WASHINGTON – This Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expanding the conversation on climate change through public engagement and education on the importance of continuing to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land we live on. As we continue to make strides in protecting the climate
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Found in estuaries around the world, oysters are a favored delicacy for humans and play a valuable role in ecosystems and economies. These unassuming molluscs have sustained Native Americans, cleaned polluted harbors, provided critical habitat, and created waterside cultures. • Explore the science and natural history of oysters, particularly the Long Island Sound’s native Eastern
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Imagine going for a walk in a city park, plucking a few ripe peaches from a tree and going home to make peach cobbler for a family picnic. Welcome to the not-too-distant future in Edgewood Park. For more on this story, visit: New Haven’s Edgewood Park to blossom with fruit trees (video)- The New Haven
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Connecticut lawmakers are set to announce a task force for a clean energy research and development facility on the campus of the former Norwich State Hospital in Preston and Norwich. For more on this story, visit: Task force to be named for Norwich energy facility – Connecticut Post.
Billions of gallons of raw sewage and contaminated stormwater surge every year into the waterways and onto the streets of New England, as a 40-year-old pledge to clean America’s lakes, rivers and streams remains unfulfilled.
When hundreds of anglers show up Saturday for the annual Riverton Fishing Derby, something besides hungry trout will be lurking in the chilly waters of the Farmington River. Clinging to the rocks and stones of the streambed is an unwelcome interloper whose presence worries stream biologists and trout enthusiasts. For more on this story, visit:
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Fresh from announcing plans to manufacture a 1.4-megawatt fuel-cell power plant to service Hartford Hospital, Danbury-based FuelCell Energy said Thursday it expects to report improved revenue for the second quarter, and investors are taking notice. For more on this story, visit: FuelCell shares jump on revenue outlook – StamfordAdvocate.
Connecticut College has again been selected as a campus to be featured in the Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges. The publication recognizes 320 colleges in the United States and two in Canada that “demonstrate a strong commitment to sustainability in their academic offerings, campus infrastructure, activities and career preparation.” The list is prepared in
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UConn and the Storrs area are in dire need of a new source of water and the state is planning on spending billions more to increase the student population. which will need vastly more water to support them. For more on this story, visit: LETTER: Why Not A Fuel Cell Farm For UConn? – Courant.com.
The City of New Haven last issued a bike map nearly a decade ago, when average gas prices were less than $2.00 a gallon, and a little known State Senator named Barack Obama had just won a Senate seat to represent the State of Illinois.
But since then, New Haven has undergone a cycling and livable streets renaissance, with the City passing the first Complete Streets policy in Connecticut. Click for more on this story from Mobilizing the Region and TSTC.org.
Smart Growth America’s assessment of Winsted has arrived, and the town could be poised to cash in on economic trends. However, the report notes that Winsted needs to make better use of the town’s existing assets.
Danbury’s FuelCell Energy Inc. will install one of its 1.4-megawatt alternative-energy power generators to light and heat Hartford Hospital. Click on this Environmental Headline for more on this story from Hartford Business.
Promoting Enduring Peace believes that Bill McKibben’s work in greatly increasing awareness of the global impact of the consequences of environmental irresponsibility is in close alignment with our mission, and we recognize him as a Peace Hero in the struggle for a sustainable world peace. Bill McKibben is a founder of the grassroots climate campaign
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A new Tri-State report finds Connecticut making mixed progress on its planned transportation infrastructure investments. TSTC analyzed the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s $4.26 billion 2012-2015 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program to understand what types of projects the state intends to prioritize over the period and to determine how the state’s priorities have, and have not, shifted from previous years. For more on this study, click on this Environmental Headline.
A senior reactor operator at the Millstone Power Station tested positive for alcohol near the beginning of his shift last night and was immediately suspended. For more on this story, visit: The Day – Millstone reactor operator positive for alcohol | News from southeastern Connecticut.
The Metropolitan District Commission has restarted work on a new line to link hundreds of West Hartford homes and businesses to its sprawling regional sewer network. For more on this story, visit: MDC resumes work on W. Hartford sewer leg | HartfordBusiness.com.
Harbor Watch received a boost by the state this week in the form of a $38,165 grant to help with a project that will expand its shoreline tracking effort to assist in the elimination of bacteria sources identified in 2012. For more on this story, visit: Harbor Watch receives grant from state – Thehour.com: Business.
Six Connecticut colleges and universities are featured in the 2013 edition of The Princeton Review’s “Guide to Green Colleges” for their “green” commitment through curricula and infrastructure. For more on this story, visit: 6 CT schools collect good ‘green’ marks | HartfordBusiness.com.
A bill proposed by State Rep. John Hampton, D-Simsbury, would place a moratorium on all water diversion projects until a statewide water plan is developed and implemented. Click on this Environmental Headline for more from Jeffrey McCutcheon and Andrew Silva in The Hartford Courant.
Promoting Enduring Peace believes that Bill McKibben’s work in greatly increasing awareness of the global impact of the consequences of environmental irresponsibility is in close alignment with our mission, and we recognize him as a Peace Hero in the struggle for a sustainable world peace. Bill McKibben is a founder of the grassroots climate campaign
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