Nearly two years after Boston debuted the New Balance Hubway bike-share program, the advent of New York City’s long-awaited counterpart has brought new intensity to the New York-Boston rivalry. But on the streets of the Big Apple, as commuters attempted to use the bikes for the first time and encountered technical glitches and malfunctioning kiosks,

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Sacred Heart University is the recipient of the Santa Energy Green Business Award, which is presented to a candidate that displays comprehensive steps for sustainability across multiple departments and operational functions to meet community-based responsibilities for the environment.

Currently 62 countries require labeling and dozens have outlawed the GMO technology.

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent in recent years to clean up the Connecticut River. However, on days like this, heavy rain still flushes bacteria into the water.

Emmy Award-winning television personality Phil Donahue was not encouraged by teachers to wonder about nature as a boy. … Donahue now introduces the natural world to children through his www.GazeboPhil.com, a website that streams live footage of his nesting boxes and the birds that inhabit them. The footage served as the backdrop for his remarks

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The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission has approved $28 million in funding to conserve, restore, and enhance vital wetlands, including acquisition of more than 9,000 acres of waterfowl habitat in the National Wildlife Refuge System. For more on this story, visit: Bird conservation panel approves wetlands aid – Connecticut Post.

Part of the joy of being a lifelong Connecticut resident is our connection to — and use of — the state’s wealth of natural resources. From hiking trails to riverbank shores, the benefits of preserving our environment for generations to come are evident in every stretch of the Connecticut landscape. For more of this letter

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Officials with NRG Energy have taken exception to testimony from City Manager Lawrence J. Kendzior and other city staff members in the wake of a hearing of the Connecticut Siting Council earlier this week.

While all the signs of climate change are assaulting our state with a ferocity never seen before it seems the current administration is content to ignore them and dismantle any environmental progress that Connecticut has made with backdoor deals, late-night bargains and an energy strategy that puts more emphasis on supporting polluting industry interests than

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The Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, which monitors the votes of state legislators on environmental issues, reports a number of environmental wins during the course of the 2013 session. CFE says that in a strong session for Long Island Sound, a big victory on Clean Water Funding stood out. Click on this Environmental Headline for the whole story and links to their websites for more information.

The groundbreaking piece of legislation passed during the 2012 legislative session requires the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to report Combined Sewer Overflows in the state. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, between 1.8 and 3.5 million Americans become ill from contact with water contaminated by sewage every year. Click on this Environmental Headline to find out more about this interactive map.

While the Connecticut General Assembly narrowly approved the two-year $37.6 billion state budget for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 Monday night, the General Assembly passed lockbox legislation restricting monies in the Special Transportation Fund for transportation purposes yesterday. Click on this Environmental Headline for more on this story from Mobilizing the Region.

Sarah Lawrence College is a highly selective liberal arts college located in southern Westchester County, New York. Job Responsibilities The College has opened a new Center for the Urban River at the Hudson River Environmental Education Institute’s Beczak Center in downtown Yonkers (NY) and seeks an energetic individual to serve as Director. The director must

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State Rep. Philip Miller (D- Haddam, Chester, Deep River, Essex) voted in favor of H.B. No. 6672, an act concerning the conveyance of certain parcels of state land. The bill included the formal repeal of the open-ended Haddam Land Swap dead brokered in 2011. “Preventing this deal will ensure state-owned lands are not developed, keeping our air, water and land clean,” Miller said. Click on this Environmental Headline for more of this story.

First Selectman Kurt Miller pledged to make the town more ‘green’ by reducing its energy footprint. By signing the Clean Energy Communities pledge, Miller committed to initiatives geared to improve the town’s energy efficiency and promote use of clean, renewable energy. Seymour joins more than 50 other Connecticut municipalities that have already taken the pledge,

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Tackling the issue of Connecticut’s notably high energy costs, Stamford joined a program focusing on energy efficiency Tuesday with a partnership between the city, the Business Council of Fairfield County and the state’s Clean Energy Finance Investment Authority to provide financing for green building improvements. The deal for Connecticut’s third-largest city is moving ahead despite

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A Montreal-based developer hopes to bring people back to do more than park on the site with a $300 million-plus development of apartments, shops and restaurants, a hotel, offices and public gathering spaces. Click on this Environmental Headline for more of this story from The Hartford Courant.

Branford First Selectman Anthony DaRos recently signed a pledge to commit the town to the Clean Energy Communities program, an Energize Connecticut initiative that incentivizes Connecticut municipalities to improve energy efficiency and promote the use of clean and renewable energy. Branford joins over 50 other Connecticut municipalities that have already taken the pledge. Click on this Headline for more of this story.

Solar electric photovoltaic (PV) and solar heating and cooling (SHC) systems installed in Connecticut after January 1, 2014 will be property tax exempt cutting the cost of solar for state business by thousands of dollars under a bill supported and partially drafted by members of SolarConnecticut, Inc. and signed into law today by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.