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1/13/2026
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is activating Connecticut's Severe Cold Weather Protocol beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 15, 2026, and remaining in effect until noon on Friday, January 16, 2026, due to a blast of cold air that will impact the state during this period, including overnight temperatures that are expected to fall into the low to mid-teens with wind chills ranging between zero and ten degrees.
1/12/2026
Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes released the following statements regarding the preliminary injunction issued this afternoon by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia blocking the Trump administration's latest effort to prevent construction from continuing on the nearly complete Revolution Wind offshore wind project.
1/8/2026
Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes released the following statements regarding President Trump's signing of an executive order that moves to formally withdraw the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which for over thirty years has served as the primary global forum for reducing harmful greenhouse gas pollution and addressing climate change.
1/3/2026
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that due to an updated weather forecast indicating that the stretch of brutally frigid conditions Connecticut is experiencing will remain for at least an additional day longer than anticipated, he is extending the duration of the currently enacted Severe Cold Weather Protocol to remain in effect until noon on Monday, January 5, 2026.
12/29/2025
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is activating Connecticut's Severe Cold Weather Protocol beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, December 29, 2025, and remaining in effect until noon on Sunday, January 4, 2026, due to a blast of unusually cold weather that will impact the state during this period, including wind chills during the overnight hours on most of these nights that are expected to drop into the single digits and near zero at times.