The Unilever Foundation has donated $4,000 to the Connecticut Farmland Trust to help fund the non-profit’s mission of preserving our state’s dwindling number of farmland acres. The donation was made during the June annual meeting of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, of which Unilever is a member. “This generous donation will help fund the technical
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A West Haven taxi company will soon have 105 new vehicles powered by compressed natural gas, acquired with a mix of $13.2 million in federal stimulus money and an equal amount of private capital.
There is a proposal to build a large recycling facility a quarter of a mile down from a residential neighborhood, and residents we spoke to are worried the plant will turn their quiet street into a busy and smelly one.
Connecticut is among several states where electric vehicles are being tested by consumers, and several New England based groups, including Northeast Utilities, have been working together to build infrastructure for the new vehicles.
Danbury Road in south Wilton is turning into an innovative “green” corridor.
Recently, Connecticut Light and Power (CL&P) awarded an Energy Award to six young inventors at the 28th annual statewide Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC).
The Nature Conservancy has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the General Electric Foundation, in keeping with GE’s Ecomagination initiative. The funding will be used to protect and restore habitat in the Berkshire Taconic Landscape. The Berkshire Taconic Landscape encompasses the three-state region of eastern New York, northwestern Connecticut and southwestern Massachusetts, near GE’s birthplace in Schenectady, and near its corporate headquarters in Fairfield, CT, and a region that is home to many GE businesses, employees and retirees. Click on this environmental headline for more on this story.
On Saturday, June 4, Aquarion Water Company announced the winners of its first annual Connecticut Environmental Champion Awards at a ceremony held at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo. The awards recognized volunteer projects that have significantly contributed to the improvement of environmental quality through the protection, conservation, restoration and/or stewardship of Connecticut’s water, air, soils, and plant and wildlife habitats.
General Electric, the largest supplier of wind turbines in the U.S., plans to purchase a minority stake in closely held eSolar in a bid to develop power plants that can use both solar thermal energy and natural gas.
The corporate parent of United Illuminating wants to perform a $2.1-billion upgrade of the New Haven electric utility’s aging infrastructure, but raising capital will be a difficult venture.
Whole Foods Market will open a store in South Windsor, Connecticut using fuel-cell technology to generate 90 percent of its electricity.
Officials at the Connecticut Laborers’ District Council urgently requested today that MDC commissioners and bidding officials immediately review the selection of VMS Construction Co. for alterations on the $7.4 million Airport Road Waste Water Pump Station and Force Main project in Hartford, CT.
The EPA recently recognized Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) and the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund, for programs that promote the use of ENERGY STAR qualified products, services and practices.
United Technologies Corp. is donating $100,000 to INROADS, the nation’s largest non-profit provider of paid internships for talented, diverse students of all backgrounds, to support new mentorship programs for high school and college students.
The Connecticut DEP and Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism announced today that 30 hotels, motels and bed & breakfasts are participating in the Connecticut Green Lodging program.
Dan Esty, who along with Andrew Winston wrote the 2006 book “Green to Gold,” a highly regarded treatise on corporate environmental strategy, has just published a sequel.
Mercury Solar Systems has announced a multi-state initiative to educate kids about the benefits of solar energy. The company said it will be presenting to over 1,000 elementary, middle and high school students throughout Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania over the next several weeks in celebration of Earth Day.
Aquarion says it is purchasing 20 water systems in four Connecticut communities from Rural Water Company, Inc. of Bethel, Connecticut. The water systems serve approximately 320 residents in Brookfield, 245 residents in Danbury, 128 residents in New Fairfield and 335 residents in Ridgefield.
Fairfield, Connecticut-based General Electric has announced that it will spend $600 million to build the nation’s biggest solar panel factory.
Torrington Mayor Ryan J. Bingham has agreed to invest half of a $14,000 recycling award from the Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority toward an education program to try to further encourage recycling.
