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Join our Clean Water Week of Giving happening Dec 13-17 in Connecticut!

Connecticut became a national leader when we passed our priority PFAS (per and polyfluoroalkyl substances) bill this year.

Connecticut’s Incinerator is shutting down - now is not the time to expand a polluting ash disposal facility.

We did it! Our top priority bill—to ban PFAS in food packaging, firefighting foam, require the state to implement a take-back program and shift to a safe, fluorine-free foam was signed into law!

Connecticut’s legislative session is in full swing and we’re working hard on two important bills to reduce PFAS contamination. 

As a member of Clean Water Action’s CT Energy Network, I’ve had the opportunity to learn more about state programs on energy efficiency and renewables, connect with other energy task force leaders across the state and share best practices that we can help implement in our towns. 

Working town by town to expand energy efficiency and renewables!

On August 6^th, we co-released a report in conjunction with the Mind the Store campaign titled “Packaged in Pollution.” The report found that PFAS chemicals are used in food packaging and food service ware to repel grease and liquids so food wrappers for burgers, fries, sandwiches and molded fiber plates and bowls are likely culprits. 

The best way to protect our health from the harms of pollution is to prevent pollution in the first place.

It's Earth Week—and we’re dealing with the Covid 19 pandemic. These are unsettling times. The Covid 19 virus has, in a matter of weeks, shut down the global economy, wreaked havoc on human lives, stressed healthcare and essential workers, tested us all as we quarantine, cancel graduations and important celebrations, shift our work online and required people across the globe to stay at home.