Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

The state legislature’s Environment Committee will hear testimony Monday on a bill that would create a climate...

The notorious Connecticut environmental law, the Transfer Act, is broken and a hurdle to investment, redevelopment and even the cleanup of contaminated sites.

Gov. Ned Lamont has made it crystal clear that $330 million in taxpayer funds won’t be forthcoming to help finance an overhaul of the state’s largest waste incinerator.

You own a pizzeria. You want to grow your business. Your best seller is pepperoni. Would you take it off the menu?

This is the first of an ongoing series examining Connecticut’s expensive and increasingly unsustainable waste disposal system.

Connecticut is well behind its pledge to put 150,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2025, but instead of pumping the breaks on its environmentally conscious goal, state policymakers are shifting into high gear.

Gov. Ned Lamont signed an executive order Tuesday that he says will advance Connecticut’s momentum on climate change, but he was challenged to explain the state’s continued reliance on natural gas and its slow pace of financing projects that could mitigate the impact of rising seas and extreme weather.

Q&A talks with Pamela K. Elkow, a partner at Stamford law firm Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, about the Transfer Act, a controversial state statute that has had a major impact on the commercial real estate market.

It’s been more than five years since Connecticut started arguing about shared solar. Now — after a number of legislative actions (some successful, some not), a false start followed by delays in a tiny pilot program many thought unnecessary, and many, many public comments — an actual program is heading for regulatory approval.

Connecticut Water Service Inc. and a California water supplier inked an agreement with state officials last week...