U.S. Congress and State Offices

Clean Water Action endorsed 155 candidates for federal and state offices in 2008, with 80 percent of them winning their elections. Below are the winning candidates plus a few still too close to call as of November 6.

Helping homes and businesses become more energy efficient is the most effective way to reduce energy costs. The CT Department of Public Utility Control can save consumers an estimated $1 billion over the next ten years by approving an increase in funding for the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund programs recommended in the "demand focus scenario" in our state's new energy plan. Not only will this save consumers money but it is a key strategy to reduce ozone smog pollution and global warming pollution.

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• What: This free event will be devoted to peace and energy issues and will include awards to the activists, leaders, organizations, companies and media who promote these ideas in the region. Keynote speaker Michael Klare, author of "Shrinking Planet: the Geopolitics of Energy" and "Blood and Oil."
• Food (vegetarian pizza and homemade desserts) available at the event for reasonable cost. Exhibits include solar installers, energy efficiency information and environmental groups.
• Who: Event is open to the public.
• When: Saturday November 22, 2008 5:30pm-6:45pm Exhibits and food; 6:45pm Program starts
• Where: Unitarian Society of Hartford, 50 Bloomfield Ave., Hartford

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• What: The house is a Double-Envelope house, in which the living space is within a second envelope -- which acts as a heat-gathering space during cold months and a cooling tower during hot months. Features of house include a Solarium; batch heaters to preheat the domestic hot water with solar heat; a solar-heated swimming pool; and a photovoltaic system which supplies most of the electricity requirements
• Who: Event is open to the public.
• When: Saturday November 15, 2008 2:00pm
• Where: Directions to the Site will be sent by U.S. Mail after receiving your registration.

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• What: See and hear about the techniques for home energy conservation, what you can easily do in your own home to save energy and cut costs and information on state programs available to help you pay for it! Sponsored by West Hartford Clean Energy Task Force, WH Senior Center, Sustainable West Hartford & Clean Water Action
• Who: Paul Popinchalk, Energy Engineer & Roger Smith, Coordinator Connecticut Climate Coalition
• When: Monday, November 10, 7:00pm
• Where: West Hartford Senior Center, 15 Starkel Road, West Hartford Connecticut

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• What: Instructions on what the most practical steps are to reduce energy consumption in your home. Topics include: Reducing drafts, insulating walls & ceilings, replacing or repairing old windows, using thermal curtains, lessening electrical loads, examining heating and air conditioning systems
• Who: Fred Loxsom, Endowed Chair in Sustainable Energy Studies in the Environmental Earth Sciences Dept. at Eastern Connecticut State University
• When: Wednesday October 29th 7:00pm-9:00pm
• Where: Council Chambers at Mansfield Town Hall, 4 S Eagleville Rd Storrs Mansfield, Connecticut 06268

For too long, American power plants have been freely polluting our atmosphere with climate-changing carbon dioxide (CO₂) pollution. This is about to change. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a coalition of 10 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states who are working together to put a price on pollution.

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What: A solar tour and seminar at a new energy-conserving home in Bethany, CT. This remarkable "healthy home" showcases state-of-the art energy-conserving building technologies, passive solar, solar hot water, radiant floor heating, a solar electric installation and many non-toxic materials.
Who: Open to the public
When: Sunday, October 19th. 12:00 and 3:00pm tours
For more information contact www.pace-cleanenergy.org or call 860-693-4813.
Admission $20.00

To ensure that the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers’ Climate Change Action Plan is implemented, and that our government actively works toward the plan’s long-term goal of deep greenhouse gas reductions, environmental, health and other groups around the region are joining together to press for steady progress. The Connecticut Climate Coalition (CCC) will work to ensure full implementation of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers’ Climate Change Action Plan in our own state. In addition, CCC will collaborate closely with coalition partners pressing for action on global warming around the region.