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Dec. 16, 2020
Environmental advocates, elected officials and community leaders joined together for a virtual press event today to highlight public opposition to NTE Partners proposed fracked gas plant in Killingly, and to call for a moratorium on new fossil fuel infrastructure projects in Connecticut. Together, grassroots activists have generated over 650 hand-written letters to Governor Lamont, in addition to 2,550 emails to the Governor and CT Elected Officials in opposition to the proposed fossil fuel power plant. The organizers closed out the zoom press conference with a holiday gift for Gov. Lamont; more than 5,925 petition signatures signed by CT residents in support of ending investments into fossil fuel infrastructure and investing instead into renewable energy and energy efficiency.
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Plum Island Lighthouse
After more than a decade of uncertainty, the mandated sale of Plum Island may be off the table as part of a federal spending bill that could be approved this week.
U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced Wednesday that a provision in the 2021 federal spending bill will permanently block the sale until local entities decide what the 840-acre island’s fate should be.
In a press release, Mr. Schumer said the spending bill includes $18.9 million for cleaning up the island, which will remain under federal ownership through the Department of Homeland Security.
“We’re closer than ever before to saving Plum Island.”
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Connecticut environmental groups have sent 650 hand-written letters to Governor Ned Lamont and state lawmakers urging them to block the construction of a 650 megawatt natural gas power plant in Killingly.
Louis Rosa Burch is with Citizens Campaign for the Environment, one of the groups opposed to the Killingly power plant. Burch said the letters make the point that Connecticut needs lawmakers to commit to green new jobs for the holidays, not another fossil fuel burning power plant.
“The Killingly plant is only really projected to create between 25 and 40 long term jobs. That pales in comparison to the thousands of skilled green jobs that we could be creating,” Burch said.