Wind Tower Systems has developed a metal lattice system that lets developers transport towers of 100 meters (328 feet) or more in sections and assemble them on-site, Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE said in a statement.

MILFORD — Officials are gambling that residents will recycle more if it is easier to do, so the Board of Aldermen agreed Monday night to spend $2.25 million on new bins that can hold all sorts of recycling items and also purchase four new trucks. When single-stream recycling begins here this summer, sorting paper, glass
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The Canadian government has set a start date of July 1, 2011 for requiring an average of two percent renewable diesel in all diesel fuel sold in Canada. Renewable diesel is defined as a diesel fuel substitute made from renewable materials such as vegetable oil, waste cooking oil, animal fat, fish oil or cellulosic feedstocks
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Testifying before the General Assembly’s environment committee, Council on Environmental Quality Executive Director Karl Wagener said a “moratorium” should be enacted until the state Department of Environmental Protection issues updated regulations.

Philip Armetta told the council a waste recycling facility in town would bring in $10 million annually.

The ongoing improvements to Farmington’s historic buildings and shopping centers look to be on track as the town was awarded its fourth in a series of Small Town Economic Improvement Program (STEAP) Grants, this time for $200,000. Read more here: Farmington is Awarded $200,000 STEAP Grant – Farmington, CT Patch. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious
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The cleanup of oiled beaches along the Gulf of Mexico has reached a point where crews, heavy equipment and thorough scrubbing can cause more damage to the ecosystem than good, the Coast Guard has said.

Writer and philosopher Wendell Berry, 76, has been camped out for three days with a handful of other activists in the governor’s outer office in Frankfort, Ky. Berry, along with some others, is protesting the continued blasting of mountaintops in eastern Kentucky and the poisoning of watersheds, soil and air by coal companies.

This week, three House Republican called for a budget that would “reprioritize NASA” by axing the funding for climate change research. Funding climate research, said one of the elected officials, “undercuts one of NASA’s primary and most important objectives of human spaceflight.”

In three years as New York City’s transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan has overseen the building of hundreds of miles of innovative bike lanes; turned traffic-clogged streets like parts of Broadway into vibrant public spaces; and has made the streets safer than they have been in many decades.

Daphne Dixon, the founder of Conscious Decisions, has joined Fairfield-based AmericanTowns.com as Director, GreenTowns.

“It’s heartening to see the President up his commitment to land conservation when many other programs take hits in the budget,” said Jesse Young, Legislative Assistant to U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy.

Overturning common-sense environmental regulations so that the cement industry’s interests are prioritized over the air New Yorkers breathe, is simply unconscionable,” New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said.

Gov. Dannel Malloy has announced that he has selected Daniel Esty to head “the newly fused Department of Energy & Environmental Protection.”

“Reducing the number of state agencies by consolidating all of our energy functions into one unit will be unprecedented in the state and will bring with it a number of benefits,” Gov. Malloy said in a news release. “I am glad that Dan Esty has agreed to accept this challenge.”

The Feb. 15 New Haven Rock to Rock Launch Party will share plans for the Rock to Rock Earth Day bike ride across town. Read more about joining the fun inside.

Please call your Congressperson today and ask them to authorize a continuation of 2010 funding levels to Long Island Sound.

Nearly half the fleet of 30- and 40-year-old electric trains on the New Haven line is frozen or damaged by the severe winter.

“HB 6020 would prohibit the siting of a cell phone tower within 750 feet of a school or day care facility unless no other appropriate site exists,” said Rep. Reed. “It would also allow the Connecticut Siting Council the power to impose fines on applicants who intentionally file inaccurate or misleading information to obtain approvals.”
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A UTC fuel cell, the PureCell Model 400, has cut the Torrington Stop & Shop store’s utility bills in half. The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, which helped fund the unit.

Because the project requires a coastal site plan review it was referred to the City Plan Commission. Next month Greenleaf returns to the BZA for a vote. If all goes well, the fries-to-fuel enterprise could be up and running as soon as the fall, The New Haven Independent reports.