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• First Progress Report and Last Four Goals of the 20BY20 Initiative Unveiled

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) released the first quarterly report of the 20BY20 initiative, a set of 20 short-term high-impact agency goals aimed at providing greater predictability, efficiency, and transparency for environmental permitting and regulatory processes to be achieved by the end of 2020.

• Department of Energy & Environmental Protection Issues Draft Electric Vehicle Roadmap for Connecticut

  Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has issued an ambitious strategy for deploying electric vehicles in Connecticut.

• State EnCon Police Release Names of Parties Involved in Boating Accident, Investigation Continues

  On October 19, 2019, at around 3:45 p.m., Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police responded to a reported boating accident on Amston Lake in the Town of Hebron.

• EnCon Police Investigation -- Amston Lake, Hebron

  On Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, at about 3:45 p.m., Connecticut State Police Troop K notified the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection Emergency Dispatch Center of a boating accident involving an unknown number of people in a canoe on Amston Lake in Hebron.

• October is a Great Time to Celebrate Connecticut’s Bats

  October heralds seasonal changes across Connecticut – the days continue to grow shorter, leaves change color, temperatures drop, and Halloween candy packs the shelves at stores.

• Connecticut Interagency PFAS Task Force Releases Draft PFAS Action Plan for Public Comment

  Commissioner Katie S. Dykes of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and Commissioner Renée Coleman-Mitchell of the Department of Public Health (DPH), co-chairs of the Connecticut Interagency PFAS Task Force, announce the release today of the Task Force’s Draft PFAS Action Plan.

• Discover Outdoor Connecticut

  The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Bureaus of Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation announce that Discover Outdoor Connecticut Day will be held on Sunday, September 15 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM at Hammonasset Beach State Park (Meigs Point Area) in Madison.

• Risk of Mosquito-Borne Diseases Continues: Eastern Equine Encephalitis Positive Mosquitoes Found in 10 Connecticut Towns

  The State Mosquito Management Program is warning Connecticut residents about the risk of infection by eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and West Nile virus (WNV) this season.

• Motorists, Watch for Deer and Moose this Fall

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) reminds motorists to be watchful of increased deer and moose activity along roadways, especially during early morning and evening hours. September through October is the peak of the breeding season for Connecticut's small moose population, which mainly resides in the northern part of the state.

• Connecticut Updates Rules for Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to Drive Down Emissions

  The General Assembly’s Legislative Regulation Review Committee (LRRC) has unanimously approved updates to carbon dioxide emissions regulations that strengthen the state’s commitment to a zero-carbon grid by 2040.

• Fall Archery Deer and Turkey Seasons Open in September

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) reminds sportsmen that the 2019 fall archery hunting season for deer opens on Sunday, September 15 on private land only and on Monday, September 16 on state land.

• Encon Police Respond to Incident with Black Bear in Southbury

  On Saturday, September 28, Connecticut Environmental Conservation Police responded to Southbury for a report of an incident with a black bear.

• State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in East Haven

  The State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program (MMP) announced that mosquitoes trapped in East Haven on July 30 tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV).

• Connecticut Announces $7.5 Million to Fund Clean Air Projects from Volkswagen Settlement

  The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) this week announced that the State of Connecticut is making available $7.5 million dollars from the national legal settlement in the Volkswagen (VW) Corporation emissions cheating scandal to fund clean air projects.

• Department of Energy & Environmental Protection Forecasts Elevated Levels of Ozone for parts of Connecticut Wednesday May 17, 2017 and Thursday May 18, 2017

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is forecasting our air quality will be Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) for the New Haven coastal area through Northeastern Connecticut on Wednesday May 17, 2017 and for most of the State on Thursday May 18, 2017 – which would be the first unhealthy air day for the 2017 ozone season.