Patrick Skahill
Senior ReporterPatrick Skahill is a reporter at Connecticut Public Radio. He covers science and the environment. Prior to becoming a reporter, he was the founding producer of The Colin McEnroe Show, which began in 2009. Patrick's reporting has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, Here & Now, and All Things Considered. He has also reported for the Marketplace Morning Report. He can be reached at pskahill@ctpublic.org.
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About 70.3% of Connecticut’s population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose and 63.5% are fully vaccinated, according to CDC data. -
A year after keeping the price of taxpayer-funded purchases out of public view in an effort to protect private business, state Comptroller Kevin Lembo has changed course and released unredacted contracts between 10 vendors and the state for COVID-19 testing. The release came one day before Connecticut Public was set to argue for the full disclosure of the documents before a state public records panel.
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This hour on Where We Live: Electrifying everything, from our cars to our homes, is key to reducing our reliance on fossil fuels. But to do that, we need batteries. We take a look at the science behind how lithium ion batteries work and the environmental impacts of producing them.
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In Blackhaven, you play as Kendra Turner, an intern from an unnamed historically black college, who’s taken a job at a fictionalized plantation museum in America where the history of slavery has been erased.
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A proposal to burn about 2,500 tons of old coal at a major Hartford trash plant is getting a strong rebuke from state regulators. But the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority said Wednesday that burning the coal in Hartford is “the most environmentally sound” way to get rid of it.
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Electric vehicle adoption in Connecticut has a long way to go if the state wants to hit an ambitious target of getting more than 125,000 electric vehicles on the state’s roadways by 2025. And while this year has seen a spike in EV sales, overall registrations are still far off the goal.
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In a final decision released Wednesday, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) said it would impose civil penalties of $28.5 million against Eversource.
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Flooded highways, power outages and a landslip hit Connecticut Friday, as Tropical Storm Elsa dropped torrential rain on the state. Issues with water on…
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In less than a year, an incinerator in Hartford that takes in roughly half a million tons of garbage annually is scheduled to close. But as the shutdown…
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July marks the first month of Connecticut’s newly-enacted “baby bonds” program, which will annually invest $50 million for the benefit of children born…
