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Building emissions are Connecticut's second-largest category of greenhouse gas emissions — and they're growing. Is the state addressing them?

A new study shows Connecticuts second biggest leader in greenhouse gas emissions is the residential sector.

Connecticut's newly released updated Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows that for the first time, just the residential sector — never mind commercial and industrial buildings — has replaced the electric sector as the state’s second-largest emitter after transportation.

Building emissions are CT's second-largest category of greenhouse gas emissions — and they're growing. Is the state addressing them?

The not-quite-finished home on Rainbow Road, not far from Bradley Airport in Windsor, has the unmistakable scent of fresh paint. The trim four-bedroom sits in a row with three other identical Habitat for Humanity homes — all, at first glance, functional and no-frills. But they’re actually a lot more than that.

(Inside Investigator) Association leaders for Connecticut’s gas stations and home heating companies along with Connecticut truckers say an emissions bill be ...

The bill would give DEEP the ability to deny or place conditions on a permit for polluting facilities in environmental justice communities.

A gateway renewal project along Bristol's Route 72 and the Ellis Commons mixed-income housing project in New Britain will share $11 million in state aid, part of a $170 million statewide effort by Gov. Ned Lamont's administration to spur economic development and housing.

Legislators stripped the states first bear hunting season from a bill meant to address rising human-bear conflict in Connecticut.

Officials say a product stewardship program for packaging products would divert 190,000 tons of trash each year. Lawmakers want other states to go first.