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Glastonbury Awarded For Energy Efficiencies At Three Buildings
The town has received three "Power Of Change" awards for energy efficiencies at the wastewater treatment facility, Buttonball Lane Elementary School and Town Hall. The town received "first honors" in the top municipal wastewater treatment plant...
Tags: Plant Openings, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Water Supply
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Passive, yet powerful houses
The idea of passive house design isn't new. It was first promoted in the early 1990s. But the concept — virtually airtight buildings, heavily insulated and using triple-glazed windows, requiring little energy for heating or cooling — has yet...
Tags: New York City, Personal Service, Alternative Energy, Environmental Issues, Germany
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READER SUBMITTED: Greenskies Seeks Partners In Advance Of Energy Credit Auction
MiddletownGreenskies Renewable Energy LLC, a Middletown solar energy company, is seeking to form partnerships with corporate and municipal clients in Connecticut interested in reducing their energy costs and enhancing their green footprint by installing highly...Tags: Auction Service, Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Connecticut Light & Power Company
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READER SUBMITTED: Renovations Of UConn's McMahon Hall Create Vibrant New Gathering Space On Campus
StatewideAn "inside-out" design approach at the University of Connecticut integrates interior and building design to create a whole that is more than the sum of its parts. The 19,000 SF renovation and addition at McMahon Dining Hall makes a big impact, offering...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, University of Connecticut, Renovation, Environmental Issues
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West Hartford Wins Two Power Of Change Awards For Energy Efficiency Efforts
The Hartford CourantThe town and school district received top honors at Tuesday's Power of Change municipal awards ceremony for their energy-saving efforts. The town earned "Top Town Hall" and the schools took first in the Innovation category in the first year of the...Tags: Ceremonies, Alternative Energy, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Arts and Culture
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Landforms, Environmental Pollution, Earth Day, Science
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Gunder holds lead in Quincy
An incumbent Quincy Township (Pa.) Supervisor appears to have held onto his seat in a tight race during Tuesday’s primary election. Robert “Bob” Gunder garnered 286 votes from Republicans, compared to 264 votes for challenger Edward...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Elections, Environmental Issues, Politics
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Avon Factory Adding Workers
The Hartford CourantAn Avon factory that makes reflective material for clothing, adhesives and traffic signs has built a 50,000-square-foot expansion less than two years after it was bought by a German company. The factory, which had been known as Reflexite before the...Tags: Plant Openings, Avon (Hartford, Connecticut), Companies and Corporations, Environmental Issues, Employees
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Moniz, sworn in as energy secretary, delays action on LNG exports while he studies data
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on...Tags: Barack Obama, Environmental Pollution, Prices, Washington, DC, Global Warming
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Norwalk Harbor Power Plant Shutting Down June 1
The Hartford CourantThe owner of the oil power plant at Norwalk Harbor said Tuesday that it will be closing the facility June 1 since prices in the region's energy market have been too low to justify keeping it open. NRG, a power generation supplier headquartered in...Tags: Energy, Standards, Environmental Politics, Energy Resources, Science and Technology
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Ill. Senate overrides Quinn veto of smart grid rate hike
Tribune reportersRejecting Gov. Pat Quinn's plea to not increase power rates to help improve some of the state's electrical grid, the Illinois senate voted to override his veto of a bill that bulks up the revenue Commonwealth Edison will receive as it modernizes the...Tags: Illinois Governor, Mike Frerichs, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Executive Branch, Alternative Energy
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Wethersfield Seeks Grant To Fund Police Officer At Middle School
The Hartford CourantThe town council voted unanimously Monday night to seek a federal grant to help fund a full-time police officer at Silas Deane Middle School. An officer is already at Wethersfield High School and police routinely visit the elementary schools for the...Tags: Wethersfield, Students, Environmental Issues, Shootings, Teaching and Learning
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