Every year I eagerly read the Annual Report of the Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality and use its information in the courses I teach at Rensselaer at Hartford and in the seminars in which I participate. Because of the data it provides, the Annual Report is a very valuable resource and perhaps deserves much more widespread attention than it presently commands. Unfortunately, in recent years many of its findings have been disappointing. This disappointment is not of the Council's making at all, but is a function of the system that is being evaluated. Perhaps the key issue is that, despite all the command and control programs of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CDEP), Connecticut's environment is just not improving. In fact, some of the critical indicators such as “miles driven per person” and “taking the bus” are indicating worrisome trends; miles driven per person per day are up and mass transit utilization is declining. Based on the facts presented, a question arises as to whether the era of command and control regulation of the “usual culprits” is ending, and whether one of collaboration, reeducation, and refocusing should begin.Author's note: This is an embellished version of recent written testimony presented to the Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality. Many points are of universal importance, and its dissemination may have merit, especially if a dialog is fostered.