MILFORD — More than 100 people drew a line in the sand Saturday to deliver this message to Americans and their government: “No to offshore (oil) drilling. Yes to clean energy.” via Oil-drilling protest in Milford, elsewhere a ‘line in the sand’ (video) – The New Haven Register.

Massaro Farm at 41 Ford Road in Woodbridge, which is noncertified organic, had been preparing for last week for several years. The farm is now part of the state’s growing Community Supported Agriculture trend, where farms sell shares to members. Massaro has 125 members who paid $400 per share and who pick up fresh vegetables
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OLD LYME, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut environmental officials plan to meet with lobstermen  July 12 in Old Lyme and July 15 in New Haven to discuss a regulatory group’s proposal for a five-year regional lobster fishing ban. via Conn. officials to meet with lobstermen – The AP via The New Haven Register.

BRANFORD — Long Island Sound generates more than $5.5 million in revenue each year through the tourism, recreation and fishing industries, but pollution — including beach closings resulting from outmoded sewage treatment facilities — threatens that, environmental advocates said recently at a waterfront press conference. via Advocates cite need to protect Sound – The New
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Experience the only local and organic festival in Connecticut offering a farmer’s market, fresh prepared food, live music, sustainable vendors, artisans, free workshops and free kids activities! 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday Sept. 19 at Manchester Community College. For more information  click here.

Regional Agreement Promotes Transportation Efficiencies Governor M. Jodi Rell has announced that Connecticut has joined with 10 other states and the District of Columbia to work together on regional transportation initiatives that will ultimately reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality. “Together we will clear the air and clear the way for a
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… While we are all busy pointing fingers, let’s not forget that old adage — when you point a finger at someone else, there are three fingers pointing back at you. All of us, as consumers of petroleum products, have been swimming in a sea of crude as long as we have been alive and
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Local lobstermen are facing extinction if the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission adopts a report by one of its technical committees recommending a five-year moratorium on lobster fishing off the Atlantic Coast from Cape Cod south.

For a variety of reasons — political, environmental, financial and cultural — Super 7 was never built. And unless there’s a grand reversal of public policy and sentiment, it never will be. But now, representatives from the five towns along the Super 7 corridor — Danbury, Norwalk, Redding, Ridgefield and Wilton — are planning a
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BRISTOL — In a rare example of preparing ahead of time, the city put a plan in place five years ago to try to make sure that the new Route 72 extension doesn’t become a commercial free-for-all following the same pattern that transformed Farmington Avenue during the past half century. A Route 72 corridor plan
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The proposed project received the support of the entire Connecticut Congressional delegation. Over the life of the Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge, the project will create and/or retain nearly 400 jobs, reduce an estimated 250,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution, and save households nearly $150 million on their energy bills. via Bethany among winners
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Kent residents will be asked Wednesday to show support for a nearly $1 million grant and corresponding loan through the USDA for the design and reconstruction of failing sewer lines and a pump station. A town meeting will be start that evening at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall for residents to authorize the Board of
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Salisbury Bank recently made a donation to the Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) which provides the last piece of funding necessary to produce a guide to all the parks and historic sites along the Housatonic River; from it’s headwaters just north of Pittsfield, Massachusetts through Kent, Connecticut. This section of river is designated as a National
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An early 19th Century barn from Easton will soon have a new home. The Paine Barn has been dismantled and transported to a private residence in Canterbury, a small town in eastern Connecticut, where it is expected to be reassembled this fall. Last week, a crew from Yankee Restoration removed the structure from just off
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NEWTOWN – Members of the Land Use Agency, Conservation Commission, several dignitaries, and members of the Ferris family dedicated the conservation easement on Ferris Farm on Route 302 Friday, June 11. Rob Sibley, Deputy Director, Newtown Land Use Agency, thanked everyone who made it possible for the Town of Newtown to purchase the development rights
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The Last Green Valley, Inc. recently announced the recipients of the Last Green Valley grant awards, totaling almost $150,000. The purpose of the grant program is to promote activities that conserve, celebrate, interpret or enhance The Last Green Valley’s significant natural and cultural resources, working agricultural lands and recreational opportunities. via Mansfield among towns receiving
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The Wilton Deer Management Committee will shift gears with a new plan after “an unacceptably low harvest last year,” according to Patricia Sesto, Wilton’s director of environmental affairs.

The Aspetuck Land Trust has built an all natural playground that features no metal or plastic in Westport town in Connecticut state. The all natural playground is situated in the Leonard Schine Preserve in Westport.

The federal government’s approval of the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm earlier this year is facing its first legal challenge. A coalition of nine individuals, environmental organizations and the project’s primary opposition group, the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. They claim the U.S. Department of
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SPRINGFIELD – The Black River Action Team has received national recognition for its grass-roots cleanup and education efforts. The Black River flows into the Connecticut River, and BRAT’s efforts dovetail with those of the Connecticut River Watershed Council, which has performed a “source to sea” cleanup for the last 13 years. via Springfield river group
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