Connecticut Legislature Sends Climate Bill to Governor for Signature. The [Connecticut] Senate gave final -- and unanimous -- legislative approval Monday to a tough new bill requiring drastic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions connected with global warming, and the [Republican] leader in the Senate said he expects Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell to sign it into law. 'I'd be surprised if she didn't,' Senate Minority Leader John McKinney [R-Fairfield], said... after the Senate... passed, by a 35-0 vote, the same bill that the House last week had [approved]... The bill would force state agencies to calculate and list greenhouse gases produced in the state, come up with strategies to meet the new reduction goals and start measuring the state's progress. Those efforts could affect daily life in Connecticut in ways including electricity costs; incentives for saving energy and using alternative, renewable sources; how homes and businesses are built; the kinds of motor vehicles on the road and availability of public transportation... The new bill would build on goals established four years ago and would require Connecticut to cut emissions, mainly from the burning of fossil fuels, to 10% below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% below 2001 levels by 2050."
2008-05-06
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