Lawmakers in Washington and CT fought to include $1 billion in a short-term federal government funding bill to help offset heating costs.
Energy & Environment
As climate change continues to impact Connecticut, keep up with the latest news on environmental legislation, energy, coastal resilience, pollution, and land use.
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How heat affects health: An overlooked outcome of climate change
Health professionals are realizing how much climate change — especially more heat — can lead to cascading effects on human health.
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CT lawmakers seek federal relief for home energy prices
New England lawmakers want more federal money for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, but it might not happen before winter.
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Deer Lake likely to be preserved as sale to nonprofit nears closing
Pathfinders, Inc., signed an agreement to buy the property from the Boy Scouts’ Connecticut Yankee Council for $4.75 million.
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CT drought is hitting farmers’ pocketbooks, agriculture chief says
A stage-two drought is forcing farmers in CT and most of New England to buy extra water and recalibrate their plans for harvest.
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Deal near to preserve Deer Lake in Killingworth as open space
The Boy Scouts’ Connecticut Yankee Council is finalizing a deal to sell the property to nonprofit Pathfinders, Inc., which would preserve it.
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CT is falling behind on its climate change goals. What’s being done to change that?
The Connecticut Clean Air Act aims to use clean transportation as a means for addressing climate change. What’s in the law?
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Larry McHugh to replace embattled CT Port Authority official
House Speaker Matt Ritter on Saturday named Larry McHugh, the former chair of the UConn Board of Trustees, to the CT Port Authority board.
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Supreme Court deals climate change fight a major blow in EPA ruling
The decision is likely to have far broader impacts, not only on environmental regulation but also on actions by other federal agencies.
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Meriden food waste recycling pilot project shows promising results
About 24% of available food scraps were recycled during the pilot program — an encouraging result with room for improvement, officials said.
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Deer Lake: Another round in the battle between conservation and sprawl
Attempts to preserve a Killingworth Boy Scout reservation offer a window into the state’s hit-or-miss pattern of open space conservation.
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A key rule on the New England power grid will end, but not for a while
At the last minute, ISO-New England filed a plan to keep the MOPR – a rule that makes it harder for renewables to join the grid – until 2025.
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Port Authority chair: Officials knew State Pier would cost more than $93M
The development of state pier in New London to support a new offshore wind farm will cost almost three times original projections.
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Efforts to get food out of the waste stream finding more support
A number of projects are underway to solve the food waste problem, which many say is the linchpin to Connecticut’s waste disposal crisis.
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Millions slated for cleaning Connecticut’s contaminated sites
The federal government said this week it will invest nearly $7 million to clean up and redevelop contaminated properties across the state.