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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Eversource was planning on selling the utility to the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, based in New Haven, for $2.4 billion. -
Sewage pipes in Greenwich might be leaking untreated wastewater into local waterways. That’s according to a new analysis of water samples collected this summer. -
Caribbean organizations in Connecticut are asking the governor’s office for help in sending donated items to Jamaica following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. -
Every year, the state of Connecticut puts on a series of training days for kids ages 12-15 where they learn to hunt different animals. The goal is to promote gun safety and to get more kids excited about hunting. -
Members of the Jamaican-American community in Connecticut are anxiously awaiting to hear from their loved ones in the island nation after the strongest hurricane in over 100 years made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday, leaving a trail of destruction. -
Connecticut’s Department of Transportation is spending $5.4 million to add dozens of direct-current (DC) fast chargers for electric vehicles along major highways in the state. -
The project would have helped Connecticut towns switch to solar energy and battery storage during power outages caused by extreme weather. -
With climate change causing more intense rainstorms, older pipes common to southern New England are likely to get overwhelmed more frequently. -
With summer temperatures giving way to cooler weather, you may see fewer mosquitoes buzzing about. But experts say August and September is when mosquitoes are most likely to carry West Nile virus. -
The Wednesday filing says the Trump administration's stop-work order caused "irreparable harm" to the states by "undermining their sovereign interests in procuring renewable energy."
