Climate change is not a future threat. It is here. Connecticut experienced four heat waves in the summer of 2025. Our cities flood, our air worsens, our coastline erodes. We will not wait. Connecticut Democrats will lead. We will advocate for sustainable policies.

Revolution Wind, Connecticut's offshore wind project, was stopped twice by the Trump administration on fabricated national security grounds. Connecticut sued, a federal judge ruled the government failed to cite any legitimate reason, and the project came online. That fight is not over, and neither are we. We will strengthen the Renewable Portfolio Standard, expand solar, modernize the grid, and refuse to let utility companies rake in massive profits year over year at the expense of families' financial security. Connecticut has already invested nearly $3 billion in clean energy and set a target of 65% greenhouse gas reduction below 2001 levels by 2040.

Environmental Justice

The burden of climate harm does not fall equally. Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury, and New Haven face compounding risks, extreme heat, chronic flooding, degraded air, on top of decades of disinvestment. We will direct resources to those communities first, and ensure the clean energy transition creates real jobs and real opportunity where it is needed most.

We will invest in coastal resilience, wetland restoration, and green infrastructure. We will continue acquiring open space, protecting watersheds, and hardening our infrastructure against the intensifying storms already headed our way.

Supporting Connecticut Farmers

Connecticut's farmers are living the consequences of climate change right now, new pests, shifting seasons, unpredictable weather, while navigating regulations that too often treat a small family farm like an industrial operation. We commit to working directly with farming communities: protecting agricultural land, investing in soil health and crop diversification, supporting urban farms and farms led by women and farmers of color, and preparing Connecticut agriculture for the climate reality ahead. Farmers deserve to work free from interference by large corporations and big agribusiness. That is why we will fight to protect the “right to repair” and the right of farmers to replant their own seeds each year. We will also push to boost Connecticut’s agricultural workforce and support the next generation of farmers.

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