One of the main drivers of energy use is sprawl — low-density, auto-dependent settlement patterns that encourage, or often require, more gas and more driving to get to work, shopping or recreational venues. In the postwar period, Connecticut has undergone relentless sprawl, as cities have emptied and once-small farm or factory towns have filled with
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There will be a public presentation by Project Team Lead Fuss & O’Neill, North Branch Park River Watershed Management Plan, from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, Watkinson School Amphitheater. The North Branch Park River Watershed Management Plan is the first URBAN watershed management plan in the state of Connecticut to follow the US
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UPS has expanded its carbon neutral shipping program to 35 countries and territories across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Millions more UPS customers now have the option of paying a small fee to calculate and offset the carbon emissions associated with their shipments.

The bicycle has many attractions as a form of personal transportation. It alleviates congestion, lowers air pollution, reduces obesity, increases physical fitness, does not emit climate-disrupting carbon dioxide, and is priced within the reach of the billions of people who cannot afford a car. Bicycles increase mobility while reducing congestion and the area of land
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“It morphed and showed up in the Great Lakes. There’s no indication that it’s a danger to humans, but it kills fish by the thousands. The other thing that’s disturbing about VHS is that a fish can be infected and not go viral for three years,” Deen said. VHS hasn’t made an appearance in the
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GLENS FALLS—The U.S. Department of Energy will be conducted a public meeting in Glens Falls on Thursday, July 15 on a proposed $3.8 billion power line that would run about 385 miles from Quebec to Connecticut under Lake Champlain, the Hudson River and the Long Island Sound. The meeting will be held at the Ramada
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Sierra Club’s South Central Group invites the public to attend a free informative presentation on home energy conservation and clean energy options presented by John D. Calandrelli from CT Sierra Club and Jon Gorham, president of Green Media Ventures, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. July 14, 2010 at Parsons Government Center (Conference Room C), 70 West River
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Groton – Electric Boat released 4 million gallons of highly polluted water from its graving dock into the Thames River in January, one of three environmental violations over the last six months the state Department of Environmental Protection cited in a recent notice to the company. via The Day – EB cited for three violations
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The Clean Water fund, which is used for projects that will reduce pollution in Connecticut rivers, lakes and the Sound, has helped rebuild Fairfield’s wastewater treatment plant and annually provides funds to investigate the sewer system to see where groundwater might be sneaking in, which would compromise the effectiveness of wastewater treatment. In a report
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Lower nitrogen emissions needed to reduce oxygen depletion in coastal waters Seventy-nine sewage treatment plants around the state that empty either directly into Long Island Sound or into rivers and streams that empty into the estuary will be reducing the amount of nitrogen in the treated wastewater they discharge over the next four years under
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New York State Fails to Clean-Up Waterways, Ignores Legal Requirements of Clean Water Act NEW YORK, N.Y. (June 29, 2010) — The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit last night against New York State for failing to take legally required steps this year to clean up one of the primary causes of pollution in
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Sole freshwater tidal marsh on the Thames has made strides, faces challenges Ledyard – At Poquetanuck Cove, the working estuary known as the Thames River steps away from its industrial life of submarines, coal-fired power plants, ferry traffic and sewage plant discharges for an interlude with nature. The 2-mile-long cove is the only freshwater tidal
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Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced that $470 million in grants and loans for local sewer projects and clean water initiatives is expected to be approved when the State Bond Commission meets July 13. “Connecticut’s efforts to improve the quality of rivers, streams and Long Island Sound will receive a tremendous boost,” Gov. Rell
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For a variety of reasons — political, environmental, financial and cultural — Super 7 was never built. And unless there’s a grand reversal of public policy and sentiment, it never will be. But now, representatives from the five towns along the Super 7 corridor — Danbury, Norwalk, Redding, Ridgefield and Wilton — are planning a
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Salisbury Bank recently made a donation to the Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) which provides the last piece of funding necessary to produce a guide to all the parks and historic sites along the Housatonic River; from it’s headwaters just north of Pittsfield, Massachusetts through Kent, Connecticut. This section of river is designated as a National
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SPRINGFIELD – The Black River Action Team has received national recognition for its grass-roots cleanup and education efforts. The Black River flows into the Connecticut River, and BRAT’s efforts dovetail with those of the Connecticut River Watershed Council, which has performed a “source to sea” cleanup for the last 13 years. via Springfield river group
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Imagine a world without fish. It’s a frightening premise, and it’s happening right now. Warming of the world’s atmosphere is only half the story of the environmental catastrophe that awaits us. Excess carbon dioxide is dissolving in our oceans, changing sea water chemistry. The more acidic water makes it difficult for tiny creatures at the
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Technically an estuary, or tidal finger of Long Island Sound, the Thames “is really more akin to a fjord” than a traditional river, Weiss noted, and Norwich harbor, though very deep, doesn’t act like a mixing bowl where the salt water from the Sound combines with the fresh water from the Yantic and Shetucket rivers.
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Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-03) announced a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of $655,100 to the Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Inc., to help with tidal marsh restoration in New Haven and East Lyme, according to a news release. The grant, which is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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The Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Health issued a warning Friday about eating fish taken from part of the Little River. The fish may be contaminated with PCBs, according to a release from the DEP. An electrical transformer damaged when it was knocked over along route 67 in Oxford Wednesday evening, leaked oil
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