Land Acknowledgement Resource: https://usdac.us/nativeland

Link to webinar series recordings : https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Climate-Change/GC3/Equity%20and%20Environmental%20Justice%20in%20Climate%20Solutions%20Webinar%20Series

Why is the bar in Ct. set so low when it comes to climate change education? Shouldn’t children of color be included as an integral part of communities of color? Don’t they deserve to be informed about climate justice?

I'm wondering if this is helpful in defining public participation: https://www.iap2.org/page/pillars

what’s the point of public participation such as DEEP comment periods when all the comments are ignored and never affect decisions? Example : Approving Fracked gas permits when most of the public is against them

https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Permits-and-Licenses/Permitting-Factsheets/Public-Participation-Fact-Sheet

in defining public participation it has to include "meaningful" participation- meaning the public has the opportunity to affect the design of a facility and affect pollution emissions through the public process. In addition the public's health and public health concerns are fully responed to by the permit applicant.

https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/About/Public-Participation

If there are other questions, please feel free to post them here in preparation for the Q&A session

NJ's new law gives their DEP the ability to deny a permit application. the Bill is S232. NJ now has the ability to review health data and cumulative risk and use these to assess permit applications. It CT if the permit applicant meets the legal standards permits are issued.

Title VI has been ineffective for enforcing EJ after the Chester PA Supreme Court Case. Can you talk about this, and what we can do in CT to enforce EJ laws and policies?

With CT moving over to a release based system versus a transfer act system for remediation of hazardous waste, how do you see this impacting EJ policy?

NJ S232 summary available here: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp?BillNumber=S232

Are there other states (other than CA, NY) that have legislative mandates for investing in climate programs in “disadvantaged communities”? Can these mandates be legally enforced?

With specific reference to climate change, a mapping approach would require an ability to map the specific effects of climate change - e.g. sea level rise, urban hotspots. How far along are we in terms of determining these specific environmental burdens?

how do you combine various pollutants to get an overall effect

Can you address how the CT Siting Council is required to address EJ issues as they consider siting new facilities?

@Chris Donnelly...UConn Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) has funding that developed a high-quality mapping tool for climate impacts and it also includes socioeconomic data.

also can you address how ISO-NE doesn’t consider EJ or climate justice is their considerations?

Do you anticipate community pushback against the mapping project in favor of direct service?

NJ will be considering all permit emissions - air water and waste and permit limits in accessing cumulative risk. and will also include mobile source air pollution in their assessments.

CIRCA Sea Level Rise viewer is available hehttps://circa.uconn.edu/sea-level-rise-and-storm-surge-viewer/

https://publicintegrity.org/topics/environment

You skipped my question.

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thanks

Are there other states (other than CA, NY) that have legislative mandates for investing in climate programs in “disadvantaged communities”? Can these mandates be legally enforced?https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/reports/2020/04/30/484163/states-laying-road-map-climate-leadership/

https://climate-xchange.org/network/

Climate Change education is supported and encouraged in our school system. It is not mandated at this point, but Connecticut is the first state to include it in legislative language and first to support it in the classroom. Work is still being done to support the schools in these matters.

Hello, we have responded to questions in the chat.

the CT Siting Council reviews the EJ Public Participation Plan.

the Siting Council relies on DEEP's review. However they do not take evalutate cumulative risk or exposures.

Terrific review Marianne ! Many ideas!

very important distinction between procedural issues and cumulative burden concerns! thank you.

Excellent!

Very useful. Thank you.

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Thanks everyone!