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The town has reached a settlement agreement with Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) that puts a fuel cell project at the schools one step closer to reality. The Board of Selectmen met last Thursday, March 4, and agreed to allow First Selectman Gayle Weinstein to sign an agreement with CL&P that allows Weston to “net meter”— add together — its electric accounts at Weston High School and Weston Middle School. via Fuel cell project: Weston reaches agreement with CL&P | Weston Forum. The Norwalk Conservation Commission approved Tuesday night a wetland permit for a proposed 11-unit housing development along Silvermine Avenue near Mary Austin Place. via Conservation panel OKs wetland permit – The Hour – Norwalk’s Newspaper. TORRINGTON — A proposal to complete the second phase of the Mountain Ridge condominium complex has some downhill residents concerned about an increase in water run-off. There are currently 32 units in the development at 505 Harwinton Avenue. Twenty-five years ago, there were supposed to be a total of 99 units built in two phases, but a downturn in the economy meant the project was abandoned after the first phase was completed. via Mountain Ridge condo proposal creates concerns about water run-off – The Register Citizen. SEYMOUR — Three generations of the Bomba family on Monday welcomed Gov. M. Jodi Rell to their farm, where she announced that the state Bond Commission is expected to approve $5 million toward the state’s ongoing efforts to preserve farmland. via Seymour farm joins preservation list (video) – The New Haven Register. The Connecticut Siting Council has given initial approval for T-Mobile to build a 125-foot cell tower on Pine Orchard Road, the first new cell tower proposal to get underway in Branford. However, the cell company cannot begin construction until the council approves final site plans. via Branford Cell Tower Gets Initial Approval | Branford Eagle. Eliminating remaining choke points, improving safety, and maintaining local character are three of the top concerns people have about Route 7, but perhaps the overriding sentiment is, “We don’t want Route 7 to look like Route 1.” Opinions flowed freely among the 60 or so people who attended a public information meeting on the future of Route 7, Monday evening, March 1, at the Wilton High School cafeteria. via Yes to safety, no to sprawl: Route 7’s future takes shape | Ridgefield Press. EAST GRANBY — A proposal on the Connecticut Siting Council’s docket of hearings, scheduled to allow Connecticut Light and Power to run high-voltage utility wires above-ground through East Granby along Newgate Road and through surrounding towns is one step closer to being passed. via Residents concerned about CL&P plan to install overhead power lines | The Granby News. A backer of a Representative Town Meeting resolution Monday on cell towers said it sends a strong signal to state officials that the town doesn't want cell towers looming over schools. via Cell tower ban backers praise RTM vote – GreenwichTime. In Connecticut three towns are turning their attention to water power. In a sense they want to go back in time, tapping into a local river for electricity. In water there is power. Hydroelectric power. This abandoned powerhouse is one of two on the Farmington River in Collinsville, Connecticut. The Collins Company built the dams and power plants to provide electricity to its plant. The powerhouses went on line in 1935. via Connecticut towns turn attention to water power | NECN. For years, Syngenta, the Swiss corporation that makes atrazine, has maintained that the herbicide does not pose a health risk, that, as the Post put it, it’s “safe for wildlife, and for the people who are exposed to small amounts of it in drinking water.” A new study published last week by the National Academy of Sciences and led by UC-Berkeley scientist Tyrone Hayes suggests otherwise. via Consumer Chemicals: Too Much “Wait and See” | The Valley Advocate.
We are in a time of TRANSITION “When the rug is pulled out from under our feet, how do we keep a roof over our heads?” “How can we meet the building and housing needs of a low energy future? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has worked for decades with New York and Connecticut to clean up Long Island Sound. Too much nitrogen in the water has led to “dead zones” where fish and shellfish can’t survive. Now the federal agency is asking sewage treatment plants nearly 200 miles away in Vermont to help reduce pollutants that are hurting the sound. As part of a collaboration with Northeast public radio stations, VPR’s John Dillon reports. via Long Island Sound Clean-up Reaches Into Vermont | VPR News. If we want to protect what’s left of our open space, we need to preserve our remaining farms. One way is to help farmers make a living. That is why the legislature should pass the “pickle bill.” This proposed law would let farmers sell pickled fruits and vegetables — pickles, salsa, relish — at farm stands and farmers markets, as they can now do with homemade jellies and jams. via ‘Pickle Bill’ Would Help Farmers At Markets – Courant.com. Audubon Greenwich, 613 Riversville Road, Sunday, March 14, 2010, 3:30-4:30 pm, Hummingbirds: Our Feathered Gems. via Hummingbirds: Our Featured Gems | Greenwich Blog :: The Blog of Greenwich, Connecticut :: USA. The leader of a New London County farm group is supporting fines on people who misuse outdoor wood-burning furnaces after a lengthy hearing Monday in Hartford. Wayne Budney, president of the New London County Farm Bureau, said financial penalties are necessary to discourage trash burning and other misuse of the furnaces. via Area farm leader supports fines on outdoor furnaces – Norwich Bulletin. MONTPELIER, Vt. — Two weeks after lawmakers voted to close Vermont Yankee in 2012, Vermont regulators are being pressed to act sooner — shutting it down immediately — because of leaking tritium that environmental groups say is polluting the environment. On Wednesday, the state Public Service Board opens an investigation sought by the Conservation Law Foundation and the New England Coalition, which say the nuclear power plant in southeastern Vermont should stop operating until the source of the leak — first reported two months ago — is found and fixed. via Anti-nuke groups want Vermont plant closed now – BostonHerald.com. Dirt bike and quad enthusiasts yearning for places to ride in Connecticut may get their dreams fulfilled by summer if the state legislature acts on a new bill specifically designed to end 24 years of growing frustration on the part of off-road riders. via Bill would force DEP to provide land for off-road riders The Republican-American. Like it or not, China is the country cashing in on the green revolution. That’s a problem for America, according to Kenneth Lieberthal, a China expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. “We’re going to have to end up using those technologies on a very large scale,” Lieberthal said. “The question is whether we are producing them – or whether we have to end up buying them from the Chinese or others because we didn’t get our act together.” via How America Could Get Rich by Going Green – CBS Evening News – CBS News. HOUSTON—The chief executive of the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world's largest crude producer, warned that enthusiasm for alternative energy could engender “green bubbles” as the new technologies “overpromise but then underdeliver.” via Aramco CEO Warns of ‘Green Bubbles’ – WSJ.com. HOUSTON — Energy Secretary Steven Chu told participants at a major energy industry gathering here that they need to accept a limit on carbon pollution and start finding ways to meet it. Chu’s remarks at CERAWeek fit the Obama administration’s narrative — that enacting rules to limit climate change won’t cost jobs. Rather, the administration says, a lack of such rules is preventing the United States from joining a global “clean energy economy.” via DOE Chief Urges Energy Leaders to Accept Curbs on Greenhouse Gases – NYTimes.com. |
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