What are all those chemicals in your shampoo? Your lipstick? your aftershave? And what do they have to do with asthma, breast cancer and learning disabilities?

Learn, share and help change this toxic mess: Watch The Story of Cosmetics, a 8-minute film exposing the ugly truth about personal care products - brought to you by Clean Water Action, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Annie Leonard's Story of Stuff Project and Free Range Studios, and take action to help pass the Safe Cosmetics Act.

With the worst environmental disaster in years in the Gulf of Mexico as a backdrop, Governor Rell recently vetoed legislation to reduce Connecticut's reliance on fossil fuels. Senate Bill 493 would have expanded Connecticut's programs to support solar installations, helped consumers with the upfront cost of clean energy upgrades and improved coordination of state agencies working on energy. Without this law we will see more Connecticut's solar companies lay off workers and move their businesses to our neighboring states.

Thanks to your support, Clean Water Action has helped to make Connecticut a national leader on protecting residents from toxic chemicals.

The legislature's Environment Committee recently approved new legislation to move us beyond these one-chemical-at-a-time battles and help protect the public from the most dangerous substances. Please send an e-mail to your state legislators today in support of these bills. We need your help to turn these proposals into law!

The science is clear: we need to quickly reduce the pollution that leads to global warming in order to avoid severe impacts.

The future is clear: we can stop global warming by making a clean, efficient and renewable energy future for our nation.

A recently released study by the Union of Concerned Scientists and more than 50 independent scientific experts shows that if global warming goes unchecked by late this century, summers in large parts of Connecticut could resemble sweltering summers today in Georgia.

Without strong action on global warming Connecticut could face the following: