Special Reports
- Low Deposit, Low Return: Recommendations to decrease solid waste by capturing redeemables that are now lost to the waste stream. (October 30, 2020, PDF)
- Fuel for Thought: Recommendations to reduce the incidence and severity of accidental releases (spills and leaks) of home heating oil (December 16, 2019, PDF)
- The Council reviewed the report, Environmental Study: Change in Use of New Britain Water Company Land (Proposed Quarry Expansion and Future Water Storage Reservoir), pursuant to Public Act 16-61 . It submitted its comments on the report to the City of New Britain in May of 2018, and its recommendation regarding the proposal to the Water Planning Council in August for forwarding to the legislature's Committees on Environment and on Public Health. On August 22, 2018 The City of New Britain announced it will not be moving forward with the proposal. Comments from the public were very useful to the Council in drafting its comments.
- Connecticut Residents and the Public Trust in in Air, Water, Wildlife and Other Resources (March 14, 2018)
- Environmental Enforcement in Connecticut, Part 1: Pesticides (December 6, 2017, PDF)
- Energy Sprawl in Connecticut (February 3, 2017, PDF)
Stormwater and Earthmoving Report - Discussion Draft (December 2, 2015, PDF)
- Testing the Effluent: Some Systems Pass, Some Don't, and Some Won't Say (March 6, 2014) (PDF, 367KB)
The "Preserved" Series
Special Reports on the Protection of State Conservation Lands Preserved But Maybe Not: The Impermanence of State Conservation Lands (January 4, 2014) (PDF, 225KB)
Cover letterto Governor Dannel P. Malloy (January 4, 2014)
Briefslide show(Powerpoint) on earlier, shorter draft version (November 20, 2013)
News Release(January 7, 2014)
Preserved and Forgotten: DOT Scenic Lands and Their Protection(July 14, 2009) (PDF, 100KB)
Preserved But Not Protected: The Damage to Connecticut's Preserved Lands from Boundary Encroachments, Illegal Tree Cutting, ATVs, and Other Assaults(December 20, 2005) (PDF, 399KB)
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- 2012 Evaluation of Progress on 2002 Invasive Species Recommendations - Staff Memorandum - October 22, 2012 (PDF)
- Analysis of 2011 Enforcement Data - Staff Memorandum - April 23, 2012 (PDF)
- Coal, Fish and Connecticut's Health: a CEQ Update on Mercury Pollution - December 29, 2011
- Environmental Regulation and the Growth of Small Businesses - Staff Memorandum, September 16, 2011 (PDF)
- Report of the Subcommittee on Wetlands Training Requirements - October 18, 2010 (PDF, 131 KB)
- CEQ Recommendations for Modernizing the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act - Updated December 27, 2013
- Swamped: Cities, Towns, the Connecticut DEP and the Conservation of Inland Wetlands (PDF, 335KB)
- Supporting Documentation for Swamped (PDF, 384KB)
- Great Infestations: Connecticut's Response to Green Invaders, Short Version (4 pages) (PDF, 391KB)
- Great Infestations: Connecticut's Response to Green Invaders, Long Version (15 pages) (PDF, 360KB)