Connecticut Green Bank Launches 14th Green Liberty Notes offering

The Connecticut Green Bank has launched its 14th offering of Green LIberty Notes. Photo courtesy of Connecticut Green Bank HARTFORD — CGB Green Liberty Notes LLC, a subsidiary of the Connecticut Green Bank, Wednesday launched its 14th debt...

The World’s Most Sustainable Factories

How can factories adapt sustainability strategies? getty A car factory that runs on hydropower in the Norwegian woods. A solar plant in China using advanced manufacturing to reduce emissions. A cleaning-product facility in Belgium built from 90%...

UM research flight captures the shape of ice storm damage, predicts climate change disturbance

EMMET COUNTY, MI -- Hovering more than 3,000 feet above the ground, researchers flew low and steady to get a better picture of the destruction caused in Northern Michigan from the spring ice storm. Researchers headquartered at University of...

Connecticut Supreme Court Denies Watertown’s Petition for Certification in Waterbury Dispute

WATERTOWN – In an order dated September 9, 2025, the Connecticut Supreme Court denied the Town of Watertown’s Petition for Certification to appeal the Appellate Court’s decision in City of Waterbury v. Town of Watertown, 233 Conn. App. 104 (2025)....

UConn Women’s Center hosts textile drive in support of sustainability

The University of Connecticut’s Women’s Center has begun a textile drive in association with their upcoming Feminist Fiber Arts event on Oct. 1. The textile drive will be operating until Sept. 30, with the donation box located in the Women’s...

Why Monarch Butterflies Are Suddenly Everywhere in Connecticut

Getty Images Getty Images Why Monarch Butterflies Are Suddenly Everywhere in Connecticut We’ve already covered the unusual surge of yellowjackets in Connecticut, and then the bird migration maps — now it’s time to talk butterflies. I couldn’t help...

Connecticut officials encourage caution as wildfire risk increases this fall

Following the historic wildfires that raged across Connecticut around this time last year, state officials hope a similar situation does not unfold in 2025. HARTFORD, Conn. — The fire risk is increasing across Connecticut, according to officials...

Latest Regional Plan Association report shows Connecticut needs more TOCs

The Regional Plan Association (RPA) released their latest report, “Homes on Track: Connecticut, Analysis of Existing Conditions for Transit-Oriented Communities in Connecticut”. The report argues that by integrating residential, commercial and...

From eco-anxiety to environmental action

by Daralyse Lyons Abby Weiss joined the Chestnut Hill Local on July 7. On Friday, Sept. 12, she joined me on G-Town Radio’s “A Local Lens” to talk about her experiences as the Local’s new environmental reporter. Weiss is a Report for America corps...

Connecticut Mushrooms Growing As Big As Small Dogs This Year

2025 appears to be a good year for mushrooms in Connecticut, I've found more Connecticut-grown mushrooms in grocery stores and farmer's markets than ever before this year, and look at the size of some of the ones growing out there in the wild....

Principles for Financial Institutions on Credible Investments in Climate Solutions

Financial institutions, including public pensions, must drive real-world decarbonization to protect the economy, retirement savings, and portfolio stability. Achieving this requires phasing down investments that fuel the climate crisis while...

National Academy of Sciences rebuffs Trump effort to undo climate change regulations

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. WASHINGTON (AP) — Evidence that climate change harms public health is “beyond scientific dispute,” the independent...

Report Sounds Alarm on Connecticut Firefighter Shortage

(TNS) — Connecticut Comptroller Sean Scanlonearlier this year sounded the alarm about the shortage of firefighters in the state in a comprehensive Special Examination on Firefighters report. “I put the report out this spring as a wake-up call,”...

What Employers Can – and Can’t – Do About Employee Speech in a Volatile Climate

As employee expression spills into every corner of the modern workplace, employers are trying to figure out the best way to respond to all sorts of activity. From off-hours protests to heated workplace debates and viral social media posts, the...

Invasive spotted lanternfly remains on the rise in Connecticut

People across Connecticut continue to deal with the invasion of the spotted lanternfly. The spotted lanternfly is an invasive pest that has made its way across the entire state after two small populations were established in Fairfield County in...

Climate Week Summit Highlights Why Solutions Must Start with Farmers

On Tuesday morning, September 23, Food Tank will host the “Keeping Farmers on the Land” summit during Climate Week NYC, in partnership with American Farmland Trust. The invitation-only event will explore farmers’ critical role in advancing climate...

Connecticut Ranks 12th For Teachers In WalletHub’s Latest Study

We're just two weeks into the school year after a nice long Summer break and news has just come out that Connecticut has been ranked near the top of a recent study of the best & worst states for teachers in 2025. According to WalletHub.com's Best...

GE Vernova kicks off MIT partnership to address climate issues

If Scott Strazik wanted confirmation that Cambridge is the place to be, the GE Vernova chief executive found it at MIT on Monday. Strazik helped preside over the launch of a partnership between the energy company and the Massachusetts Institute of...

The Mercury’s Sound Off for Thursday, Sept. 18

Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, said, “Our only chance to save democracy is to fight fire with fire.”…”We’re at war right now to save this country. So, you have to do whatever is necessary to save the country.” Two days later,...

Connecticut should resist the push for a fossil fuel future

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. New England has been called the “Saudi Arabia of wind” for our exceptional offshore wind resources, which have...