Land and Environment

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• Wildlife Fact Sheets

  Learn about Bears, Coyotes, Snapping Turtles and other Connecticut wildlife.

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Energy Assistance - Energize Connecticut

  Connecticut programs that can assist those in need of help with energy bills.

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Call Before You Dig

  Residents or contractors must contact Call Before You Dig (CBYD) prior to excavating near any public utilities. CBYD will notify utilities that might be in the area. Utilities will locate their pipes and cables using paint and stakes, so excavators can conduct their work without causing damage or endangering people's safety.

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Air, Land, and Water

  The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection's (DEEP) protects Connecticut's diversified landscape through programs that improve air quality, restore and protect waterways, and address the remnants of our industrial legacy through site cleanup and waste management efforts. Find information on compliance assistance, pollution prevention, permitting, and more.

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Air Quality Index

  The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a tool for reporting daily air quality. It tells you how clean or polluted your air is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for you.

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Energy 101: Renewable Energy

  An overview of Class I renewable energy sources including: solar power, wind power, geothermal systems, anaerobic digestion, ocean thermal power, wave or tidal power, hydropower, and biomass. 

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Remediation – Site Cleanup

  The remediation of contaminated sites protects human health and the environment by improving the quality of Connecticut's soil, groundwater, surface water and air.

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Mercury

  Mercury is a heavy metal that can accumulate in living tissue. Exposure to mercury, when released into the environment through spills or incineration, can be toxic to humans and wildlife, or cause other health effects such as neurological and reproductive disorders. Proper management of used mercury-containing items and elemental mercury is important to protect human health and environment.

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Natural Resources

  Connecticut is a state rich with natural resources and a great diversity of habitat, landscapes, plant life, and wildlife.

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Organic Lawn Care

  Find FAQs about organic lawn care and how to change over from conventional lawn chemicals, as well as information about soil testing and garden planning.

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Materials Management

  Proper management - handling, use and disposal - of materials including pesticides, mercury, PCBs and petroleum products protects the quality of our environment and public safety.

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Petroleum Products

  Find information related to petroleum products including residential fuel oil tanks, marine terminals, Underground Storage Tanks (USTs), emergency response and spill prevention.

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Pollution Prevention

  Pollution Prevention (or P2) means eliminating or reducing the amount of toxicity of potentially harmful substances at their sources, prior to generalization, treatment, off-site recycling or disposal. It emphasizes preventing or minimizing pollution, rather than controlling it once it is generated.

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA)

  The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) regulates the rates and quality of services provided by Connecticut's investor-owned electricity, natural gas, water and telecommunication companies. It is also the franchising authority for the state's cable television companies.   

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

• Radiation

  Connecticut has standards for the safe operation of equipment that produces radiation and for the possession, use, storage, transportation and disposal of radioactive material. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Radiation Division inspects facilities that use radioactive material, X-ray machines and other radiation-producing devices.

  Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection