Alerts

January 2, 2025 Click HERE for a link to GCA’s Alert on how Groton’s Town Council recently nixed the reappointment of the Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman, Jeffrey Pritchard, without even a vote. GCA protested the underhanded maneuver by the council in a letter to the editor. We are concerned that this is the beginning of an effort to alter the makeup of the P & Z Commission to be biased toward big development projects in Groton, without balanced regard for the environment. On January 6th we also sent out a “friendly reminder” Alert.


October 8, 2024 Click HERE to view GCA’s Alert on Groton 2035: Envisioning a Greater Groton.
Once every ten years all towns in Connecticut are required to update their Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD), a long-range plan (renamed Groton 2035) to achieve key town goals over ten years. We ask you, citizens of Groton who care about our environment, to inform the town about your key priorities by filling out the Town survey.

September 25, 2024 Click HERE to view GCA’s Alert on the Town of Groton’s Athletic Fields Conceptual Design Presentation and Public Input Session. Express your concerns about health and environmental issues associated with synthetic turf fields! HERE is a Day article by Kimberly Drelich published on Sept. 25th with more background info about the presentation and info session. Check out this movie titled Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics HERE.

April 25, 2024 Click HERE to view GCA’s Alert on House Bill 5475. If passed, this bill will increase access to housing in our state—a vitally important goal. But if passed in its current form, it will seriously weaken Connecticut's Environmental Protection Act and for certain projects eliminate current requirements for Inland Wetlands Commissions’ approval.

March 23, 2024 Click HERE for GCA’s Alert on the Town of Groton’s Public Hearing on Groton’s FY25 budget and how it could affect funding for Noank Park.

March 11, 2024 Click HERE for GCA’s Alert on the Connecticut General Assembly (CGA) Appropriations Committee public hearing on House Bill (H.B.) 5006. The purpose of the bill is to have the CT Department of Transportation appropriate sufficient funds from the Special Transportation Fund to fund the operation of the Shore Line East rail.


February 29, 2024 Click HERE for GCA’s Alert on the Connecticut General Assembly’s Transportation Committee Public Hearing on Senate Bill 277: An Act Restoring Services on the Shore Line East Rail Line. Our efforts to expand SLE service were handed a disappointing setback when the 2023-24 CT state budget included a huge reduction to 40% below pre-COVID funding levels for SLE service from New Haven to New London. If passed, this legislation will restore service to pre-COVID levels, alleviate the heavy traffic on I-95 and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

January 12, 2024 GCA Mystic Flood Study comments .pdf

December 21, 2023 Click HERE for GCA’s Alert about the Town of Groton’s plan to improve the resilience of Downtown Mystic. The plan identifies community actions needed to prepare for coastal flooding, sea level rise, stormwater flooding, and rising temperatures. Public participation is essential.

October 17, 2023 Click HERE for GCA’s Alert requesting letters from the public on the importance of expanding Shore Line East railroad service from New London (the present terminus) to Groton, Stonington, Westerly, and Norwich.



September 14, 2023 Click HERE for GCA’s Alert on the recently released draft feasibility study regarding expansion of Shore Line East railroad service from New London (the present terminus) to Groton, Stonington and Westerly, and Norwich.

May 9, 2023 Connecticut Public film about climate change along Connecticut’s coast.

October 1, 2022 Click HERE for GCA’s Alert on Mystic Oral School sale to Respler

February 20, 2022 Data Center Alert

September 14, 2018 Constitutional Amendment Alert