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100+ Candidates Sign CTLCV's Clean Energy Pledge

9/12/2018

 
Hartford, CT – Today, the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters announced that over one hundred candidates for legislative or statewide office had signed onto the Clean Energy for All pledge, which calls on candidates to commit to moving Connecticut to 100% clean energy by 2050 or sooner.
 
“Climate change is the issue of our time, and clean energy is a key part of our fight,” said CTLCV Executive Director Lori Brown. “We need lawmakers committed to investing in clean energy, both to cut emissions and grow our economy.”
 
Candidates who have taken the pledge include ardent supporter of renewable energy, Rep. Jonathan Steinberg (D-136). In the last legislative session, he shepherded two major energy bills through the General Assembly that double Connecticut’s investment in clean energy and cut our emissions in half. He also championed community shared solar, allowing homeowners and small businesses that can't easily install solar on their roofs to still cut emissions and fight climate change. His opponent, Greg Kraut, didn't respond to CTLCV's survey on the environment or Clean Energy for All pledge.
 
CTLCV worked in partnership with the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) and the Conservation Voter Movement across 30 states to make clean energy a priority for those running for office this year.
 
“This in an unprecedented level of commitment to clean energy,” said Sara Jordan, LCV’s
Clean Energy for All campaign manager. “In the absence of leadership from Washington to address climate change, state and local leaders are listening to the majority of people who want action on climate change. The candidates who are making this commitment e are showing they are ready to step up.”
 
Clean energy supports over 38,000 jobs in Connecticut. Increasing our investment in solar, offshore wind, and other renewables would create even more jobs in these cutting edge fields while also helping our state and country combat climate change.
 
The Clean Energy for All pledge reads as follows:
 
Connecticut is feeling the effects of climate change including record droughts, flooding, and increasingly intense hurricanes. Meanwhile, the clean energy market has grown rapidly.  Solar now employs more people in electricity generation than oil, coal and gas combined. As of January 2018, 56 cities across the country have committed to transitioning to 100% clean energy by 2050. Transitioning to clean energy will avert the worst impacts of climate change while creating good jobs, boosting the economy, saving consumers money, and protecting our health. 

Do you support transitioning to 100% clean energy by 2050 or sooner?

A total of 112 candidates signed CTLCV’s Clean Energy for All pledge. They can be viewed below the cut.

Constitutional Officers
  • Ned Lamont (Governor)

State Senate
  • Mary Daugherty Abrams (Senate District 13; Meriden/Middletown/Cheshire)
  • Josh Balter (Senate District 34; Wallingford/North Haven/ East Haven)
  • Alexandra Bernstein (Senate District 36; New Canaan/ Stamford/ Greenwich)
  • Toni Boucher (Senate District 26; Ridgefield/Westport)
  • Monica Tujak Brill (Senate District 21; Monroe/ Shelton/Stratford)
  • Dennis Bradley (Senate District 23; Bridgeport)
  • Beth Bye (Senate District 5; Burlington/ Farmington/ West Hartford)
  • Jorge Cabrera (Senate District 17; Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Woodbridge, Hamden, Ansonia, Derby)
  • Steve Cassano (Senate District 4; Manchester/ Bolton/ Glastonbury/ Andover)
  • Christine H. Cohen (Senate District 12; Killingworth/ Madison/ Guilford/ Branford/ N. Branford)
  • Catherine P. De Carli (Senate District 32; Washington/Bethlehem/Watertown/ Southbury)
  • Bob Duff (Senate District 25; Norwalk)
  • Annie Hornish (Senate District 7; Granby/ E. Granby/ Enfield/ Suffield)
  • Tony Hwang (Senate District 28; Fairfield/Westport /Easton/Newtown)
    Julie Kushner (Senate District 24; Sherman/ New Fairfield/ Danbury)
  • David A Lawson (Senate District 30; Sherman/ New Fairfield/ Danbury/ Torrington/ Winchester)
  • Carlo Leone (Senate District 27; Darien/Stamford)
  • Matthew Lesser (Senate District 9; Newington, Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, Cromwell, Middletown)
  • Martin Looney (Senate District 11; Hamden/ New Haven)
  • Douglas Losty (Senate District 10; West Haven/ New Haven)
  • Mark A. Lounsbury (Senate District 19; Marlborough/Hebron/Columbia/ Lebanon/ Ledyard/ Norwich)
  • James Maroney (Senate District 14; Orange/ Milford/ West Haven)
  • Martha Marx (Senate District 20; Old Saybrook/ Old Lyme/ East Lyme/Waterford/ Salem/New London)
  • Michelle Lapine McCabe (Senate District 28; Fairfield / Westport / Easton / Newtown)
  • Aili McKeen (Senate District 34; Wallingford/ North Haven/ East Haven)
  • Marilyn Moore (Senate District 22; Bridgeport/ Trumbull)
  • Vickie Orsini Nardello (Senate District 16; Southington/ Wolcott/ Waterbury/ Prospect)
  • Norm Needleman (Senate District 33; Portland/ Colchester/ Haddam/ E. Haddam/ Essex/ Chester/ Lyme/ Clinton)
  • Catherine A. Osten (Senate District 19; Marlborough/Hebron/Columbia/ Lebanon/ Ledyard/ Norwich)
  • John Perrier (Senate District 35; Coventry/ Vernon/ Tolland/ Stafford/ Union/ Pomfret/ Ashford)
  • Bob Statchen (Senate District 18; Voluntown/ N. Stonington/ Stonington/ Groton/ Preston/ Griswold/ Plainfield)
  • Stephen M. Theriault (Senate District 16;Southington/Wolcott/Waterbury/Prospect)
  • Christopher Wright (Senate District 31; Plainfield/Bristol/Harwinton/Thomaston/ Plymouth) 

State House
  • Jason Adler (House District 35; Killingworth/ Westbrook/ Clinton)
  • James Albis (House District 99; East Haven)
  • Raghib Allie-Brennan (House District 2; Bethel/Danbury)
  • Joe Aresimowicz (House District 20; Southington/Berlin)
  • Tom Arnone (House District 58; Enfield)
  • Jill Barry (House District 31; Glastonbury)
  • Matt Blumenthal (House District 147; Stamford)
  • Mitch Bolinsky (House District 106; Newtown)
  • David Borzellino (House District 80; Wolcott/ Southington)
  • Cindy Wolfe Boynton (House District 117; Milford/Orange/West Haven)
  • Gary Byron (House District 27; Newington)
  • John A Carlson (House District 95; New Haven)
  • Devin Carney (House District 23; Old Lyme/ Lyme/ Old Saybrook)
  • Greg Cava (House District 69; Washington/ Roxbury/ Bridgewater/Southbury)
  • Robin Comey (House District 102; Branford)
  • Sally Ellen Connolly (House District 133; Fairfield)
  • Benjamin Conroy (House District 80; Wolcott/ Southington)
  • Eleni Kavros DeGraw (House District 17; Canton/ Avon)
  • Mike Demicco (House District 21; Farmington)
  • Laura Devlin (House District 134; Fairfield/ Trumbull)
  • Kate Donnelly (House District 47; Chaplin/ Hampton/ Canterbury/ Lisbon/ Franklin/ Lebanon)
  • Jason Doucette (House District 13; Manchester/ Glastonbury)
  • Adam Dunsby (House District 135; Easton/ Redding/ Weston)
  • Josh Elliott (House District 88; Hamden)
  • Mary M. Fay (House District 18; West Hartford)
  • Jim Feehan (House District 120; Stratford)
  • Andy Fleischmann (House District 18; West Hartford)
  • Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox (House District 123; Trumbull)
  • Ashley Gaudiano (House District 134; Fairfield/ Trumbull)
  • Nick Gauthier (House District 38; Waterford/ Montville)
  • Bob Godfrey (House District 110; Bethel/ Redding/ Danbury)
  • Theresa Govert (House District 34; East Hampton/ East Haddam/ Colchester)
  • Joseph Gresko (House District 121; Stratford)
  • Kenneth Gucker (House District 138; Danbury/ Ridgefield)
  • Gregg Haddad (House District 54; Mansfield / Storrs)
  • John (Jack) Hennessy (House District 127; Bridgeport)
  • Paul Honig (House District 76; Burlington/ Harwinton/ Thomaston)
  • Maria Horn (House District 64; Salisbury/ Sharon/ Kent/ North Canaan/ Canaan/ Cornwall/ Norfolk/ Goshen/ Torrington)
  • Colin Hosten (House District 140; Norwalk)
  • Richard D Ireland Jr. (House District 22; Plainville)
  • Laura Kostin (House District 151; Greenwich)
  • Brenda L. Kupchick (House District 132; Fairfield)
  • Alex Larsson (House District 66; Warren, Litchfield, Morris, Bethlehem, Woodbury)
  • Gail Lavielle (House District: 143; Wilton/Norwalk/Westport)
  • Roland Lemar (House District 96; East Haven/ New Haven)
  • Madeleine Leveille (House District 35; Killingworth/ Clinton/ Westbrook) 
  • Geoff Luxenberg (House District 12; Manchester)
  • Vincent J. Mase Sr. (House District 86; North Branford/ Guilford/ Durham)
  • Elaine Matto (House District 113; Shelton)
  • Hugh McKenney (House District 37; East Lyme/ Salem)
  • Steve Meskers (House District 150; Greenwich)
  • John-Michael Parker (House District 101; Madison/Durham)
  • Marcy Minnick (House District 147; Stamford)
  • Mary Mushinsky (House District 85; Wallingford)
  • Thomas O’Brien (House District 67; New Milford)
  • Linda Orange (House District 48; Colchester/ Lebanon)
  • Christine Palm (House District 36; Haddam/ Chetser/ Deep River/ Essex)
  • Caitlin Clarkson Pereira (House District 132; Fairfield)
  • Althea Candy Perez (House District 63; Colebrook/ Winchester/ Torrington/ Goshen)
  • Patricia Wilson Pheanious (House District 53; Tolland/ Willington/ Ashford)
  • Quentin "Q" Phipps (House District 100; Middletown)
  • Matt Pugliese (House District 23; Old Saybrook/ Lyme/ Old Lyme)
  • Ken Richards (House District 41; Groton/ New London)
  • Ryan Rogers (House District 81; Southington)
  • Kim Rose (House District 118; Milford)
  • Kevin Ryan (House District 139; Bozrah, Montville, Norwich)
  • Sean Scanlon (House District 98; Guilford/ Branford)
  • Jonathan Steinberg (House District 136; Westport)
  • Laurel Steinhauser (House District 32; Cromwell/ Portland)
  • Ross Tartell (House District 125; New Canaan/ Wilton)
  • Tiffany V. Thiele (House District 55; Bolton/ Andover/ Hebron/ Marlborough)
  • Kathleen Tracy (House District 60; Windsor Locks/ Windsor)
  • Gary Turco (House District 27; Newington)
  • Cristin McCarthy Vahey (House District 133; Fairfield)
  • Amanda Webster (House District 62; New Hartford/ Barkhamsted/ Hartland/ Granby)
  • Baird Welch-Collins (House District 38; Waterford/Montville)
  • Michael Winkler (House District 56;  Vernon)
  • Terrie Wood (House District 141; Darien)

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