Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced that Connecticut is receiving a $120 million grant from the federal government to support the long-planned New Haven-Hartford-Springfield, Massachusetts high-speed rail line project.

The goal is to establish high-speed, intercity rail service on the 62-mile line within five years that would eventually extend to Vermont and on to Montreal.

After nine years of planning, Georgetown’s Main Street is getting a makeover. Construction crews began fixing the drainage on the street this week, and will install sidewalks, benches, street lamps and pedestrian crosswalks in the town’s one-road business district. via Construction begins on Georgetown streetscape – NewsTimes. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post
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The subject of the meeting last April was what to do about the aging I-84 Viaduct in the center of Hartford. The group had been studying the issue for four years, mostly focusing on the elevated highway. Then someone looked at the map, which was confusing because the highway crossed the railroad line twice, and
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Bob Englehart’s Oct. 13 cartoon promoting the idea of more hunting of geese generated letters and debate [Oct. 16, "Canada Geese Can Be Hunted"; Oct. 19, "Bigger Bag Limit Would Help"]. Please allow us to clear up some confusion that exists. There are three distinct populations of Canada geese that spend time in our state.
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Check out the garlic the next time you’re in the supermarket. In another era, it might well have been grown in Gilroy, Calif. But today, chances are that your garlic has traveled across oceans and continents to get to your kitchen. But your savings in the supermarket undercuts farmers in places like Gilroy. Moreover, the
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Opponents of the proposed 124.7-acre residential development in Easton that includes affordable housing have launched a multi-pronged attack aimed at defeating the project.

During the last 30 years, community gardens have taken root in Bridgeport and are producing food to feed families and convert blighted lots throughout the city into beautiful and bountiful sites. Tom Caco, a garden captain of the United Way Community Garden in Marina Village, is proud that his garden worked a miracle, growing bushels
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Global warming may be a laughing matter, according to Dr. Randy Olson, a marine biologist turned filmmaker. Olson includes interviews with both skeptics and extremists on global warming to achieve a more ‘scientific’ view.

EcoHusky’s Green Week began successfully with a bottle and can pick-up on the trail to Celeron. Last weekend, EcoHusky members filled two trash bags with recyclables, and this past weekend they filled an additional four, according to member Laura Dunn. The recyclables will be shown during Green Week’s featured farmer’s market on Thursday in a
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A look at the process of recovering materials from the waste stream including the process of dismantling entire buildings, and the planning and marketing requirements for effective materials reuse considers job potential, community building, and short-term and long-term environmental benefits.

Robert Hartmann of Hartmann Development said he has already spent more than $100,000 on feasibility and architectural studies to support his proposal.

Northwest Conservation District presented its annual conservation awards on Oct 18. at the Bull’s Bridge Inn in Kent. The awards were presented for outstanding achievements in local conservation. Guests from around the region included Kent First Selectman Bruce Adams. via Northwest Conservation District presents annual awards – The Register Citizen. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious
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While swimmers and boaters along any shore consider the slimy green film that coats everything from rocks to docks as a nuisance, University of New Haven chemical engineering student Nicole Reardon and Assistant Professor Shannon Ciston, Ph.D. think otherwise.

The slime is a complex community that may hold the key to the environmental impact of the chemical nanoparticles that find their way into Long Island Sound.

The Farmington Greenway trail in Avon between Country Club Road at the north and Scoville Road to the south will be closed due to a Connecticut Department of Transportation culvert replacement project through Dec. 6. via Avon portion of Farmington Greenway trail closed through Dec. | The Avon News. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg
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There is talk about how, someday, there will be a high-speed train from Connecticut to Montreal. How about a low-speed trail — for bicycles and hikers — that would do the same thing? That’s the vision — eventually — of the Housatonic Covered Bridge Trail, a 45-mile bicycle trail that would run on back-country roads
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Update with NRDC blog post: In a breathtaking series of press conferences and releases along with publication of a new report, the federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities – which is led by EPA, HUD, and the Department of Transportation – has announced an impressive amount of federal assistance to a wide array of sustainability projects
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell today announced that more than $1 million in federal funds will be used to continue or expand “pump-out” programs along Long Island Sound.

CT Environmental Headlines is honored to be the recipient of the District’s 2010 Media/Communications Award for our “outstanding on-line news service” and the new “go-to” source for environmental news in Connecticut.

The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, in partnership with the Capitol Regional Council of Governments of Hartford, has been awarded a $4.2M Regional Sustainable Communities Grant that will go toward developing and implementing a bi-state Knowledge Corridor Regional Plan for Sustainable Development in the Springfield and Hartford regions.

Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch on Thursday announced that the city will be getting an $11 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant that city officials say will be instrumental in creating the infrastructure needed to get the ball rolling on the oft-delayed Steelpointe Harbor project. via Bridgeport to get $11m fed grant for Steelpointe – Connecticut
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