The impacts of climate change and environmental concerns are shared across our region, but when it comes to addressing those issues, the New England states can have strikingly different policies. We tell stories on these topics every day and work together on special series.
In the summer of 2023, we looked at the impacts of extreme weather in our series Beyond Normal. And each year around Earth Day, we present a series of regional climate change stories with a different theme.
In 2024, we'll be looking at how we can reduce the use of fossil fuels in our homes. Reach out to NENC@ctpublic.org to share your story ideas.
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The U.S. EPA awarded Connecticut $62.5 million from the federal Solar for All program to expand solar power access in low-income communities.
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The proposed $89 annual fee is part of a larger transportation bill already approved by the Senate. But House lawmakers say it's a sticking point.
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Two of the sites, encompassing nearly 254,000 acres, are off the Maine coast. The remaining six are located off Massachusetts.
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The institute, its partners and others in the sustainability industry see the practice — dubbed “peecycling” — as a cheap, easy and less-destructive method than synthetic fertilizer.
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According to a new study, living through extreme weather events like wildfires and hurricanes may make survivors more likely to support climate mitigation policy, despite their political affiliation.
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New England needs more housing — especially affordable housing. But what happens when the land picked for that housing is also valuable in the fight to slow climate change?
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and several colleagues have introduced federal legislation to tackle the nationwide affordable housing crisis and climate change.
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In Connecticut, transportation accounts for over 40% of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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After calling off a plan to build a biomass plant to replace its oil-burning system in 2020, the college has new ideas for how to move away from fossil fuels.
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Fifteen years after the EPA said greenhouse gasses are a danger to public health, the agency finalized rules to limit climate-warming pollution from existing coal and new gas power plants.