Connecticut on Monday joined a list of states using litigation to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for causing climate change.
Climate Change
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT keeps losing power when storms strike. But that doesn’t have to happen.
Assigning blame for power outages misses the point. Instead, we should be figuring out how to keep the lights on.
Posted inPolitics
CT delegates endorse party platform that progressives decry as too conservative
Progressives objected, but CT delegates backed a platform that rejected Medicare-for-all, a Green New Deal or defunding the police .
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Where Connecticut, COVID, climate change and critters intersect
The great outdoors is an escape from pandemic-induced boredom, but there are dangers to be aware of.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Never let a good crisis go to waste
Experts say the pandemic gives Connecticut an opportunity to make big advances in clean energy — and reap the profits.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Is Connecticut’s outdated recycling system in line for an overhaul?
Connecticut’s systems, regulations and policies supporting recycling are decades old, and the materials coming from recyclers now have limited value as commodities. It is at a loss, both economically and environmentally, as well as far behind its neighbors in making its recycling systems more responsive to the times.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
MIRA plant a symbol of state’s struggle to move into 21st century
Waste systems in Connecticut are reaching a tipping point, raising the question of whether it’s time to reinvent how we get rid of our trash.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Best of 2019: Future of the gas tax? Running on empty.
The gas tax is at the core of the tolls debate. Climate change is at the core of the gas tax. But switching to electric vehicles will mean less gas tax revenue.
Posted inEconomic Development, Energy & Environment
Best of 2019: CT offshore wind may face some rough seas
Connecticut could be facing a couple of obstacles as it pursues offshore wind projects: one from the feds; another self-inflicted.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
New offshore wind award is largest renewable project ever for CT
With federal tax credits set to expire at the end of the year, the state has chosen Vineyard Wind to develop an 804-megawatt offshore wind project.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Climate change v. Killingly gas power plant. And the winner is…
The furor over a natural gas power plant in Killingly has expanded into a statewide cause célèbre over climate change. And the governor is right in the middle of it.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT’s small solutions to climate change: saving the Hepburn dune with a living shoreline
Katherine Hepburn’s dune has taken a severe beating, but a living shoreline would protect it and the surrounding area.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Climate science needs professional statisticians
“Climate is what you expect; weather is what you get!” This old cliché rings true, for climate is the distribution of weather. Weather’s distribution depends on season, location, internal variability, and external influences, both natural and human. As it is weather, not climate, that is observable and measurable, any study of climate is inherently statistical in nature.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT’s small solutions to climate change: Making Bridgeport more resilient
After the south end of Bridgeport was walloped by Irene and Sandy, city officials decided to do something about it.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT’s small solutions to climate change: South Windsor goes solar
South Windsor expects to get more than 80% of its municipal electricity from solar, signifying a massive push by the town for energy efficiency.
