Event: ‘The Potential of Renewable Energy’ 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 3, 2009, UU Church, 608 Whitney Ave., New Haven | CT Environmental Headlines: Can renewable energy meet the electricity and fuel demands of a “Green Tech” future? Can the technological obstacles and high prices of renewables be overcome? Speaking from a paper written by Robert
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Brattleboro, Vermont, Makes Case To Reps For New Wastewater Plant | iBrattleboro.com: “Steve Barrett told everyone that the Connecticut River was cleaner now because we started our sewage treatment in 1967 and enhanced our plant in 1984. Before that, all sewage went right into the river. He said we needed a new plant for three
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Federal Stimulus Money To Help MDC Storm-Water Project In Hartford's North End — Courant.com: “The state has tapped a Metropolitan District Commission project designed to keep sewage from flowing into basements and waterways in Hartford’s North End to receive most of the $48.5 million in federal stimulus money earmarked for Clean Water Act work in
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Does light rail make sense for Connecticut? | Ridgefield Press: “Connecticut cannot presently afford to make a huge financial commitment to light rail. However, our state will eventually emerge from this recession, and it is in our best interests to spend this time looking into how we can promote economic growth when the time is
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Smart Global Growth | TheDay.com: “Overseas trip organized by Rep. Courtney and the regional office of U.S. Commerce Department could boost the state’s growing export trade in slow domestic market and pave way for vigorous recovery.” Provided by www.CTEnvironmentalHeadlines.com Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via
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Construction to start on artists’ housing – The New Haven Register: “HAMDEN — In about a week, construction equipment will fill a long-vacant parcel on Dixwell Avenue and in about a year, people will be living and shopping in a spot that will be known as Highwood Square.” Provided by www.CTEnvironmentalHeadlines.com Blog this! Bookmark on
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Beer And Soda Companies Fight To Keep $6 Million In Unclaimed Deposits — Courant.com: “Arguing on constitutional grounds, 12 Connecticut beverage distributors are seeking an injunction in Superior Court to block the retroactive seizure of unclaimed deposits that the state is seeking to collect.” Provided by www.CTEnvironmentalHeadlines.com Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post
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Editorial comment: Saving Farms | TheDay.com: “The state announced last week that the state’s Farmland Preservation Program reached a milestone by preserving its 250th farm – the 181-acre Wisneske Farm, in the towns of Norwich and Franklin.” Provided by www.CTEnvironmentalHeadlines.com Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share
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Grant will train science teachers – The New Britain Herald: “NEW BRITAIN — Twenty-five middle school teachers from Cromwell, Hartford, Vernon and Wethersfield have signed on for trips to spots in the Connecticut River Valley and Long Island Sound to learn about local ecosystems.” Provided by www.CTEnvironmentalHeadlines.com Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post
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Hen Island advocate disguised as 8-foot turd goads Rye | lohud.com | The Journal News: “RYE – ‘Mr. Floatie’ is an an 8-foot turd and he gets your attention – not in a way you want to, but he gets your attention and does the job,’ said Ray Tartaglione, who regularly attends Rye City Council
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Tripping over the fine print on the way to Copenhagen | Grist: “Early this month, ten days of negotiations in Bonn made almost no progress, even though the scientists have convincingly shown that time is getting desperately short if a new agreement is to be negotiated in Copenhagen in December. The next round of climate
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Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Applauds Developer’s Abandonment Of Yale Farm Golf Course Proposal: “‘This victory is huge and historic for environmental values and citizens, preserving a pristine and precious natural treasure from dangerous development. I am delighted by the decision to do the right thing and abandon a project that would overdevelop open space and
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Green of the May | New Haven Advocate: “The May Day Celebration Committee has held May Day celebrations on New Haven Green every year since the mid-1980s, to the bemused askance glances of those downtown workers who can’t or won’t take off their business suits for a minute and celebrate community, nonconformity and the delights
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Savers’ Secondhand / Thrift Store Coming To Manchester Is Part Of International Chain That's Growing — Courant.com: “Consumer psychologist Kit Yarrow, a professor at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, said thrift shopping is serving as a ‘guilt-free adventure’ for those who love shopping but no longer have the budgets to sustain it. That, combined
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Stewards will keep beaches clean | 27east: “Port Jefferson resident Dave Johnson says that his lifelong passion is to clean garbage off beaches, and he’s now preparing to gather volunteers and sponsors to keep beaches clean in East Hampton and Southampton towns.” Provided by www.CTEnvironmentalHeadlines.com Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on
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When a Super-Bug Strikes Close to Home, How Will You Deal With it? | Matthew Stein: HuffingtonPost: “It appears that the ‘next pandemic’ may be budding right now in the form of a new strain of deadly swine flu that has spread throughout large parts of Mexico, closing schools in Mexico City and sending millions
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LNG projects key to Maine’s long-term energy policy – Bangor Daily News: “The recent coverage by the Bangor Daily News of issues affecting Maine’s energy future has encouraged me to comment on some of the options Maine should be pursuing, and warning about the cost impacts caused by the failure to develop and implement, a
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20 percent of what’s important in new USA TODAY’s NEW COMMUNITIES: “Are you a political junkie? Then follow the goings-on in the Obama administration and give us your two cents. Other “New Communities” include Hotel Check-In for hotel industry updates, Game Hunters for “video game awesomeness,” Fantasy Wind-Up for fantasy football fanatics, and Open Road
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New thinking on what we’re eating; ‘Cheap food is an illusion’ | FRESH the movie: “We’ve had more than a hundred million tons of herbicide poured on our crops, polluting our air, in our food. We’re talking about a 50-year history of contamination, deception, of profit over people.” It’s simply about shifting to a different
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Smart Growth and Transportation Bill Dies | 1000 Friends of Connecticut: “HB6465 An Act Concerning Smart Growth and Transportation Planning died in the Transportation Committee today. The bill was flawed. Still, the policy objectives are valid — transparency, accountability, and strategically targeting our transportation dollars.” Provided by www.CTEnvironmentalHeadlines.com Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this
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