When the owner of English Station, an abandoned island power plant that looms over Fair Haven, pumped 4,300 gallons of oil from its site and sent it off to be recycled, it hoped to bring in much-needed revenues. What it brought instead was renewed scrutiny of the plant at 510 Grand Ave. that once burned
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NEW HAVEN — Work to demolish the mothballed English Station has been halted so owners of the power plant, the demolition company and city officials can come to an agreement on whether the project can proceed. Read more here: Meeting to focus on English Station demolition plans? in New Haven- The New Haven Register –
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The agreement defines how Connecticut and the Coast Guard will work together to oversee recreational boating safety programs. These programs include mutual enforcement of laws relating to recreational boating safety on waters within concurrent jurisdiction of the state of Connecticut and the United States. These waters include Long Island Sound, coastal embayments and Connecticut’s major rivers.

Don’t forget about CT Environmental Headlines in your annual budget this year. CT Environmental Headlines has been aggregating Connecticut’s environmental news stories for you. We’re not a big site like Huffington Post or Common Dreams. We’re a local, Connecticut-based blog focusing almost exclusively on making readers aware of Connecticut environmental news stories being reported on
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The first meeting, on the Rocky Hill/Glastonbury ferry, will be Monday at 6 p.m. in Rocky Hill Town Hall, 175 Old Main St. The second hearing, on the Chester-Hadlyme ferry, will be Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Chester Meeting House, 4 Liberty St. Read more here: Ferries: DOT To Hold Meetings On Ferries –
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South Windsor fuel cell manufacturer UTC Power on Wednesday celebrated its latest stationary fuel cell reaching 200,000 hours of field operation. Read more here: UTC celebrates another fuel cell milestone | Hartford Business. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about
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NRG Energy Inc, which operates four power plants in Connecticut, has agreed to acquire Energy Plus Holdings LLC, a Philadelphia-based retail electricity and natural gas provider, in a $190 million all-cash deal.

At the opening of a new 1.8-mile stretch of bicycle trail in Canton, longtime rails-to-trails advocate R. Bruce Donald welcomed the presence of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and his acting transportation commissioner, James P. Redeker, as a milestone in a long struggle.

A report by an independent panel of experts on a proposed subdivision on Cedar Mountain suggests the town should consider buying the land to preserve as open space.

Thomaston leaders hope voters will approve a $725,000 bond to pay for major upgrades to the town’s Wastewater Treatment plant, to reduce phosphorus levels.

ROCKY HILL, Conn. — A Connecticut park that is home to dinosaur tracks dating back 200 million years is celebrating the 45-year anniversary of the discovery. Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill is putting on several free events Saturday at the site, where a construction worker uncovered the tracks in sandstone while excavating for a
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Vermont Health officials say radioactive tritium has been detected for the first time on the shoreline of the Connecticut River near the Vermont Yankee plant. Read more here: VPR News: State Says Tritium Found On Conn. River Shoreline. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit
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Representatives from 80 small businesses around Hartford gathered in front of City Hall on Wednesday morning calling for the shutdown of the waste-to-energy power plant that gives Connecticut the lowest landfill rate in the nation. In an effort to increase statewide recycling rates, the businesses and advocacy group Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice delivered petitions
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Jason Box, known for his study of glaciers, says oil sands mining is a moral issue that he feels compelled to address. The two-week sit-in begins Saturday WASHINGTON—His climatology career at Ohio State University is advancing swimmingly. He’s never had a brush with the law. And his wife is eight months pregnant with their first
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I know: There are thousands of oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Many probably spill many gallons of oil into the Gulf everyday. But I still cannot get myself to pull into a BP station to fill my tires with air, no less my tank with gasoline. Do you use BP gas? If so, why?

A heat wave is sweeping the planet, and animals and plants are making a break for cooler climes. Or so scientists have always assumed. It’s been hard to tie a species’ migration directly to climate change, particularly with human activity destroying ecosystems every year. But researchers have now gathered more evidence for that link by
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US farmers are growing the first corn plants genetically modified for the specific purpose of putting more ethanol in gas tanks rather than producing more food. Aid organisations warn the new GM corn could worsen a global food crisis exposed by the famine in Somalia by diverting more corn into energy production. The food industry
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What would President Rick Perry’s environmental agenda look like? For clues, one need only examine Perry’s record as governor of Texas, where the chairman of the state environmental agency writes vitriolic letters to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and questions the science behind climate change. Read more here: What to expect from a President Perry
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NEW HAVEN — Preliminary work is under way to tear down the mothballed English Station power plant, with demolition of the building scheduled to be completed early next year, according to a representative of the plant’s owner.

An economic analysis done for 11 northeast and mid-Atlantic states shows that a clean fuels standard (CFS) is a winning idea for the region.  It could save consumers in the region billions, bring in billions more in revenue for these states, and create up to 50,000 jobs per year – dramatically increasing the region’s self-sufficiency.
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