Farmington Valley opposes export of water to UConn in Storrs
Neena SatijaJanuary 23, 2013The University of Connecticut in Storrs needs more water -- but some people are doing their best to make sure that water doesn't come from the Farmington Valley 35 miles...
View ArticleBridgewater plan faces another potential setback: climate change
Neena SatijaJanuary 28, 2013Stamford -- There's already a lot of skepticism about Connecticut's $115 million deal with Bridgewater Associates, announced in August. Critics say taxpayers' money would be...
View ArticleShoreline Task Force recommendations face financial and other difficulties
Jan Ellen SpiegelJanuary 29, 2013A year ago, with the destruction of Tropical Storm Irene still raw, Rep. James Albis, D-East Haven, took a look at computer modeling that showed his district after a...
View ArticleStriving for innovation, spending millions, Stamford leaders ignored major...
Neena SatijaFebruary 4, 2013This is the first of two parts examining the Stamford sewage treatment plant's long history of problems, the financial implications for local residents and environmental...
View ArticleStamford's failed attempt at energy innovation cost taxpayers tens of millions
Neena SatijaFebruary 5, 2013This is the second of two parts examining the Stamford sewage treatment plant's long history of problems and their causes, the financial implications for local residents and...
View ArticleGOP lawmakers: Budget plan breaks transportation promises
Neena SatijaFebruary 6, 2013Coming from a supposedly "pro-transportation" governor, the proposed budget of Dannel Malloy has a lot of transportation advocates confused."It's hard to follow the dollars...
View ArticleMalloy to lift travel ban, but urges residents to 'stay off the roads'
Staff ReportFebruary 9, 2013(Updated at 6:14 p.m.)Gov. Dannel P. Malloy lifted the travel ban Saturday evening, but is asking residents not to leave their houses unless it is an emergency.Local roads...
View ArticleDumping plowed snow into bodies of water raises a few environmental issues
Jan Ellen SpiegelFebruary 11, 2013With huge quantities of snow lining Connecticut roads, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is giving cities and towns an option for getting rid of it...
View ArticleWater shortages come home to Connecticut
Neena SatijaFebruary 12, 2013The controversy over the University of Connecticut's proposals to quench its thirst shows that water isn't just the Southwestern states’ problem anymore.The Northeast has...
View ArticleBlizzard delivers crushing blow to Connecticut agriculture
Jan Ellen SpiegelFebruary 13, 2013Patti Popp of Sport Hill Farm in Easton was at least managing to laugh a bit as she described the collapsed hoop house."It's mess," she said. "I went inside praying it...
View ArticlePutting climate change in the transportation budget
Neena SatijaFebruary 14, 2013Last week, the Malloy administration's budget proposal came under fire from transportation advocates for proposing to raise bus fares, cut portions of the rail budget, put...
View ArticleState's farmers feel left out of big clean energy programs
Jan Ellen SpiegelFebruary 18, 2013Woodstock -- Paul Miller has two words for the watery cow manure being pumped from catch basins under his barns into a large tanker truck -- and those words,...
View ArticleEnergy strategy focus on gas still needs a way to get it here
Jan Ellen SpiegelFebruary 19, 2013Less than five months after it was unveiled in draft form, Connecticut's first Comprehensive Energy Strategy is final. An ambitious and broad-ranging blueprint of 500...
View ArticleIn Bridgeport, big plans for storm resilience, but no money
Neena SatijaFebruary 20, 2013Bridgeport -- For a city that's staked its future on revitalizing the waterfront -- and been hammered by Tropical Storm Irene, Superstorm Sandy and the recent blizzard --...
View ArticleSnow mixes with politics in Bridgeport, New Haven
Neena SatijaFebruary 21, 2013Bridgeport -- More than a week after a historic blizzard dumped more than 3 feet of snow in some parts of Connecticut, snow removal is still a political issue.In...
View ArticleSuspicious material mailed to Capitol for second week in a row
Keith M. PhaneufFebruary 25, 2013State and federal authorities were investigating a suspicious substance discovered Monday afternoon in the mail sent to a fourth floor office at the Capitol -- the...
View ArticleMcCarthy’s work in Conn. likely to play role in confirmation battle
Ana RadelatMarch 4, 2013Washington -- Gina McCarthy's success in pushing power companies in Connecticut to curb greenhouse gases is expected to come under scrutiny when the Senate takes up her...
View ArticlePublic housing residents nervously await next storm -- with good reason
Neena SatijaMarch 8, 2013Norwalk -- Paula Sanchez estimates that when Hurricane Sandy was at its fiercest, the water in her first-floor apartment went as high as 3 1/2 feet.It was the worst flooding...
View ArticleCritics say Bridgewater deal sidesteps state and local policies
Neena SatijaMarch 14, 2013Opposition to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's $115 million deal with Bridgewater Associates is growing, as observers charge that he is sidestepping state and local policies to move...
View ArticleWidespread dissatisfaction with energy bill process and changes to renewable...
Jan Ellen SpiegelMarch 26, 2013Plans to rush major energy legislation through the General Assembly as soon as Wednesday are raising cries of foul from dozens of normally unaligned groups.Their concerns...
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