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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The website documents which birds are living in Connecticut and where, including wintering birds. Organizers say the website will help conservationists figure out which lands to protect so birds can continue to breed. -
If you’re looking for something to do on New Year’s Day, Connecticut is organizing more than a dozen free, guided nature hikes across the state. -
Five large-scale offshore wind farms under construction, including Revolution Wind off Connecticut and Rhode Island, have been put on sudden hold by the Trump administration. -
Heat pumps work a lot like air conditioners, with the key exception that they can cool and heat your home — even though the name “heat pump” doesn’t exactly imply that. -
A new law means communities now have the option of hosting an advanced nuclear reactor if the municipality's legislative body or residents vote in favor of it. -
Volunteers who monitored the birds reported anecdotal cases of starvation, possibly due to a decline in menhaden, a type of herring that osprey eat. -
The Trump administration is proposing a rollback of fuel economy standards that would make new motor vehicles less fuel efficient. -
Clams, glue and boatloads of patience: How CT volunteers are restoring eelgrass in Long Island SoundWhat looks like an adult version of arts and crafts is a unique way that conservationists are working – shell by shell – to restore eelgrass in Long Island Sound. -
Nov. 30 will mark two months since the federal government pulled the plug on tax credits for electric vehicles. -
Eversource was planning on selling the utility to the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, based in New Haven, for $2.4 billion.
