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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Researchers from Mystic Aquarium are heading to the icy tundras of Canada to study beluga breath. That’s the white-plume mixture of water cells, proteins and lung fluid that whales exhale when they come up to the surface. -
Without the finding, the federal government isn’t required to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, putting Connecticut at risk of more air pollution, warming waters and extreme weather. -
The rescission could derail the state’s plan to bring more EV chargers into urban and rural communities where they're already hard to find. -
Turn the jammies inside out and stuff a spoon under the pillow. Today, the science and superstitions surrounding the magical — and possibily disappearing — snow day. -
Gov. Ned Lamont is expected to propose a one-time rebate for energy bills when the state legislative session kicks off Wednesday. -
The legislation would force fossil fuel companies to pay money that cities could use to upgrade infrastructure and prepare for flooding and extreme weather. -
Finding ways to heat and cool houses of worship amid rising utility costs and shrinking congregations is a timely challenge. -
The ruling hands a temporary victory to developers involved in an offshore project intended to power more than 300,000 homes in Connecticut and Rhode Island. -
The Brookfield Compressor Station is one link in the Iroquois gas pipeline, which sends natural gas from Canada to New York. An expansion near a local middle school is drawing criticism. -
Outfitted with a long aluminum wire, this helicopter carries eight rotating saw blades to cut trees along a transmission corridor from East Haddam to Middletown.
