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Connecticut Leaders Urge Clean Air Action as Hartford Ranks Among Top Asthma Capitals

Sierra Club Connecticut, public health experts, and state officials held a press conference at the Legislative Office Building to highlight Hartford's high asthma rates, which rank eighth nationally among Asthma Capitals. Advocates called on the state to replace the methane-gas-powered Capitol Area System with a fossil-fuel-free, 100 percent renewable solution to improve air quality and public health.