Connecticut Fund for the Environment

The gas tax is at the core of the argument about whether to bring tolls back to Connecticut highways. But this story is not about tolls – it's about the tax, its nexus with climate change, and what that means for the state.

Jeff Wieser remembers how, as a newly elected member of the Westport Representative Town Meeting nearly a dozen years ago, he carried his cellphone on his daily runs so he could document the plastic bag litter strewn around his coastal town.

Environmental groups and the city of Hartford are raising questions about the Connecticut Airport Authority's (CAA) handling of an environmental assessment that proposes to cut down 30 acres of trees at Brainard Airport.

A group of five Connecticut energy efficiency contractors, ratepayers and not-for-profits is seeking to block the state's planned sweep of $155 million in ratepayer funds, on the grounds that the raid is unconstitutional.

With the Energy and Technology committee's deadline for approving bills for this session on Thursday, committee leaders, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the governor's office and environmental advocates are racing the clock on one of the most consequential energy bills in years.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has not yet been able to use its relatively new authority to procure natural gas capacity for Connecticut, but amid a push from environmental groups, it says it doesn't want to give up that power either.

An array of environmental and consumer groups are calling on the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to be more ambitious in its strategy for the state's energy future.

This special focus section highlights the winners of this year's GreenCircle Awards – an annual awards series...

Shared solar, a concept that can provide solar power to many of those who otherwise can't get it, has been on the radar in Connecticut since 2012. After years of delays it may finally be close to its first – albeit tiny – test here.

Some state legislators are attempting to improve Connecticut's regulatory environment with several bills that would make it easier — and potentially less costly — to operate a business in the state, particularly startups.