
- Energize CT Center: Informational Spotlight Video (click here)
Solarize Connecticut (Solarize CT) (click here) is a pilot program designed to encourage the adoption of residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems by deploying a coordinated education, marketing and outreach effort, combined with a tiered pricing structure that provides increased savings to homeowners as more people in one community go solar.
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (click here)
- Point.Click.Switch - Compare Energy Providers Quickly (click here)
COMPOSTING
- Composting - benefits and importance (click here)
- What is Grasscycling? (click here)
CT SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL WEBSITES
- Sustainable CT (click here)
- CT Agricultural Experiment Station (click here)
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (click here)