A coalition of states and cities filed suit against the EPA contending that rescinding the so-called endangerment finding is unlawful.
Jan Ellen Spiegel
Jan Ellen is CT Mirror's regular freelance Environment and Energy Reporter. As a freelance reporter, her stories have also appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Yale Climate Connections, and elsewhere. She is a former editor at The Hartford Courant, where she handled national politics including coverage of the controversial 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. She was an editor at the Gazette in Colorado Springs and spent more than 20 years as a TV and radio producer at CBS News and CNN in New York and in the Boston broadcast market. In 2013 she was the recipient of a Knight Journalism Fellowship at MIT on energy and climate. She graduated from the University of Michigan and attended Boston University’s graduate film program.
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Can geothermal technology solve the CT electricity problem?
A project underway in New Haven shows the potential of the system, which harnesses heat beneath the earth. But it’s not suitable everywhere.
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Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of ‘endangerment finding’
The suit challenges the Environmental Protection Agency’s determination that revoked a scientific finding central to regulating emissions.
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‘Endangerment finding’ repealed; CT promises legal battle
The Environmental Protection Agency revoked its own determination that required it to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Trump administration favors natural gas. What does that mean for CT?
In some circles natural gas is viewed as the holy grail. In others it’s a climate change nightmare. And then there’s everything in between.
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Could CT have a nuclear energy future? Not if you’re in a rush
The owner of the one nuclear station in CT sees the challenges of building new nuclear here. If those could be overcome, it would be a long way off.
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CT needs to plan for its energy future, but the view is cloudy
From politics to policies, a lot of uncertainty needs to be resolved before officials can plan to meet CT’s energy needs in the future.
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CT battling Trump EPA proposal to end greenhouse gas regulation
Connecticut officials and advocates are in the thick of a fight over it, with emissions levels and air quality hanging in the balance.
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Blumenthal: Trump decision to halt offshore wind project is ‘insane’
Roughly 50 workers were told not to show up for the planned start of a 2-week shift assembling the turbines for the Revolution Wind project.
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Trump administration halts CT offshore wind project
Revolution Wind has created about 1200 direct jobs in CT and Rhode Island and would generate power to the equivalent of about 350,000 homes.
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EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy
The move could end several clean energy projects in Connecticut, DEEP said. CT’s award under Solar for All was $62.45 million.
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Trump EPA moves to repeal finding that allows climate regulation
The EPA’s decision does not alter CT’s efforts to slash greenhouse gas emissions but is likely to make it harder for it to meet its goals.
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CT’s solar industry clouded by Trump administration policies
By ending a tax credit, the bill could slam the brakes on renewable power. In CT, and all of New England, the brunt will be felt on solar.
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For CT small business, Trump’s tariffs call for another ‘pivot’
The Trump tariffs mark a new challenge for the Dutch Epicure Shop in Litchfield, which imports all but a few of the products it sells.