New Haven Register - Environmentalists await bond package: "HARTFORD — Democratic and Republican lawmakers agree that the newly approved state budget does a good job in several key environmental areas, but some activists say legislators still have lots of work to do.
Members of the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters acknowledge the new two-year budget plan funds a number of important new programs involving clean water, invasive plants, energy conservation and diesel pollution.
But Lori Brown, the group's executive director, said Wednesday that the final verdict on how well or poorly the 2007 General Assembly did on environmental issues can't be determined until the legislature finishes work on a new state bond package.
A new two-year plan for using state bond money to pay for all kinds of state and local capital projects would provide badly needed new funding for clean water programs and open space and farmland preservation. ..."
