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[I]t is the continuing responsibility of the state government to use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considerations of state policy, to improve and coordinate state plans, functions, programs, and resources to the end that the state may: (1) Fulfill the responsibility of each generation as trustee of the environment for ...
The agency was created on July 1, 2011, by the merging of two other state agencies, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control. [1] Daniel C. Esty was appointed as commissioner of the DEEP upon its creation in July 2011. Rob Klee served as commissioner of the department from ...
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services; New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; New Jersey Tidelands Resource Council; New Mexico Environment Department; New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; North Carolina Department of Environmental ...
Council on Environmental Quality building at 730 Jackson Place in Washington, D.C.. The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is a division of the Executive Office of the President that coordinates federal environmental efforts in the United States and works closely with agencies and other White House offices on the development of environmental and energy policies and initiatives.
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI, pronounced "Reggie") is the first mandatory market-based program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the United States.RGGI is a cooperative effort among the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia to cap and reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions ...
Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments [19] (Danielson area) Northwestern Connecticut Council of Governments [3] (Warren area) South Central Regional Council of Governments [20] (New Haven area) Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments [21] (Norwich-New London area) South Western Regional Planning Agency [22] (Stamford-Norwalk area)
It was established in 1972 as the Power Facility Evaluation Council, as part of the Connecticut Public Utility Environmental Standards Act, and subsequently came to be called the Connecticut Siting Council, with the passage in 1981 of Connecticut Public Act 81-369, which, in addition to changing the entity's name, expanded the scope of the ...
MetroCOG is a council of governments and a regional planning organization serving Bridgeport, Fairfield, Easton, Monroe, Stratford, and Trumbull. It regulates economic development, transportation, and environmental quality in the region. MetroCOG also serves as a "host agency" for the Greater Bridgeport and Valley Metropolitan Planning ...