SIMSBURY – The Zoning Commission has set a date of March 21 to hold a public hearing on the proposed Town Center Code regulations. The commission voted on the date, recommended by Director of Planning Hiram Peck, at a special meeting held Feb. 7. Lee Ensweiler of Code Studio, the Texas-based consulting group hired by
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State Rep. Jonathan Steinberg testified in favor of legislation that would amend the state’s affordable housing law to allow towns to expand the criteria they use to contest projects brought by predatory developers.

HARTFORD — The lawyer for the woman mauled by a 200-pound chimp in February 2009 is mystified that the state only acted after the attack to add gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans to the list of potentially dangerous animals banned in Connecticut. The DEP next week will hold a hearing on proposed new regulations to carry
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Chris Phelps of Environment Connecticut said his organization supports the current process of siting wind projects under the Connecticut Siting Council. He said a moratoriumm could send a message to the wind industry that Connecticut is not a place where they are welcome.

The Redding Land Trust announced that it has earned accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance.

The SBM Charitable Foundation recently awarded $487,241 to area non-profits in its final fourth quarter grants of 2010, for a total of $1,522,591 grant awards for the year, including award money for a a municipal plan in the Town of Bolton for its Linear Trail in conjunction with the East Coast Greenway via SBM charitable
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Plan to attend the 5th Anniversary Celebration of the New Haven Bioregional Group. Learn how the group has developed over the last five years. Learn about how, through a set of practices, they are moving toward a sustainable society.

The Boston-based Conservation Law Foundation announced it will take legal action to prevent any further clean air violations.

Attorney General George Jepsen has told state regulators that the cost of replacing electric meters with smart meters is not justified by the amount of electricity it would save CL&P customers.

Mandatory bans on summer water use could be a thing of the past, and improved infrastructure is now in East Lyme’s future.

The winter woods were quiet as walkers made their way through fields and woodlands newly acquired by the Branford Land Trust.

The Navy Research Laboratory’s alternative energy projects — each costing less than $500,000 — are modest ventures that barely register in the Pentagon’s gargantuan budget.

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has cited Dominion, the owner of the Millstone Power Station, for three minor violations in last year’s quarterly inspection.

More than 2,500 U.S. scientists have sent a letter urging members of Congress to reject legislation that would undermine a U.S. EPA finding under the Clean Air Act that heat-trapping emissions are altering the climate and endangering public health.

According to the Rainforest Action Network, palm oil is a globally traded agricultural commodity that is used in 50 percent of all consumer goods, from soaps and detergents to breakfast cereals and biofuels.

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu toured the United Technologies Research Center on Friday to promote a Department of Energy project to develop energy-efficient heating and cooling systems for new and existing buildings. UTC’s Research Center in East Hartford will play a key role in the $129 million project, whose launch was announced Thursday by President
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Montville, Conn. — AES Thames, a 20-year-old coal fired power plant in Montville that produces and sells electricity for Connecticut Light & Power, will close its doors temporarily as its parent company restructres after filing for bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court Tuesday. via Montville coal plant to remain temporarily shut down – Norwich, CT
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Norwich Public Utilities hosted a delegation from the Yankee Gas Co. this week, displaying its fleet of Alternative Fuel Vehicles and fueling stations and educating the Yankee Gas representatives about how to integrate such technology into its own fleet. via The Day – Norwich Public Utilities shows off ‘green’ fleet | News from southeastern Connecticut.
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Everyone knows that the nation’s fossil-fuel outlook is bleak. It’s time to face the grim reality that we’ve nearly exhausted our energy supplies. So why is the United States exporting coal and natural gas? It’s doing so because everyone is wrong. America’s fossil-fuel base is vast, and energy professionals — unlike lazy reporters, oblivious talking
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Otis Elevator Co., a unit of United Technologies Corp., has announced a major global environmental program, “The Way to Green,” which spans every aspect of its operations, from design and manufacturing to products and end-of-life recycling.