2021 VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT

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SUMMIT RECORDINGS

DAY 1

0:00​ Welcome & Intros
3:30​ Panel on Waste Reduction

• Louis Rosado Burch - Citizen's Campaign For The Environment
• Sam King - Blue Earth Compost
• Kim O'Rourke - Middletown Recycling Coordinator

39:09​ Modernizing Our Electric Grid

• Deborah Donovan - Senior Policy Advocate at Acadia Center

56:20​ CT DEEP 2021 Legislative Priorities
57:25​ Katie Dykes - DEEP Commissioner
1:16:20​ Governor Ned Lamont

DAY 2

0:00​ Welcome & Intros
4:00​ Environmental Justice

• Rep. Geraldo Reyes - Chair of Black & Puerto Rican Caucus

24:44​ Municipal Funding Option For Open Space

• Amy Blaymore Patterson - CT Land Conservation Council

38:40​ Wildlife 2021 Legislative Priorities

• Annie Hornish - Humane Society of the United States

56:20​ Environment Committee - 2021 Legislative Priorities

• Sen. Christine Cohen - Co-Chair

• Rep. Dorinda Borer - Co-Chair

DAY 3

0:00​ Welcome & Intros
4:52​ PFAS & Chemicals In Packaging

• Anne Hulick - Clean Water Action

21:50​ Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI)

• Charles Rothenberger - Save The Sound

34:31​ House of Representatives 2021 Legislative Priorities

• Rep. Matt Ritter - Speaker of the House

58:44​ Panel on Remote Lobbying & Advocacy

• Rep. Christine Palm
• Sen. Will Haskell
• Sena Wazer - Sunrise CT

• Akia S. Callum - CT State Conference NAACP Youth/College Division

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2021 SUMMIT MATERIALS

CTLCV Briefing Papers

• 100% Clean Energy
• Black Bears in Connecticut
• Blue Plan
• Bottle Bill
• Chlorpyrifos
• Climate Change Education
• Community Power
• Composting
• Environmental Justice​
• Extended Producer Responsibility​​
• Fix the Grid​
• Killingly Gas Plant
• Municipal Funding Option​
• PFAS​
• Pipeline Tax
• Polystyrene
• Shark Finning
• Single Use Plastics
• Transportation & Climate Initiative
• Wildlife Trafficking​​

Additional Materials

• Integrated Resources Plan: Zero Carbon Electricity
• Modernizing our Electric Grid (Acadia Center)
• Sustainable Materials Management: Menu of Options
• Transportation & Climate Initiative​​

Presenter Slides

• Deborah Donovan - ISO New England Grid
• Louis Rosado Burch - Bottle Bill
• Samuel King - Composting

Click here to view the 2021 Summit speaker bios!

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