But Connecticut's policies designed to create one of
the nation's greenest economies clash with reality at
some point, said Roger Reynolds, legal director for the
nonprofit Connecticut Fund for the Environment.
"My impression is we've got a lot of potential, and
we've got great pockets where we are succeeding," Reyn-
olds said. "We have a lot of unrealized potential as well."
For example, the state government gave $200,000 in
grants and loans to build electric vehicle charging sta-
tions; now there are 269 charging stations available to
the public.
Public Transit Usage
naTional PubliC TransiT
RANK CITY TRIPS PER CAPITA
1 Greater New York City 229.8
71 Hartford 19.4
85 New Haven 17.5
106 Waterbury 14.1
116 Bridgeport-Stamford 13.1
225 New London-Norwich 5.5
226 Danbury 5.5
sourCe: FiveThirTyeiGhT
0
10
20
30
40
50
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980
EMISSIONS
(in
million
metric
tons
of
carbon
dioxide)
YEAR
39.6
35.1
34.8
34.5
37.7
37.5
39.1
39.3
41.8
43.4
39.8
39.0
39.2
37.2
36.5
35.8
38.6
41.5
39.1
40.3
41.7
40.6
38.8
41.4
43.1
42.7
39.6
38.9
36.5
34.9
35.1
33.1
The South Windsor
manufacturing
facility launched
with the Moon
Landing program
in the 1960s is
a main reason
Connecticut is
considered a top
two state for fuel
cell industry.
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Despite the
New Haven Line
having the most
commuter railroad
traffic in the
country, none of
Connecticut's cities
rank significantly
nationally in public
transit usage.
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