Failure to obey social distancing rules could result in fines or park closures, the agency says.,
Energy and Environment
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Most NE nuclear power offline due to timing fluke and problem
All but unnoticed as coronavirus tears through – the New England power grid is without 75% of its nuclear power.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
State regulators threaten fines for electric utilities over ‘shared solar’ rollout
Regulators say the state’s two biggest electric utilities are dragging their feet on developing rules for the shared solar program.
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Is Connecticut’s outdated recycling system in line for an overhaul?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 inCities & Towns, Economic Development, Energy & Environment, Money, Politics
Lamont unveils New London harbor deal as quasi-public debate heats up
While the governor celebrated a deal to develop New London harbor and an offshore wind center, the partisan battle over Connecticut’s quasi-publics intensified.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Power plant emissions down 47% under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is often described as a cap-and-trade program. It’s not. This first-in-the-nation regional effort to lower carbon emissions from power plants is actually a cap-and-invest program.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT taking ‘a serious look’ at exiting regional power market
The state’s commissioner of energy and environmental protection said Wednesday that Connecticut is being forced to invest in natural gas plants it doesn’t want or need.
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 inHealth
Best of 2019: As plastic straw ban effort persists, advocates for disabled community fight to be heard
Although the effort to ban plastic straws in restaurants statewide ultimately failed, no one in the disabled community is feeling much relief.
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
State PFAS Plan Calls For More Water Testing Following Two Accidents At Bradley
The plan also calls for more testing of public drinking water — and the possibility of a take back program for PFAS-containing firefighting foam for state agencies and municipal fire departments.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Soaring power shut-offs in Connecticut prompt searching discussion
The number of Eversource customers disconnected for nonpayment has doubled in the past four years. Consumer advocates want to know why.
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.