Hurricane Sandy brought tremendous devastation to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Millions of residents of Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey are without power, and many are dealing with severe damage to their homes from storm surge flooding, wind, fire, or fallen trees.
We in Connecticut remember far too well last year’s Tropical Storm Irene. Our shoreline was hit hard and parts of the state are still rebuilding in the aftermath of the storm. Two months after Irene hit us, we were then walloped by another major storm, an October blizzard, that knocked our power out across much […]
I admit to having felt a bit of both envy and nostalgia a month ago when I read my Save the Sound colleague Kierran Broatch’s account of catching blue crabs in the backwaters of the Connecticut River on his blog, The Connecticut Yankee.
A year ago, Connecticut’s coastline was ravaged by Tropical Storm Irene. Houses were destroyed, habitats were damaged, and we are still rebuilding from that storm today. Connecticut isn’t the only place in the region that felt the effects of Irene. New York City, with its 520-mile long coastline, braced itself for the storm by evacuating […]
Coal pollutes. A century and a half of burning coal for our nation’s power supply has contributed to dirty air in cities, global climate change that is bringing stronger storms to Connecticut, and environmental devastation in Appalachia. In recent years, however, communities and power suppliers have begun to realize that our electricity needs can be […]
Last summer, Tropical Storm Irene ravaged Connecticut’s shoreline, destroying homes, businesses, and precious habitats. Parts of the state recovered quickly from the storm, but for those along the shoreline, it has taken months to rebuild; for some, the process is still ongoing. Sea level rise and intensifying storms are increasing concerns as climate change impacts […]
