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Shoreline League of Democratic Women Hosts their 4th Annual Green Lifestyle Fair, on Saturday, March 27, 2010, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., at the Water’s Edge Resort and Spa, Westbrook, CT. This free event features Energy Alternatives, Green Home and Consumer Products, Consultants and Service Providers, Energy and Environmental Advocates. Continue reading 4th Annual Green Lifestyle Fair on Saturday, March 27, 2010, Westbrook We’re a New Haven-based environmental news blog that happens to be the top environmental news blog in the state, and soon the country (with your help). Environmental Headlines is looking for an experienced ad sales person who is familiar with environmental issues and the environmental scene, or who cam immerse themselves in that scene in order to sell some ads to support the blog. Can you find the lead and close the deal? It seems easy enough to me, but I’m not a sales person. We need a sales professional to bring in the ads so we can expand to other states and do the same thing there. If you can sell for an environmental website, we want to talk to you. Please e-mail us with your experience and interest. Let’s talk. E-mail chris@environmentalheadlines.com with “job posting” in the subject line, or call (203) 886-5905 for more information. WETHERSFIELD — – The owners of Wilkus Farm have agreed to clean up contamination at the property before the town buys it for open space. The original deal, negotiated by the Trust for Public Land with the three owners, called for the town to buy the 87-acre property for $3.5 million. That deal was postponed in December while the extent of the environmental contamination was assessed. Through the collaborative efforts of TANGO Alliance, non-profit organizations can leverage their impact. TANGO Alliance brings a wealth of professional services, such as employee benefits, strategic marketing, and financial planning, at a great value, forming a powerful purchasing cooperative for the non-profit sector. via A unique combination of retail and salon-type services found at Ecobody | The Avon News. Stamford-based Pitney Bowes has joined with DuPont, IBM Corp., Fluor Corp. and the Switzer Group to raise awareness that it is difficult to secure leading-edge energy and environmental features when a company is leasing a relatively small amount of space in a large multi-tenant building. On the surface, this may not seem like serious stuff but it certainly sets a tone for the next generation of green building activity and may change how the landlord/owner and tenant interact. via Demystifying the Green Office Lease | BuildingCTGreen. TORRINGTON, Conn. — Stop & Shop, Quincy, Mass., plans to use a 400-kilowatt fuel cell to generate power and heat in a new store opening here in late April. The fuel cell, provided by UTC Power, South Windsor, Conn., releases much less carbon dioxide than traditional power sources, and almost no other pollutants. In other supermarket installations, it has operated in concert with the U.S. electrical grid — with most of the energy coming from the fuel cell — and as a stand-alone generator when the grid is unavailable. via Stop & Shop to Use Fuel-Cell Power in Conn. Store | Supermarket News. Groups like Conservation International are among the most trusted “brands” in America, pledged to protect and defend nature. Yet as we confront the biggest ecological crisis in human history, many of the green organizations meant to be leading the fight are busy shoveling up hard cash from the world’s worst polluters–and burying science-based environmentalism in return. Sometimes the corruption is subtle; sometimes it is blatant. In the middle of a swirl of bogus climate scandals trumped up by deniers, here is the real Climategate, waiting to be exposed. via The Wrong Kind of Green | The Nation. Citing common frustrations with delays, uncertainty and changing rules at the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), business and labor representatives are working together on recommendations for legislative action this session. “We’re both hearing from our members that Connecticut is losing jobs and economic development opportunities because DEP’s policies, laws and regulations reflect a 1970s approach in a 21st century economy” says CBIA’s Eric Brown. via Business and labor seeking DEP reform : CBIA Government Affairs Report. Ash landfills are necessary in Connecticut, whether residents like it or not. These landfills, a disposal site for what’s left after garbage is incinerated, are not developed until the state Department of Environmental Protection has ensured they met environmental standards. Yet the idea of dumping ash is a scary concept for residents who live near the sites. via Ash Landfills: Someone’s Gotta Have Them | CRRABlog. GROTON, CT—The Sea Grant programs from Maine to Virginia, have been awarded $25,000 to work with NOAA offices to establish a regional network of “climate ambassadors” who will help local communities. It is one of eight Climate Engagement mini-grants from NOAA to various regions of the U.S. The grant will provide training in climate outreach to staff of NOAA’s North Atlantic Regional Team and Sea Grant extension agents. The Rotary effort called Children’s Safe Water Alliance, has provided 20,000 bio-sand filters in the Dominican Republic, reaching an estimated 100,000 people, said Hildreth. Other areas have benefited, as well, including Africa, India, and Central and Latin America. “Through bio-sand filters, we have the power to change the health of a nation,” said longtime Guilford Rotarian Bob Shepard who was on a two-month stay in the Dominican Republic teamed with Wisconsin Rotarian Bob Hildreth. via Rotarians support clean water project | Guilford Zip06 . The Concept Clinic is a forum designed to provide consultative advice to an enterprise in the earliest stages of development. In this case the panel will provide feedback on the concept behind the creation of Earth Marketsboth in terms of its business plan as well as being an example of an emerging class of social ventures, largely “ahead of their time” initiatives, usually ahead of funding, but wrestling with similar issues that would face any emerging enterprise. Continue reading Center for Business and the Environment at Yale – Events Oil and electricity have been tied together since the days of Rockefeller and Edison, and now a venerable Westport oil business and a Norwalk-based electricity supplier have joined forces at the retail level. Gault Energy, a Westport-based home heating provider, has added lower-cost electricity to its energy offerings by linking up with Verde Energy USA, a Connecticut-licensed Department of Public Utility Control electricity supplier. via Gault, Verde form energy partnership – NewsTimes. March 3 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc, which has eight wind farms in the U.S., will start building three more in 2010 and 2011 as it expects to begin profiting from the operations this year. via BP to Start Building Three U.S. Wind Farms This Year and Next – BusinessWeek. New England Energy Management is doing its part to help Ford Motor Co. become a more environmentally friendly and cost-effective company.The Danbury-based designer of energy-efficient lighting, climate control and refrigeration recently was chosen by Ford to retrofit its Dearborn Research & Engineering Center, as well as various Ford Land commercial buildings in Dearborn, Mich., with a more efficient lighting system via Danbury firm helps with Ford’s energy efficiency – NewsTimes. GOSHEN — A battle is looming between the state’s main trash processor, the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, and a handful of municipalities in the Hartford region that want to take over the job of handling northwestern Connecticut’s trash after 2012? via CRRA to face contract battle in 2012 | The Republican-American. HADDAM – The old Kruger barn, part of Haddam Neck’s landscape since the 19th century, will soon be just a memory. The graying barn — once painted white and topped with two cupolas — is being disassembled. Its owners hope that it will be sold piecemeal to people who want to reuse its prized chestnut wood, which hasn’t been available since the early 1900s, said Mike Yurish, regional manager of The ReUse People of America. via Landmark To Be History – Courant.com. Dow Chemical Co. is expanding its renewable and alternative energy reach today as the state is expected to award the Midland-based company more than $108 million in business tax credits and grants. The company is entering into new territory with a $5 million Center of Energy Excellence Program grant to establish a center focused on low-cost carbon fiber for industrial applications, including advanced wind turbine blades. via Dow Chemical reaping windfall, expanding alternative energy reach | – MLive.com. It’s a chicken-or-egg scenario when it comes to emerging fuel-cell technology allowing automobiles to be powered by hydrogen and emit little more than a trickle of water from the tailpipe. Manufacturers need to commit funds to mass-producing the vehicles, but hydrogen fueling stations to fill those vehicles also are needed. Wallingford, Conn.-based Proton Energy Systems has announced plans to develop the privately funded network of stations along the East Coast through sister company SunHydro. via Which comes first, hydrogen fuel, or cars that need it? – Fosters. WATERBURY — Historic Fulton Park will be the setting for the city’s first tree-climbing competition in April. The event, hosted by the Connecticut Tree Protective Association of Northford, will pit 24 experienced tree climbers against one another to go onto the New England competition in June. via 24 climbers will be taking to the trees | The Republican-American. |
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