Hartford is among the worst cities regarding office delinquency rates in the nation, and the city also continues to suffer from increasing office building vacancy rates (now nearly at 30%), according to two separate, recent […]
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As Connecticut’s unemployment rate reached a new low of 3.6% since September 2019, the state has still not yet fully recovered the jobs lost during the March-April 2020 COVID shutdown. Overall, recovery is at 98.2%, […]
As Gov. Ned Lamont and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035, a new study shows Connecticut electric vehicle (EV) consumers see less […]
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) held a public hearing on Tuesday (Aug. 22) about Gov. Ned Lamont’s announcement: that Connecticut will join fifteen other states that conform to California’s emission standards rather […]
I am writing to express Yankee Institute’s opposition for Advanced Clean Cars II proposed by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). Electric vehicles (EVs) are not a practical choice for Connecticut workers who […]
The adoption of these regulations from the California Air Resources Board will only serve to export Connecticut’s transportation emissions overseas, increase the cost of car ownership and infrastructure, and fails to recognize the reality of […]
YI President Carol Platt Liebau criticizes the proposed ban on gas-powered vehicles in an op-ed for Hearst Media. Read the story here.
Bryce Chinault, Director of External Affairs, appears in The Hartford Courant’s coverage of the state’s potential ban on gas-powered vehicles. Read the story here
Bryce Chinault, Director of External Affairs, appears on Channel 3 Eyewitness News testifying against a mandate to ban gas-powered cars.
Two state department heads are advocating for the creation of an energy and environmental justice position at Independent System Operator of New England (ISO-NE), which coordinates the region’s generation and distribution of electricity. The letter, […]
