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Posted inEnergy & Environment

Legislature’s inaction on food waste leaves towns holding the (trash) bag

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel June 21, 2023 @ 5:00 amJune 21, 2023 @ 8:53 am

The CT legislature didn’t provide funding to help municipalities get food out of the waste stream. Now, cities must pay the price.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

A CT bear bill tramps toward the finish line. Here’s what it would do

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel May 24, 2023 @ 12:01 pmMay 25, 2023 @ 1:19 pm

The bill that has emerged from the CT legislature has no bear hunting, but clarifies when bears can be killed and bans intentional feeding.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Advocates searching for any kind of legislative win on environment

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel May 19, 2023 @ 5:00 amMay 18, 2023 @ 9:50 pm

The biggest climate bill proposed in CT this year is dead, and a few smaller measures could be the stars of the 2023 legislative session.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

The winter energy crunch, what it costs, and what it will take to fix it

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel January 3, 2023 @ 10:50 amJanuary 3, 2023 @ 2:43 pm

Spiking winter energy prices are the result of a crisis that has been a decade in the making, after New England opted to bet on natural gas.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

A key rule on the New England power grid will end, but not for a while

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel May 31, 2022 @ 11:37 amMay 31, 2022 @ 11:39 am

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.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Efforts to get food out of the waste stream finding more support

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel May 22, 2022 @ 5:00 amJune 30, 2022 @ 4:58 pm

A number of projects are underway to solve the food waste problem, which many say is the linchpin to Connecticut’s waste disposal crisis.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Climate change bills face the ticking legislative clock, again

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel April 26, 2022 @ 5:00 amApril 26, 2022 @ 4:00 pm

Complex measures aimed at tackling environmental issues still await final passage with just days to go in the legislative session.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Proposed Killingly power plant dealt another blow

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel March 7, 2022 @ 12:00 pmFebruary 7, 2023 @ 4:49 pm

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.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Solar program reform efforts likely in the legislature, but already face hurdles

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel February 13, 2022 @ 5:00 amApril 1, 2022 @ 10:49 am

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.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Will climate change have something to say about the Tweed Airport expansion? Experts think so

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel January 16, 2022 @ 5:00 amJanuary 26, 2023 @ 10:29 pm

A tropical storm was a reminder that in a showdown between climate change and Tweed airport, climate change could win.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Federal decision goes against proposed Killingly gas power plant

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel January 5, 2022 @ 2:54 pmJanuary 26, 2023 @ 10:32 pm

Federal authorities OK’d a request by ISO-New England to keep the proposed Killingly gas plant out of its plans.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

The price of energy is going up in CT. Could it have been avoided?

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel November 19, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 23, 2022 @ 2:17 pm

Some are frustrated with 10 years of programs that should have helped residents insulate themselves from spikes in energy costs.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Flood insurance rules are changing, but some say not enough

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel September 30, 2021 @ 5:00 amSeptember 4, 2022 @ 10:49 pm

FEMA’s new flood insurance program kicks in Friday, but how the new system actually works is murky.

Posted inEnergy & Environment, Government

For CT’s environmental agency, Zoom was ‘the real hero’ of the pandemic

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel July 13, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 23, 2022 @ 2:41 pm

Despite some legislative setbacks, more work on environmental issues than initially anticipated got done over Zoom

Posted inEnergy & Environment

A battle to get more clean energy into New England’s electric grid is underway. Here’s what you need to know.

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel April 26, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 23, 2022 @ 2:42 pm

The DEEP commissioner is leading an effort to increase renewable power, lower costs and keep everyone civil. It’s not simple.

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