/tags/climate-change Climate Change en-US Copyright Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:38:19 GMT /news/2025-04-18/ct-invests-7-5-million-more-for-waste-diversion-amid-trash-crisis Reducing food waste is a small piece of a large puzzle: slowing down climate change. It's also part of how ���ϳԹ��� is approaching a looming waste crisis. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:38:19 GMT /news/2025-04-18/ct-invests-7-5-million-more-for-waste-diversion-amid-trash-crisis Michayla Savitt /news/2025-02-28/ct-again-considering-making-right-to-a-healthy-environment-part-of-state-constitution The General Assembly is considering a bill that could give ���ϳԹ��� citizens legal protections to “clean and healthy air, water, soil, ecosystems and environment and a safe and stable climate” that advocates say comes at a crucial time. Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:04:30 GMT /news/2025-02-28/ct-again-considering-making-right-to-a-healthy-environment-part-of-state-constitution Michayla Savitt /show/where-we-live/2025-02-24/scientists-are-using-ai-technology-to-speak-whale An update on how New England’s North Atlantic right whale and the Arctic’s beluga whale populations are faring. Plus, scientists are using AI technology to learn the language of ���ϳԹ���’s state animal: the sperm whale. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:15:00 GMT /show/where-we-live/2025-02-24/scientists-are-using-ai-technology-to-speak-whale Chloe Wynne, Catherine Shen /news/2025-01-27/cts-operation-fuel-flooded-with-requests-for-assistance-as-resources-decrease ���ϳԹ���’s Operation Fuel received more than 400 requests for help within the first four hours of opening applications Monday, but hope to serve about 4,000 families as requests for assistance continue to rise. Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:57:56 GMT /news/2025-01-27/cts-operation-fuel-flooded-with-requests-for-assistance-as-resources-decrease Abigail Brone /news/2025-01-23/amid-climate-extremes-lamont-senate-dems-set-sights-on-ct-resiliency-efforts This legislative session, lawmakers in ���ϳԹ��� are hoping to move the needle on a key part of tackling the climate crisis: resiliency. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:39:03 GMT /news/2025-01-23/amid-climate-extremes-lamont-senate-dems-set-sights-on-ct-resiliency-efforts Michayla Savitt /news/2025-01-22/trump-wind-executive-order-offshore-leasing-vineyard-wind-new-england An executive order President Trump issued on his first day in office pauses all new offshore wind leases and permits. But it doesn't stop projects that are fully permitted, as many in New England are. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:31:01 GMT /news/2025-01-22/trump-wind-executive-order-offshore-leasing-vineyard-wind-new-england Miriam Wasser /show/the-wheelhouse/2024-12-11/how-might-lawmakers-prioritize-the-climate-with-skeptics-in-power President-elect Donald Trump's record on climate change is forcing state lawmakers to re-think local policy changes. This hour on The Wheelhouse, how the incoming administration will impact initiatives seeking to curb climate change. Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:15:00 GMT /show/the-wheelhouse/2024-12-11/how-might-lawmakers-prioritize-the-climate-with-skeptics-in-power Frankie Graziano, Chloe Wynne /show/where-we-live/2024-12-03/are-brushfires-in-connecticut-the-new-climate-norm Wildfires are fairly uncommon in the Northeast, but that could be changing. On the next WWL, author John Vaillant joins us for the hour. He’s the author of Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World. Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT /show/where-we-live/2024-12-03/are-brushfires-in-connecticut-the-new-climate-norm Tess Terrible, Catherine Shen /news/2024-11-18/a-gourdy-scene-splattered-pumpkins-add-unique-spice-to-compost-efforts-in-new-haven In New Haven, ���ϳԹ���, one school is working on a solution to pumpkin waste, with a fun twist: a community compost drop-off, which once a year hosts a pumpkin smash. Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:55:43 GMT /news/2024-11-18/a-gourdy-scene-splattered-pumpkins-add-unique-spice-to-compost-efforts-in-new-haven Michayla Savitt /news/2024-11-11/trump-environment-connecticut-election-2024 President-elect Donald Trump’s win is a loss in the fight against climate change, ���ϳԹ��� environmentalists say. They're hoping state lawmakers can step up to help. Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:46:54 GMT /news/2024-11-11/trump-environment-connecticut-election-2024 Michayla Savitt