STAMFORD — The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection will hold a hearing Monday to hear public comment on the city’s proposed $4.4 million closure plan for the Scofieldtown landfill property. The city closed Scofieldtown Park, located on the north side of Rock Rimmon Road, to the public in May 2009 due to environmental
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Recycling has just gotten a lot easier in Ridgefield, thanks to a new “single stream” process started this week by recycling center managing company Hudson Baylor that allows people to dump everything in one bin. Read more here: Recycling goes ‘single stream’. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on
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To Duncan Schweitzer, president of the Avalonia Land Conservancy, Bell Cedar Swamp seems like a kind of primeval hollow, where he can imagine dinosaurs plodding between the oversized ferns. His fanciful vision notwithstanding, Schweitzer and the rest of Avalonia are nearing the end of a yearlong goal of making preservation of this rare parcel a
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The Connecticut Greenways Council has accepted Woodbury’s application for the Pomperaug River Greenway’s inclusion as a Connecticut Designated Greenway. Read more here: Pomperaug River Greenway earns designation The Republican-American. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the
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The so-called Haddam land swap, an iteration of the age-old battle between conservation and development, was not a good way to do business. The deal, in the works for three years, allows a private developer to acquire 17 acres near the Connecticut River in Haddam that had been set aside for conservation. In exchange, the
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Norwalk will get to see Arnaz, the daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and an Emmy-award winning actress and singer, perform. She has agreed to put on a cabaret-style show on Oct. 29 at Norwalk Concert Hall as a fundraiser for the NLT. Read more here: Arnaz to perform in Norwalk for land trust
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A brownfield is a property that has been polluted, typically by manufacturing or industrial use decades ago, and is considered for redevelopment for a new use. Connecticut’s new law, designed to promote economic development, requires property owners to pay into the fund 5 percent of the land’s value. The recently enacted state budget also includes
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Along the East River, in a section of Guilford known as “The Howlet’s” after the wolves that once howled in the wilderness, is one of the few remnants of the great salt water marshes that once extended nearly unbroken along the Atlantic coast from Maine to Georgia. Located approximately 1.5 miles from the mouth of
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Unaccountable spending is undermining America’s long-term strategic priorities and the nation’s infrastructure is crumbling. Failure to reform the transportation system risks deepening the United States’ dependence on oil, eroding economic competitiveness, and increasing climate disruption. Waiting to make real improvements only drives up future costs, whereas responsible policies can improve transportation and reduce the national deficit today.

There is a new website, tarsandsaction.org, and judging from the early response, it could result in the largest civil disobedience actions in the climate-change movement’s history on this continent, as hundreds, possibly thousands, of concerned activists converge on the White House in August. Click on this environmental headline for more on this story.

Imagining New York’s energy supply without the Indian Point nuclear power plants, some see dirtier air, higher utility bills and an increased risk of blackouts. Others see a lower risk of catastrophe from a terror attack or natural disaster.

Nancy Sutley is set to visit UTC Power and Keney Park on Thursday. She’s chairwoman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman will accompany Sutley at both visits.

There seems to be a debate about whether Greenwich is taking water out of the ground faster than it can be replenished. Drought restrictions, for example, are being enacted about every three years, the Greenwich Time reported. Thomas R. Baptist, executive director and vice president of Audubon Connecticut and a veritable local water resources expert, says Greenwich is not taking water from the ground faster than it can be replenished. “Conserving water makes good sense, but Greenwich residents should not be misled to think that Greenwich groundwater use exceeds the rate of replenishment.” Click on this environmental headline for more of this story.

A federal task force Wednesday recommended sweeping regulatory changes to better protect the public and the nation’s 104 nuclear reactors, including two at the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, in light of the Fukushima Dai-ichi disaster in Japan, Patricia Daddona of The Day in New London reports.

A water celebration is an educational, interactive, and fun event that will increase awareness, understanding, and appreciation of local water resources and issues. Click on this environmental headline for more information about the West River Water Festival this weekend.

Car2go’s model is simpler than competitors like Zipcar. Whereas Zipcar requires members to pick up and return cars from the same location, make reservations to rent vehicles in advance, and pay by the hour, Car2go members can rent vehicles by the minute without reservations–and drop off the vehicles at designated points throughout the city.

Prime minister Naoto Kan said on Wednesday the Fukushima nuclear crisis had convinced him that Japan should aim at a society that does not depend on nuclear energy and eventually has no atomic plants.

“Given the enormity of the risks associated with nuclear power generation, I have realised nuclear technology is not something that can be managed by conventional safety measures alone,” Kan told a news conference.

A Shocking Conflict of Interest? Dear Environmental Activist When Republican Congressman Paul Ryan was asked at a town hall meeting in Waterford, WI, about the need to end subsidies to oil companies, he responded, “I agree.” [1] But just one week later, Ryan voted to give Big Oil billions in taxpayer-funded handouts. [2] Now comes
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The Era of Resourcery, Thursday July 14th, 2011, Burke Auditorium, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Kroon Hall 195 Prospect St. Click on this environmental headline for more information.

The Connecticut legislature has typically been a good friend of the environment. Each year sees a number of important bills which keep our state healthy and help maintain our quality of life, so important to our economic prosperity.

This year’s Senate Bill 1196 is a rare and unfortunate exception. It should not have passed as proposed. Section 8, known as the Haddam land swap, orders a transfer of parcels between the state and a private developer.