Topic: Connecticut

As we sit in front of the television, computer screen or iPod and check the world news, do we ever think what impact our device is having on the polar bearsat that moment? As I write it is mid-February in coastal Connecticut, ...

Shopping: RecycleBank pays you!

Every Sunday night I drag our big, blue recycle bin to the curb for an early Monday morning pick up. Since we had to separate our regular garbage from the recyclable items, I bought another garbage can for the kitchen, and taught ...
How can a housewife in California affect oil industries in Texas and the Middle East? How can a Connecticut schoolchild save the polar bears, or coral reefs? Petitions for Someone to 'Do Something.'But a Texas oil worker can prevent a spill, or ...
Out with the old and in with the new is an exciting prospect when you're anticipating a new construction project. In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that 136 million tons of construction waste was generated in the United States, which ...
All schools in Connecticut must go green and remove all toxic chemicals by July 2011. I can only hope that all the other states follow Connecticut?s legislation and remove all the toxins and start protecting our children. It?s appalling to realize we ...
EPA suggests changes to next phase of Hudson dredging to address high PCB contamination levelsFederal environmental officials say they believe the amount of contaminated sediment that will need to be dredged from the Hudson River will be " significantly higher" than initially ...
Vermont and 7 other states share $4 million in green jobs stimulus fundingVermont and seven other states will share nearly $4 million in economic stimulus funding to support a green jobs program.Vermont led an eight-state Northeast Research Consortium that applied for a ...
It's always Earth Day at Connecticut garbage museum, where recycling is an artIn a waterfront industrial area near the Bridgeport line, the trucks keep dumping trash and the school buses keep dumping children.Eight-year-old Matt Carlucci is in awe as soon as he ...
Repeat offender, Ionia Management, a Greek company that manages a fleet of tanker vessels, was sentenced today for its role in falsifying records to conceal the overboard dumping of waste oil from the M/T Kriton into international waters and its efforts to ...