The DEEP Climate Resilience Fund (DCRF) is one response seeking to prepare Connecticut communities for more impacts of climate change. For the second time, the agency is looking to fund and assist municipalities to develop resilience projects, and apply for applications for federal funding.
Journalists from the New England News Collaborative had a rare chance to see Vineyard Wind, the nation's largest standing offshore wind project.
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Voters who register without an ID are required to use special, marked ballots. But a quirk in a new law repealing that process — and that takes effect next month — leaves things unclear for the Nov. 5 general election.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cut back on how often it will meet with a citizens group to discuss the cleanup of the Housatonic River, which General Electric contaminated with PCBs decades ago.
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Retrospective for Abenaki filmmaker, singer and activist Alanis Obomsawin now on display in MontrealHer decades of work aims to tell the truth about Indigenous peoples in the education system, and to dispel racism, she told Vermont Public last year. Her exhibition is called “The Children Have to Hear Another Story.”
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Most studies looking at large-scale environmental changes analyze one shift at a time. But UNH researchers looked at two effects of burning fossil fuels: soil warming up and nitrogen levels rising.
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The High Holiday, Rosh Hashanah, has begun, marking the Jewish New Year. Local spiritual leaders are thinking about how to structure their service given the turmoil in Israel.
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According to a department spokesperson, Sheriff Nick Cocchi was handed the suspension by the human resources department and accepted it "without issue." That was after his arrest on a driving while intoxicated charge on Sept. 21, 2024.
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Allison McChord says the land was originally slated for luxury housing, but she believes it's better used as a public space and a wildlife habitat.
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Migrating is one of the most dangerous times in a bird’s life. Turning off lights at night, putting stickers on windows, and keeping cats indoors can help.
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