Waterbury and Bristol were the two most dangerous Connecticut cities for older pedestrians, according to a new report by a mass transit advocacy group. The report, released Tuesday by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, listed five Connecticut cities in which disproportionate numbers of senior citizens have been killed in recent years. via For Older Pedestrians, Waterbury
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The $2 billion transit operating aid bill unveiled by Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd today could set the stage to stave off major MTA service cuts slated to take effect next month. If the bill becomes law and Congress appropriates the full $2 billion, about $275 million in operating aid would be distributed to the MTA,
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Embattled transit riders in our region and across the country could get sorely needed relief thanks to the tri-state area’s senators. Today, Sens. Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Robert Menendez, and Chris Dodd introduced the Public Transportation Preservation Act of 2010, a $2 billion bill to help transit agencies restore service cuts and prevent
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During the 2008 elections, Connecticut’s fiscal woes were just beginning to surface as new faces were beings voted into office. In the 26th senatorial district, Democrat John Hartwell received 47 percent of the vote, but ultimately lost to State Sen. Toni Boucher R-26. Now, two years later, Hartwell is ready to give it another go
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Water has flowed out of Lake Mamanasco in Ridgefield and downstream toward a New York drinking water reservoir in the days following a May 11 application of the herbicide Diquat to the lake. Regulators at the state Department of Environmental Protection, which granted a permit for what has become an annual herbicide treatment to control
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In his opening speech at the 2010 conference, Global Reporting Initiative Chief Executive Ernst Ligteringen put forth several propositions pertaining to the future of GRI and the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework. Take the survey by following the link below. All responses must be in by 12 noon on Friday 28 May 2010. Please take part in this survey during
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Because of the risks associated with the viruses researched at the lab, the public has been banned from the island. The Connecticut Fund for the Environment and Save the Sound, the Fishers Island Conservancy, the Connecticut chapter of the Nature Conservancy and a new organization, the Preserve Plum Island Coalition, comprising 24 environmental groups and
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When the federal government approved the Cape Wind project in April, allowing 130 power-generating turbines to be placed in the waters off Cape Cod, it gave a significant boost to the prospects of wind energy. The comparatively high costs of wind power, however, remain a problem. But MIT researchers have concluded that some of the
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Waterford – Millstone owner Dominion has fixed a malfunctioning valve in a steam generator at the Unit 2 reactor that led to an unexpected manual shutdown over the weekend. via Millstone reactor restarted after unplanned shutdown | The Day. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via
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A Connecticut River fish caught four miles upstream from the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor this winter tested positive for low levels of strontium-90, a highly dangerous radioactive isotope recently confirmed in soil outside the plant. But the Department of Health said Monday that the fish’s strontium-90 was not related to this winter’s radioactive leak at
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In a letter dated May 20, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Petition Review Board denied a request by Rep. Paul Hodes, D-N.H., that it order Entergy to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant off-line until a number of actions have been completed regarding a recent leak of contaminants into the groundwater under the site. via
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General Electric Co., the world’s second-biggest maker of wind turbines, won its first order for a U.S. offshore project, to be built in Lake Erie near Cleveland. GE will supply five direct-drive turbines that can generate as much as 4 megawatts each in a project with the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. that they expect
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Of course, you know about wind farms and solar power, right? But did you know that we can generate electricity from our human sewage waste? How about by creating tornadoes? Others have made dance floors that generate electricity for their nightclubs and genetically engineered bugs that actually poop out crude oil! Here are 9 wacky
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CT Environmental Headlines believes the subtitle should read: “A BOLD vision for the New England Landscape.” But an excellent one nonetheless. Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape, calls for conserving 70 percent of the New England landscape in forests (30 million acres). (The report is co-authored by Lloyd Irland of the
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Odwalla Plant a Tree program allows people to donate 200,000 trees, free of charge, to local State Parks Half Moon Bay, Calif., May 24, 2010 ¬–– All 50 states will be competing for trees this summer when Odwalla launches its third annual Plant a Tree program. The program is a partnership between Odwalla and America’s
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The Connecticut Tidal Wetland Restoration Team today received the Coastal America Partnership Award at a ceremony at Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme, CT. This national award for public, private and corporate partnership efforts recognizes outstanding efforts to accomplish coastal restoration, preservation and protection projects, according to a CT DEP news release. Blog this! Bookmark
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Washington, D.C., the first American city to launch a bike-sharing program, continues to endear itself to those on two wheels by announcing that it will replace SmartBike, a system with 120 bikes and 10 stations, with a new bike-sharing system that that will offer 1,100 bikes and 114 stations in the District and next-door Arlington
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Biological diversity is declining faster than previously estimated, and the trend will eventually threaten “the livelihoods and food security of hundreds of millions of people” unless swift action is taken. That’s the conclusion of the third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook, published by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. via Biodiversity in Peril,
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As 60 people huddled on a trail in Montgomery Pinetum beneath the looming presence of an historic two-story stone greenhouse, Anne Young spoke about the man who made it all possible. “He was a conservationist, a preservationist, those were terms that were not in vogue then,” she said about Col. Robert Montgomery who, along with
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Mike Mushak has invested his life in South Norwalk, and he’s committed to seeing it grow. A landscape architect by profession, Mushak has planted greenery throughout the Golden Hill neighborhood as the acting tree liaison to the community. On Saturday, Mushak was honored at the Norwalk-Wilton Tree Festival in Cranbury Park as the city’s 2010
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