Coca-Cola’s bottling plant on Main Street unveiled its new fuel cells on Friday morning — the result of a collaboration between the beverage company, UTC Power, the town of East Hartford and the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a global warming lawsuit against five big power companies, its most important environmental ruling since 2007 and a victory for the utilities and the Obama administration.

A highly invasive plant that forms dense canopies in forests – particularly those with high deer populations that eat most every other plant – Japanese barberry also creates moist, cool shelters that harbor ticks that carry the Lyme disease bacteria.

The CT DEP Wildlife Division and the Friends of Sessions Woods are sponsoring a special day to celebrate turtles — Turtle Day takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at the Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area, in Burlington. During Turtle Day, awards will be presented to the winners of the Turtle Art Contest, which was open to children in kindergarten through fifth grade.

On June 16, 2011, the Senate voted 73-27 to end the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit. This major victory against dirty corn ethanol had strong bipartisan support across the political spectrum, including some of the Senate’s most progressive and most conservative members.

More than 19,000 species of animal and plant are in danger of extinction, up from just over 11,000 in 2000, according to the latest “Red List of Threatened Species” from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Of those evaluated, nearly one-third are considered “threatened” (critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable). Between 2000 and 2011 the number of species assessed by the IUCN grew by over 60%.

Two weeks of tense global climate talks wrapped up on Friday, with countries insisting they had made progress on technical issues but accepting they were still nowhere near agreement in the three key areas of finance, greenhouse gas emission cuts and the future of the Kyoto protocol. Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN climate
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In the most aggressive step yet to combat the spreading of the plant since its discovery last August, officials spent the afternoon depositing 1,000 weevils in an area covered by the choking vine. It was the last stop of a 10-town tour aimed at reducing mile-a-minute growth by relying on the hardy bugs that feed on it.

Citing “unfavorable economics for liquefied natural gas in the New England region,” Hess LNG President Gordon Shearer said this week that the company would withdraw applications with state and federal agencies for the Weaver’s Cove LNG project in Fall River, Mass.

Ann Berman was honored for her work for environmental causes Thursday night at City Hall. The audience of about 80 people included Mayor James L. Richetelli Jr.; former state Rep. Barbara Lambert; Conservation Commission Chairman Bill Poutray; Letitia Malone, chairwoman of the mayor’s Open Space Advisory Committee; Tom Ivers, HUD block grant coordinator; Alderman Ben
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Three years ago, Ms. Lacy first applied for a grant from the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, an organization that among many other services awards offers annual grants to people whose antique barns need a makeover. Just when she needed it most, this year, along with nearly two dozen others throughout the state, Ms. Lacy
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Citing his past service as a Planning & Zoning Commissioner in Cheshire, Esty said that, in general, state officials should defer on land use decisions to the wishes of local officials, especially in a case where from an environmental perspective the right answer on the land deal was unclear.

Danbury Road in south Wilton is turning into an innovative “green” corridor.

The General Assembly recently passed HB 6200 to allow tolls to pay for an 8.5-mile extension of Route 11 from Salem to I-95 in Waterford. Viewed through a narrow prism, the bill’s language allows tolls to finance the construction of one road’s extension. But the problem is the bill’s language actually allows for tolls everywhere.

A segment of “Empowering Connecticut” features Cheshire and its efforts in energy conservation. The Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge is featured within this report as one of the town’s newest initiatives. The show will air on June 23 at 8:30 p.m.

Recently, Connecticut Light and Power (CL&P) awarded an Energy Award to six young inventors at the 28th annual statewide Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC).

Anhingas are up to 3 feet tall, and they are typically found in southern Georgia, Florida and the Gulf Coast, as well as Cuba, Central America, South America and elsewhere. It’s not terribly uncommon for them to drift up to New Jersey, but a sighting in Connecticut is very rare. Read more here: Rare Bird
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For the past few weeks, students in Joann Hogan’s Sunset Ridge School art class have been working on a special project that will have a permanent home at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford. Art is an important element to the setting at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. The hallways and waiting rooms are filled with
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An exhibition by internationally acclaimed environmental artists Christo and the late Jeanne-Claude will be presented by the Westport Arts Center in Westport, Connecticut, from Thursday, June 30 through Sunday, September 4. The exhibition will feature two works in progress by the artists: “Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado,” and “The
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