Connecticut Passes Bill Requiring Reductions Global Warming Pollution
In early May, the Connecticut legislature passed a bill requiring substantial reductions in the state's global warming pollution. The measure would require reductions to 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80 percent below 2001 levels by 2050. Many scientists say these reductions must be achieved worldwide to ward off the worst effects of global warming. Findings from the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment, a collaboration between UCS and independent scientists and economists, showed what effects global warming could have in the region and helped to spur action. Governor Jodi Rell is expected to sign the bill into law soon. The law will make Connecticut the fifth state to adopt mandatory reductions of heat-trapping emissions; similar measures have been enacted in California, Hawaii, New Jersey, and Washington.
