HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 7 -- Save the Sound issued the following news release: * * * Advocates Urge House Passage * * * Clean Water Action, Sierra Club, Save the Sound and Environment Connecticut, along with many other coalition partners, including the CT Union of Professional Firefighters Association, numerous local groups and health advocates, celebrated the strong bipartisan support and passage of Senate Bill 292, An Act Concerning The Use Of PFAS Chemicals In Certain Products after a   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 8 -- Clean Water Action issued the following news release: * * * Advocates Urge House Passage * * * Clean Water Action, Sierra Club, Save the Sound and Environment Connecticut, along with many other coalition partners, including the CT Union of Professional Firefighters Association, numerous local groups and health advocates, celebrated the strong bipartisan support and passage of Senate Bill 292, An Act Concerning The Use Of PFAS Chemicals In Certain Products aft  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 10 -- The Consumer Technology Association issued the following statement on May 9, 2024: * * * The following statement is attributed to Gary Shapiro, CEO, Consumer Technology Association (CTA) regarding the bipartisan bills in Congress, the CREATE AI Act (S.2714/ H.R.5077) and the Artificial Intelligence Research, Innovation, and Accountability Act of 2023 (S.3312). "Hundreds of artificial intelligence bills at the state level would, if enacted, cause a confusing patc  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 8 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following statement on May 7, 2024: * * * Reproductive Equity Now Connecticut State Director Liz Gustafson released the following statement today after the State Senate passed H.B. 5005 An Act Expanding Paid Sick Days In The State late last night. This bill, which now heads to Governor Ned Lamont's desk for his s  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, May 7 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Time has run out to protect children in Rafah with the looming ground assault forcing hundreds of thousands to flee and impeding aid efforts in Gaza's 'last refuge,' Save the Children said. On Monday, May 6, Israeli forces issued relocation orders demanding civilians in easter  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 10 -- Save the Sound issued the following news release: The 2024 state legislative session followed the pattern of recent years, with laudable passage of multiple policies to protect public health, clean water, and habitats contrasting with yet another year of failure to take serious action on climate change. Bills to advance environmental justice also died on the vine. The session's most important climate bill got through one chamber and not the other, a microcosm   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 10 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: The Connecticut legislative session ended at midnight on May 8 and for the second consecutive year state leaders failed to pass key legislation to address climate change. By failing to adopt ambitious environmental and energy policy, state legislators have left Connecticut ill-equipped to face the climate crisis and its already devastating health and safety impacts. In 2023, the planet experience  more