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The 2010 Connecticut Environmental Briefing Book is Here!
The Connecticut Environmental Briefing Book was
originally produced in 2004 to help legislators learn more about the
environmental issues they were being asked to address. We know that
the Briefing Book has proved to be a valuable resource not only for
public officials at all levels of government but also for
environmental advocates, media and the general public. If you
want to know more about an issue, the Briefing Book is a great place
to start.
CONTENTS
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ENERGY
02.....Climate Change & Energy
10.....Light Pollution
11.....Green Buildings
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
12.....Green Jobs
14.....Smart Growth
16.....Transportation
17.....Brownfields
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LAND USE & CONSERVATION
19.....Community Investment Act
20.....Community Green Fund
21.....Open Space
23.....Farmland Preservation
25.....State Parks & State Forests
26.....Habitat Conservation & Wildlife Diversity
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WATER
28.....Water Management
29.....Drinking Water Source Protection
31.....Non-point Source Pollution
32.....Inland Wetlands & Watercourses
33.....River Buffers
34.....Long Island Sound
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WASTE & RECYCLING
35.....Solid Waste Management Plan
37.....Beverage Container Recycling
38.....Electronic Waste
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HUMAN HEALTH & THE ENVIRONMENT
39.....Environmental Health
40.....Pesticides
41.....Vehicle Idling
42.....Environmental Justice
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ENFORCEMENT & PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
43.....Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
44.....Connecticut Environmental Protection Act
45.....Connecticut Environmental Policy Act
46.....Council on Environmental Quality
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
47.....Budget Basics
49.....Connecticut Environmental Directory
Many
Thanks
to Our Contributors:
Nancy Alderman, Environment
and Human Health, Inc.
David Bingham, Connecticut League of Conservation
Voters; Sierra Club, Connecticut Chapter
Sandy Breslin, Audubon Connecticut Public Policy Office
Eric Hammerling, Connecticut Forest & Parks Association
Helen Higgins, Connecticut Trust for Historic
Preservation
David Kooris, Regional Plan Association
Martin Mador, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental
Studies
Jiff Martin, Working Lands Alliance
Sue Merrow, 1000 Friends of Connecticut
Margaret Miner, Rivers Alliance of Connecticut
Dr. Mark Mitchell, Connecticut Coalition for
Environmental Justice
Christopher Phelps, Connecticut Public Interest Research
Group; Environment Connecticut Program
Roger Reynolds, Charles Rothenberger, Karen Burnaska,
Curt Johnson and Leah Schmalz,
Connecticut Fund for the Environment
Ryan Lynch, Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Alan Siniscalchi, Connecticut Association of
Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions
Leo Smith, International Dark Sky Association,
Connecticut Chapter
Roger Smith, Clean Water Action; Connecticut Climate
Coalition
Jessie Stratton, Environment Northeast
David Sutherland, The Nature Conservancy, Connecticut
Chapter
Tom Swarr, Sustainability by Design
Sarah Uhl, Clean Water Action (CWA); Coalition for a
Safe and Healthy Connecticut,
and our fabulous 2010
interns: Nick Bacon (Trinity College), Will
Moffett (Trinity College), Nichole Strack (Trinity
College), Erin Bourgault (Bates College), and Michael
Wysolmerski (Yale University).
Many Thanks to Our Funders:
The 2010 Connecticut Environmental
Briefing Book would not have been possible without the
support of:
The Harris & Frances Block
Foundation
Bydale Foundation
David Behnke & Paul Doherty
Irwin Belk Educational Foundation
Betsy & Jesse Fink Fund of the Fairfield County
Community Foundation
Westport Green Village Initiative
Stewart & Constance Greenfield Foundation
Gryphon Fund
Alexander Host Foundation
Chester Kitchings Family Foundation
Jane Marcher Foundation
Newman’s Own Foundation
Donal O’Brien
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
Vervane Foundation
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