Climate Change /tags/climate-change Climate Change en-US Copyright Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT This program works to track ticks in CT. Now, it needs state funding to continue /news/2025-05-05/ticks-connecticut-science-research-funding The Active Tick Surveillance Program began in 2019 to better understand where ticks are, the dangers they pose to people and how invasive tick populations are spreading. Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT /news/2025-05-05/ticks-connecticut-science-research-funding Michayla Savitt CT invests $7.5M more for waste diversion amid trash crisis /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 ǻ 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 CT again considering making right to a healthy environment part of state constitution /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 ǻ 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 Scientists are using AI technology to speak whale /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 ǻ’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 CT's Operation Fuel flooded with requests for assistance as resources decrease /news/2025-01-27/cts-operation-fuel-flooded-with-requests-for-assistance-as-resources-decrease ǻ’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 Amid climate extremes, CT lawmakers set sights on resiliency efforts /news/2025-01-23/amid-climate-extremes-lamont-senate-dems-set-sights-on-ct-resiliency-efforts This legislative session, lawmakers in ǻ 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 Trump's pause on offshore wind leasing may have limited impact in New England /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 How might lawmakers prioritize the climate with skeptics in power? /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 What we learned from the 2024 ǻ brushfires /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 A gourdy scene: Splattered pumpkins add unique spice to compost efforts in New Haven /news/2024-11-18/a-gourdy-scene-splattered-pumpkins-add-unique-spice-to-compost-efforts-in-new-haven In New Haven, ǻ, 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