Gov. Dan Malloy takes his mantra of “cheaper, cleaner, more reliable” energy to the voters, while his Republican challenger, Tom Foley, emphasizes relying on market forces and evolving technology to bring down energy costs.
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Op-Ed: Bridgeport project would turn dormant landfill into solar energy farm
The Connecticut Siting Council will soon be ruling on a plan to turn a dormant Bridgeport landfill into a source of pollution-free energy, and the city’s mayor is hopeful it will win approval.
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Op-Ed: Bridgeport project would turn dormant landfill into solar energy farm
The Connecticut Siting Council will soon be ruling on a plan to turn a dormant Bridgeport landfill into a source of pollution-free energy, and the city’s mayor is hopeful it will win approval.
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Op-Ed: EPA needs oversight, not free pass on waterways regulation
Recently, the Mirror published an op-ed calling on Connecticut’s legislative delegation to reject H.R. 5078, the Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014. As someone who represents the small businesses impacted by our runaway regulatory machine – I could not disagree more.
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Op-Ed: EPA needs oversight, not free pass on waterways regulation
Recently, the Mirror published an op-ed calling on Connecticut’s legislative delegation to reject H.R. 5078, the Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014. As someone who represents the small businesses impacted by our runaway regulatory machine – I could not disagree more.
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Op-Ed: CT delegation should reject attack on Clean Water Act rule
Connecticut’s congressional delegation should reject an attempt to derail adoption of an important update of the Clean Water Act.
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CT delegation should reject attack on Clean Water Act rule
Connecticut’s congressional delegation should reject an attempt to derail adoption of an important update of the Clean Water Act.
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Connecticut shoreline Sandy grants raise questions
NEW HAVEN – Nearly two years after storm Sandy sacked the Connecticut coast, federal funds for recovery are still being parceled out. But issues surrounding a couple of Connecticut shoreline grants raise questions about how the money is being allocated and whether it ever will be used.
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More extreme rain for Connecticut, and no way to drain it
Due to the ongoing use of badly outdated data, much of the drainage installed in Connecticut in the last several decades may be too small to handle the volume of water brought by an increase in the number and severity of storms being experienced in the Northeast.
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Food waste recycling remains a tough task in Connecticut
A food waste recycling pilot program in Bridgewater is the latest effort to help Connecticut wrench itself off the 25 percent recycling rate it has been stuck on for years. But it’s been slow going for such efforts, with many factors working against the initiative.
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Washington Watch, Week of July 6
Congress returns from July 4th recess with no more than 20 days of work scheduled before its month-long August recess. But a ramp up of hostilities between the White House and congressional Republicans over immigration and other issues makes it harder than ever to get much done.
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Can Connecticut keep its fuel cell edge?
Connecticut’s fuel cell industry is considered the best in the world. But extreme developments in the last several months are once again raising the question of whether the state still has its edge when it comes to the expanding global reach of the fuel cell business.
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For Alex Felson, opportunity knocks on Connecticut coast
Alex Felson, a landscape architect and urban ecologist at Yale, has found an opportunity to address climate and community issues on the battered, flooded and otherwise jeopardized Connecticut shoreline.
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A good Connecticut winter for eagles, trees and stink bugs, not necessarily bats
The cold, snowy winter followed by a wet, chilly spring have had consequences for Connecticut’s wildlife, plants and insects. Some consequences are predictable, but more often those consequences are unexpected, counter-intuitive — and even good.
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Success NOT guaranteed for unique Stratford reef project
An artificial reef project that uses huge concrete objects called Reef Balls is an attempt to stop erosion on the shoreline in Stratford. The problem is, no one is sure whether the experiment — a first for Connecticut — will work.