At each monthly meeting, the Council examines one or more of the Environmental Indicators that appear in Environmental Quality in Connecticut.  We discuss what the indicators tell us about key trends, and we assess the quality of the information and decide if technical changes to the indicator are needed.  The Council invites comments from all interested people.

 

Below are featured indicators from recent months.

 

Featured Indicators for October 2009:  "Good Air Days" & "Clearing the Air" At each monthly meeting, the Council examines one or more of the Environmental Indicators that appear in Environmental Quality in Connecticut.  We discuss what the indicators tell us about key trends, and we assess the quality of the information and decide if technical changes to the indicator are needed.  The Council invites comments from all interested people.   Good Air Days is a simple sum of the number of days during a year when every air monitoring station in Connecticut records satisfactory air quality.  Read more about Good Air Days.   Clearing the Air is more statistically complex, as it depicts the total amount of air pollution in a year as a single dot on the chart.  Read more about Clearing the Air.   Council Chair Barbara Wagner comments on the progress illustrated by these two indicators in an October 6, 2009 news release.