Shellfish Problems Are Another Sign of a Warming Sound
The recall and the closure are directly linked to warmer water temperatures.
Category: Air & Climate
How Is The Sound’s Dead Zone Shaping Up This Summer? Water Temperatures Could Be Critical
Federal Funding for Post-Sandy Sewage Plant Upgrades, but Cuts to EPA’s LIS Cleanup
The federal government is making $340 million available to New York for repairs and upgrades to sewage treatment plants and water filtration plants damaged by Superstorm Sandy. But it also is cutting about $300,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency office that is overseeing the environmental cleanup of Long Island Sound.
New Report Details 11 Billion Gallons of Sewage Overflows During Superstorm Sandy
On the heels of last week’s Long Island Sound Citizens Summit exploring Superstorm Sandy and climate change, the nonprofit research group Climate Central released a new report yesterday on the amount of sewage that spilled into local waterways during and after Sandy. The report also emphasizes the long-term vulnerability of sewage treatment systems because of […]
Council on Environmental Quality Report Shows No Major Improvement or Decline in 2012
What was the condition of Connecticut’s environment like in 2012? That’s a good question and one that the Council on Environmental Quality explores in its newly released 40th edition of Environmental Quality in Connecticut.
First C-PACE Project Announced in Norwalk
This morning we attended a press conference held by Governor Dannel P. Malloy, CTDEEP Commissioner Dan Esty, State Senator Bob Duff and others announcing the first statewide energy efficiency project to be funded through the Commercial & Industrial Property-Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program.