“Both letters are pro-animal” — Untrue. Anti-hunters are simply against hunting, and not pro-animal. If they were pro-animal then they would give equal consideration to the many, many native species, both plant and animal, that are being or have been eradicated by deer in Fairfield County. The Indigo Bunting, because it is not noticed by the “pro-animal” crowd, is cast off as undeserving and disappears because the deer have eaten the shrubs it needs to nest in. The Spicebush Swallowtail and many other native insects that rely on native plants are likewise ignored as they head toward extinction due to deer overpopulation.

Environmentalists are in favor of deer control because the deer have destroyed our forests. Hunting (or sharp-shooting) is a sort of triage done for the greater good. Much of the forest in Fairfield County has no understory or herbaceous layer due to deer overbrowsing, or the insects and songbirds that rely on those species. There are no saplings or seedling trees. When the next ’38 hurricane strikes and knocks over most of the mature trees, there will be no trees to replace them.

In addition, many homeowners are stripping their lots of vegetation, planting grass only, and then applying toxic insecticides over the entire property because of their fear of ticks. This activity harms the watershed and poisons the ecosystem.

I am not a hunter, and if birth-control could be improved so that it were effective, I would be in favor of it. And I favor research dollars for improving birth-control techniques, because hunting and sharpshooting is politically difficult . Until then, the only effective option we have is to shoot the deer. Humans are responsible for eradicating the predators that historically kept deer in check, and we have a responsibility to the other plants and animals of the forest to correct that imbalance.

Try joining the real world where money doesn’t appear magically out of thin air. Your time and energy may be better spent finding or developing ways to create energy that better suit the environment and are cost effective. Unless, of course, it doesn’t fir into your “frame”.

Peter Atkins

The proposed bill is a classic example of the legislature taking a blind eye to the consequences of a bill. They didn’t look for prior experience or to see if this plan had worked elsewhere. Actually some of the procurement tools they give the utilities actually have failed in the past and raised rates. The legislature wanted to say they got something done, and because the bill says it will lower rates, they think it will work. Can’t wait to see the outrage when bills increase by 15% or more.

“It’s a shame CT News Junkie didn’t identify Mr. Kooper with his full title:
Jay L. Kooper is the President of the Retail Energy Supply Association (a national trade association of 13 competitive energy marketers with operations nationwide) and Director of Regulatory Affairs, Hess Corporation.

“Does anyone really think the oil companies have our best interests at heart? — especially in light of the loss of life from the BP disaster and the ecological catastrophe from the oil spill.

“Mr. Kooper’s comments are just a scare tactic to prevent energy reform. In the past four years, many Connecticut businesses have closed specifically because of energy costs. Other businesses cited the cost of electricity as a reason not to move to Connecticut. Tens of thousands of ratepayers are in jeopardy. Mr. Kooper’s solution of staying with the status quo is ridiculous.

“The governor really needs to take the high road and protect consumers and businesses by passing this legislation.”

She points out that his op-ed in CTNewsJunkie isn’t much different from his comments in a recent article: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUKN1713609520100317

Fight the Hike is a grassroots consumer and business coalition that for four years has been fighting for lower electric rates in Connecticut and the promotion and development of clean renewable energy in the state.

PRT emissions-free electric 4-passenger walk-in wheelchair-accessible cabs run on overhead track a fraction of busway corridor width.

For its passenger(s)there is normally a cab waiting to be boarded for non-stop service to the selected station.

Is PRT for real? At Heathrow airport in Great Britain, 24 hour PRT service is available between one terminal and its parking lot, and is expected to replace the buses in all of them.

For Hartford, PRT, originally a New England concept, would not only make sense for air quality but also be a way to implement the city’s Greenberg plan with its peripheral parking and pedestrian spaces.

Ed Sax (Member of ATRA)

The word “absolve” changed to “resolve”.

See, justice and environmental do below in the same sentence! Yale should name a school after that – School of Environmental Justice. Has a nice ring to it.

Bud Mcallister
President/ Founder
Partners in Healthy Communities
PO Box 1427
New London, Ct. 06320

The lush landscaping found in NYC surburbs is an ideal habitat for deer. They live on the edge of, not in, the forest. I grew up in the Adirondacks an area you would think would support a large deer population. There i seldom saw a deer.

You and I both realize however that redeemed for deposit and turned in for recycling are two different things. Supporting just another tax to working people, helps to keep recycling stuck in the 70’s. It’s time we got recycling into the 21st century and start recycling for today. Step 1 Can the bottle bill.

Chlorine is a compressed gas that is liquified only when under pressure or below -28 degrees F.

Sodium hypochlorite, commonly called “Bleach,” is produced when chlorine is reacted with sodium hydroxide (caustic). Bleach is NOT liquid chlorine.

Nick

Coal State Senators, stop trying to push your agenda on an Agency trying to reduce green house gases. This action needs to be done quickly!