Indoor Country Fair to benefit watershed association

SIMSBURY — The Farmington River Watershed Association (www.frwa.org), the Old Well Tavern and the Farmington River Brewery are joining forces to hos...

Criminal probe launched in plant blast – The Hour

Authorities launched a criminal investigation Monday into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction, sayin...

Connecticut Company Pays Penalty for Violations of Oil Pollution Prevention Regulations

A Portland, Conn. asphalt company has agreed to pay $68,400 in penalties for failing to comply with federal regulations designed to prevent oil spills...

Busway, rail advocates pitch their plans – The Bristol Press

BRISTOL – Regional planners listened intently late Thursday to pitches for both the proposed busway and the potential for commuter rail. Rail backer...

Yale students’ recycling Web sites good for business and environment | The Republican-American

One less phone that needs to be created is one less that can end up in a landfill. That’s one of the motivations behind an electronics reuse and...

Stamford Museum & Nature Center unveils $37M master plan – StamfordAdvocate

STAMFORD — The Stamford Museum & Nature Center, an educational and recreational destination in North Stamford, has prepared a $37 million ma...

Transportation Alternatives – Letters to The Courant

It was with great interest that I read the Place article by Toni Gold [Jan. 31, "Don't Let Rail Run Roughshod Over Cities And Towns"] regarding the pr...

Keep Hold Of Open Space – Courant.com

HARTFORD’S BUDGET WOES • Don’t sell Batterson Park to make up $40 million shortfall Don’t do it. Using one-shot revenues to fix se...

UPDATE: Local O&G employees may have been at site of blast; company addressing situation; Hartland woman’s son injured – The Register Citizen

MIDDLETOWN — Details are slim at this point, but O&G Industries is working to address the situation following a massive gas line explosion that ...

IWC Slated To Consider Railroad Wetlands Application | The Newtown Bee

Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) members are expected to discuss and possibly act next week on a controversial wetlands application from the Housatoni...

Already pining for lost Panthorn trees

SOUTHINGTON – A line of pine trees has been cut down in Panthorn Park to make way for a new sewer line that will serve about 80 homes on Lagana ...

Concerns arise about new land use agency – The New Haven Register

MILFORD —Several residents have raised concerns about a lack of transparency in the city’s new Department of Permitting and Land Use agency, but M...

Vowing to go Green: Growing company helps eco-friendly brides – The New Haven Register

NEW HAVEN — Like many brides, Kate Harrison had a tough time finding exactly what she wanted when it came to certain aspects of her wedding. Unlike ...

Official: Unclear if victims remain in Conn. plant – Norwich Bulletin

Middletown, Conn. — A fire official said Monday that it remains unclear whether everyone is accounted for after a massive explosion that killed at l...

Urban farmers fight nationwide to sow green biz – Connecticut Post

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tara Kolla fancied herself a green thumb-turned-green businesswoman when she planted an organic flower plot in her yard and sold ...

Our Towns – For Some Farmers, Survival Through Hudson Valley Fresh Co-op – NYTimes.com

It’s not as if Hudson Valley Fresh, the dairy co-op founded in 2005, is a model for all dairy farmers. But it is working quite well for the eight fa...

Home project in Madison takes the Connecticut Zero Energy Challenge – The New Haven Register

MADISON — For months now, people strolling down Middle Beach Road — a popular beach-front walk for many folks — have noticed an interesting sign...

Mystic transit study seeks public input | The Day

Mystic – What if tourists arriving here were able to park their cars at a transportation center where they could board a trolley shuttle or wate...

Town tries for ‘Bicycle-Friendly Community’ status – The Bristol Press

PLAINVILLE — From Santa Barbara, Calif. to Burlington, Vt., dozens of cities and towns across the nation have been designated as Bicycle-Friendly Co...

Conservation Group Hires New Coordinator | The Day

The Eastern Connecticut Conservation District (ECCD) has hired Sarah Lamagna as a natural resources specialist and Niantic River Watershed coordinator...

Update: Five dead in power plant explosion Middletown, Connecticut

Five people are dead in an explosion at a 620MW gas-fired power plant (1 megawatt is enough to power 750 to 1,000 homes) owned by Kleen Energy that is...

“High Speed Rail… Really?” | Commentary from Jim Cameron

There’s been a lot of media hype and political hoopla of late about Connecticut receiving $40 million from the Feds for “high speed rail.” Whil...

New Britain-Hartford Busway Rundown from Richard Stowe

Last night, Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency (CCRPA) Board members faced a critical choice for the future economic and environmental susta...

Before Blast, Few Problems at Kleen Energy’s Middletown Plant – NYTimes.com

What began more than a decade ago when one of Connecticut’s largest trash haulers bought a water-soaked, abandoned mine near Middletown, Conn., ulti...

Connecticut man talks of the need for conservation – Connecticut Post

George Schaller — who has lived in Roxbury for 35 years when he's not setting up camp on the Serengeti Plain of Tanzania or the Tibetan...

Fishers On The Rebound Since Their Reintroduction Here – Courant.com

The fisher, a native species until hunting and loss of habitat extirpated the animal from Connecticut, has rebounded since its reintroduction in the w...

Event: City celebrates science at annual Darwin Day – The Hour

An international celebration of modern day science has spawned an annual tradition in Norwalk, where huge crowds now gather on Feb. 12 to recognize th...

New London should take title to Fort Trumbull | The Day

Why doesn’t the City of New London hold title to all of the property in the Fort Trumbull redevelopment area? New London should take title to Fo...

St. Paul’s, Village Creek receive grants for historic preservation – The Hour

Two Norwalk organizations received grants this week from the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, state officials announced Friday. via St. Pa...

Don’t Charge For City Parks – Courant.com

Hartford has a projected $40 million shortfall to make up next year, so it is incumbent on city leaders to consider an array of options for new revenu...

Backyard birds count, too – NewsTimes

The Great Backyard Bird Count will be Feb. 12 to 15. All it asks you to do is watch one place for 15 minutes, count the birds you see and can identify...

Bristol continues to favor railroad plan – The New Britain Herald

BRISTOL — Those pushing commuter rail instead of a busway say it makes more sense to put transportation money into railroads. Mike Nicastro, the pre...

Technical schools to be tested for PCBs – The New Haven Register

The Connecticut Technical High School System will test caulk at 12 of its older, un-renovated buildings for the presence of PCBs, which have the poten...

Clinton unveils $21M rehab plan for downtown? – The New Haven Register

CLINTON — A sweeping conceptual design for the revitalization of the historic town center — burying utility lines, building plazas, reconfiguring ...

Budget precedes green jobs in gov’s address | CT News Junkie

Hours after Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s farewell budget address, the Office of Policy and Management released its recommendations (pdf) for which revenue st...

Jamie Jones Wins National Farming Award | Valley Independent Sentinel

Jamie Jones, of the Jones Family Farms in Shelton, was named one of five finalists for the American Farm Bureau Association’s Agricultural Achieveme...

Maritime interests claim state’s dredging rules threaten economy | The Day

Hartford – The state must ease regulatory obstacles to dredging in Connecticut’s marinas, harbors and waterways, a coalition of maritime i...

Tritium levels skyrocket again as VY zeroes in on possible source of leak

MONTPELIER — Vermont Yankee officials zeroed in Friday on pipes that connect the “off-gas pit sump” — a concrete vault —...

Dominion reviews Millstone glitches | The Day

Waterford – A recurring electrical problem at the Unit 2 reactor at Millstone Power Station will be fixed by installing a long-term uninterrupti...

President Obama’s Science Spending : NPR

The president’s proposed budget was unveiled this week. How did science make out? This hour Ira Flatow and guests look at the budgets of the maj...

East Coast Greenway: Feb. 10 Hearing is Chance For Critical North Jersey Link | Mobilizing the Region

The East Coast Greenway, the developing 3,000-mile bike route connecting cities from Maine to Florida, has long seen the Meadowlands crossing [in nort...

Change is in the wind, thanks to green East River hydroelectric power project

With a few final design tweaks, a hydroelectric power project on the East River is one step closer to providing New York City with green electricity. ...

The wheels on the bus go round and round | BRISTOLTODAY.COM

The busway got a big boost last night when the Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency once again backed the $573 million project. Read the hasti...

National Teach-In: Sustainability & Connecticut College Feb. 10 and 11

Connecticut College alum, restauranteur and leading proponent of the sustainable food movement David Barber, will kick off the ConnCollege National Te...

Phase 2 Of Riverfront Park Plan Taking Shape In Glastonbury – Courant.com

GLASTONBURY – The design and permitting process has begun for the second phase of Riverfront Park, but with a multitude of local, state and fede...

Mass. Senate OKs bill streamlining wind projects – Connecticut Post

BOSTON (AP) — Senate lawmakers have approved a bill designed to streamline the siting and permitting of land-based wind energy projects in Massachus...

Long Beach sales deal is a washout – GreenwichTime

STRATFORD — The anticipated sale of Long Beach West to the federal government was killed Thursday by joint agreement of the town and a nonprofit...

New rides coming for Brass City bus passengers | The Republican-American

The New Flyer Xcelsior will replace Waterbury, Connecticut’s fleet of aging public buses in the fall. Half of the new buses will be hybrid elect...

MDC Chairman Agrees To Pay Nearly $800,000 To Federal Government – Courant.com

Former state Sen. William A. DiBella has bowed to years of government pressure and agreed to pay nearly $800,000 to settle charges that he took a sham...

ConnCollege participating in RecycleMania for the fifth year

For the fifth year, Connecticut College is participating in RecycleMania, a recycling competition designed to reduce campus waste and encourage campus...