Connecticut Public is proud to support PBS’s climate programming initiative, a bold commitment to explore environmental impacts on our planet through solutions-driven storytelling.
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Connecticut lawmakers have until April 1 to advance a bill that would increase registration fees for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
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Beavers are known as a "keystone species," contributing to biodiversity wherever they set up their habitats. Today, Connecticut author and journalist Leila Philip joins us to talk about her book "Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America."
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The wind project, located off the coast of Connecticut and Rhode Island, will eventually generate enough electricity to power 350,000 homes.
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In 1975, Mystic Aquarium launched its Animal Rescue Program, where experts work to rehabilitate marine animals. The aquarium even operates a 24-hour hotline, where people can send in reports of marine life in need.
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A bill that would have legalized wake surfing – a fast growing, but sometimes controversial watersport – on most Connecticut lakes, will not be moving forward.
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How do we begin to understand the full economic, human, and environmental impacts of war? This hour we talk with someone who is doing that math.
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Amid rising oil and gas prices, Connecticut officials are canvassing the state, asking communities if they’re interested in hosting a controversial form of power: nuclear energy.
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In their perennial battle to solve the state’s mounting trash problems, Connecticut lawmakers are again considering a ban on polystyrene takeout containers and other limits on single-use plastics.
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The project, off the coast of Connecticut and Rhode Island, will ultimately generate up to 704 megawatts of electricity — the equivalent of powering 350,000 homes.
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The new program would establish a task force to develop a state-wide protocol for containing and eliminating hydrilla, an invasive water plant that’s spreading aggressively in Connecticut.
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Complications during tropical storms and hurricanes over the last 15 years demonstrate an increased intensity in storms affecting the Northeast.
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Connecticut's Department of Agriculture provides an update on how this winter season has impacted local agriculture and farms.