South Windsor Director of Public Works Vincent Stetson has received a national award for improvements made to the town’s leaf recycling program. Stetson received the Exceptional Performance Award – Sustainability from the American Public Works Association.
Read MoreA dramatic increase in coastal flooding could be only a decade away. That’s the bottom line in a new report looking ahead at the potential for cataclysmic weather along the nation’s coastlines. Climate change has already increased the frequency and severity of hurricanes and other extreme weather events around the world. But the perfect storm of events – on Earth and on the Moon – has the potential for flooding well beyond what has been experienced to date.
Read MoreThis will probably not come as a surprise to anyone who has paid a bill recently. Connecticut is the nation’s most energy-expensive state.
Read MoreThere was good news aplenty for Connecticut’s environment as this year’s legislature approved multiple bills protecting communities from water pollution and adverse climate impacts. There was also disappointment.
Read MoreAs we head into the summer season, the number of Long Island beaches reporting excellent water quality is 13% higher than previous years, based on data released this month by nonprofit Save the Sound in the organization’s 2021 Long Island Sound Beach Report.
Read Morewith the legislature promising to return to the State Capitol later this month to convene a Special Session to take care of some unfinished business from the regular 2021 session that concluded on June 9, efforts are intensifying to put back on the agenda an item that didn’t make the cut in the final days earlier this month - the Transportation and Climate Initiative.
Read MoreConnecticut’s most talented young scientists and engineers were honored by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) at its 46th Annual Meeting last week, part of a virtual program that recognized 32 newly elected 2021 members of the Academy, along with 36 members elected in 2020.
Read MoreConnecticut state law establishes special license plates commemorating people, organizations, and causes in a variety of different categories. These plates bear distinct designs or logos and typically carry additional fees, and can be seen on vehicles throughout the state.
Read MoreRIverfront Recapture has purchased 60 acres of riverfront land on the Hartford-Windsor town line to build a new community park. The acquisition will allow Riverfront Recapture to complete a regional trail connection between the Hartford and Windsor, and will complete a seven-mile multi-use public transportation system extending from South Windsor to Hartford with connections to East Hartford and Glastonbury.
Read MoreSTEM educator Christine Lawlor-King has been named the new executive director of the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), the nation’s oldest and largest continuously operating invention education program for student inventors. For 2021, student invention applications are now being judged over a period of several weeks via a virtual portal system. A virtual "award ceremony" will take place on May 23 at 6pm, via YouTube and Facebook.
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