(Washington, D.C. WTIC)-Environmentalists are pressing for passage of the infrastructure bill before Congress, saying it's necessary to fund projects to mitigate natural disasters precipitated by climate change.
Save Our Sound President Curt Johnson addressed recent tropical storm Elsa, that delivered four inches of rain in four hours.
Johnson says it turned the river where he lives chocolate brown. Reports say at least 89 million gallons of sewage made its way to Long Island Sound.
Johnson says old pipes need repair and rain gardens and bio-swales are need to capture and hold rain water.
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy chairs a subcommittee that oversees Federal Emergency Management Agency funding.
Murphy says Long Island Sound is a multi-trillion-dollar asset. But he says climate change has affected the state's fishing industry and eroded salt marshes. In addition it's most hurt low-income residents that live near the Sound.
