With the Hartford trash-to-energy plant closing, the state is moving to reduce the waste stream with new technologies.
Energy & Environment
Stories about energy, climate change, coastal resilience, pollution, environmental health, land use, and environmental legislation.
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On climate change, a political shift in Connecticut
With final passage of a “Connecticut Clean Air Act,” the House put a bow on a productive session for addressing climate change.
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Senate passes and sends to House a CT Clean Air Act
The bill passed Tuesday night is intended to speed Connecticut’s embrace of electric vehicles with tax rebates for e-bikes and electric motor vehicles, and tighter deadlines for electrifying bus fleets.
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Climate change bills face the ticking legislative clock, again
Complex measures aimed at tackling environmental issues still await final passage with just days to go in the legislative session.
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Observing Earth Day in the era of climate crisis
Some two generations since the first Earth Day, five Connecticut environmentalists reflect on its legacy and what it means for the future.
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CT plans a green hydrogen path, but it has potholes
Green hydrogen is considered carbon-free from start to finish, but the technology is expensive, and the product is hard to transport and use.
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New England once took salt marshes for granted. But the tides are changing
The Great Meadows Marsh in Stratford was treated as an ugly nuisance for years, but now it’s the focus of a $4 million restoration project.
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Connecticut’s trash future unclear after closure of processing plant
The imminent closure of a major trash plant in Hartford has set off urgent debate about the future of CT’s waste.
Posted inEnergy & Environment, Transportation
Climate change and transportation legislation is back, without the TCI part
Senate Bill 4, a comprehensive climate and transportation bill, would start several large clean transportation programs.
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Proposed Killingly power plant dealt another blow
Two rulings in recent weeks spell the end of the line for the proposed Killingly natural gas plant, as far as ISO-New England is concerned.
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State audit says $300K in MIRA contracts lack ‘a public bidding process’
Auditors took issue with two purchases tied to aging machinery at the plant which is used to generate power in times of critical grid demand.
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Operators of MIRA’s Hartford facility say plant could burn trash until 2023
A state-owned garbage incinerator was supposed to close by July, but a new budget would allow the burn plant to operate for one more year.
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Here’s what you need to know about Russia, Ukraine and your oil and gas
Russia’s stash of oil and natural gas has folks in the U.S. and Europe on edge as the invasion of Ukraine spills into its fifth day.
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New England takes a detour on grid reform; griping ensues
After years of pushing to reform New England’s electric grid, DEEP Commissioner Katie Dykes agreed to delay the first big change.
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Solar program reform efforts likely in the legislature, but already face hurdles
There is already disagreement over which solar program caps to alter, how they should be altered, and what, if any, other rules should be overhauled.