Áine Pennello
Report for America Environmental and Climate Change ReporterÁine Pennello is Connecticut Public Radio’s environmental and climate change reporter. She is a member of Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to cover under-reported issues and communities.
Aine previously worked as a reporter and Morning Edition newscaster for WUFT in Gainesville, Florida. There, she reported on education, health care and local government. She received two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for her reporting on student protests at the University of Florida and local reaction to the war in Gaza.
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Scientists and advocates worry the closures will delay the agency’s ability to respond to invasive insects in the Northeast and hinder field research in local forests. -
It's times like these, when people aren’t prepared for the heat, that they’re more likely to get sick from it, said Arjun Venkatesh with Yale School of Medicine. -
The money will be used to help dairy farmers recover as they pay higher prices for fuel and fertilizer while getting less money from the federal government for their milk. -
One of the protestors’ main objections was a proposal to expand a natural gas compressor station located near a middle school in Brookfield, Connecticut. -
Connecticut has 14 all-terrain wheelchairs, designed for people with mobility limitations who want to explore nature. -
The bill will extend solar incentive programs, put a one-year moratorium on siting large-scale solar array projects in East Windsor and Enfield and pave the way for the use of plug-in solar panels. -
Residents in East Lyme will see their water bills increase by 5% to 20%. The price hike will pay for upgrades to the town’s water equipment after federal regulations on "forever chemicals" changed. -
Dozens of students, faculty members and residents protested at the University of Connecticut on Wednesday, speaking out against the potential environmental impacts of a new golf facility the university is hoping to build in Mansfield. -
The worsening pollution is expected to cause new cases of asthma in children, an uptick in emergency room visits for those who already have asthma or COPD and an increased risk of heart attack. -
It’s springtime, which means rainy weather, never wearing the right jacket and lots and lots of bears.
