CT greenhouse gas emissions up 7% as climate bills languish

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CT greenhouse gas emissions up 7% as climate bills languish

As bills aimed at dealing with climate change struggle to get through the current legislative session, a new report showing that Connecticut is struggling with its greenhouse gas emissions may be providing an extra push. Data from the state’s annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, released Thursday, shows that there was a sharp increase in GHG emissions — the primary cause of planet-warming climate change — of 6% from 2020 to 2021. The two-y…