Connecticut Alliance Against Diesel Pollution
The Connecticut Alliance Against Diesel Pollution (CAADP), led by ENE, Clean Water Action, the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice, and Connecticut Fund for the Environment, advocates for reducing toxic diesel pollution to protect public health and reduce the threat of global warming.
Background
In 2004 ENE launched the Connecticut Alliance Against Diesel Pollution (CAADP), the first such coalition to form around diesel concerns in New England. Working with our coalition partners, ENE developed...
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Alice Liddell speaking at May '07 school bus monitoring
event outside Hartford's Legislative Office Building.
CAADP is working to reduce diesel pollution 75 percent by 2015, consistent with CT Special Act 05-07 and the 2005 Connecticut Climate Change Action Plan. CAADP also advocates for leading by example by cleaning up high exposure public fleets, such as transit buses, school buses and equipment used in large state construction projects, and for developing an in-state funding stream to support diesel mitigation.
CAADP is currently working with stakeholders to implement CT Public Act No. O74, which commits $10 million over a two-year period to purchase and install pollution control devices on all of the school buses suitable for retrofitting in the state (approximately 3,400).
The CAADP is part of ENE's New England Diesel Initiative
