2020 Long Island Sound Report Card Shows Some Progress, Some Surprises, Continuing Challenges

2020 Long Island Sound Report Card Shows Some Progress, Some Surprises, Continuing Challenges

Save the Sound, a regional nonprofit, released results of its “2020 Long Island Sound Report Card,” revealing surprising results, raising concern about the current ecological health of local bays and their resilience in the face of warming trends and ongoing pollution from Sound communities.

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Connecticut Ranks #5 in Offshore Wind Power Development, Aerospace

Connecticut Ranks #5 in Offshore Wind Power Development, Aerospace

The annual rankings in a range of business development categories are in, and Connecticut is ranked in the top10 in two of nearly a dozen categories. The state ranked #5 among the leaders in aerospace, a traditional strength, and also at #5 in offshore wind power development, as that field gained significant traction in 2019.

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On the Road Again? State Issues Electric Vehicle Roadmap

On the Road Again?  State Issues Electric Vehicle Roadmap

As we all long for a time when we can once again traverse the state, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has issued its Electric Vehicle Roadmap for Connecticut (EV Roadmap). It is described as a comprehensive strategy for achieving widespread deployment of electric vehicles in the state.

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Changes at Save the Sound as World Celebrates Earth Day Indoors

Changes at Save the Sound as World Celebrates Earth Day Indoors

One of Connecticut’s longest running nonprofits, known most recently as Connecticut Fund for the Environment (CFE)/Save the Sound, shortened their name just as the chaos of COVID-19 descended on the region. As the 50th anniversary of Earth Day is observed, the newly rebranded Save the Sound is determined to do even more in its environmental advocacy.

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Stadiums and Snow – The Challenges of a New England Winter

Stadiums and Snow – The Challenges of a New England Winter

At the junction of winter’s snow and the increasing intensity of the football season during the crucial run to the playoffs, have you ever attended or watched a football game and wondered how the stadium gleams so clear and pristine amid the surrounding piles and crusts of brown-tinged, half-melted snow and ice?

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Western Connecticut Considers New 10-Year Regional Plan of Development

Western Connecticut Considers New 10-Year Regional Plan of Development

Connecticut does not have county government, unlike virtually every other state in the nation.  The closest we come to regionalism – a word that has traditionally drawn ire in the Land of Steady Habits – are regional councils of government, designated in state statute but not county governments.

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