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Links tagged “conservation”
- Rocky Hill joins CL&P program to become a ‘Clean Energy Community’ (8/1/13)
Rocky Hill town officials recently decided to join a state initiative to make the town a greener, cleaner place in the next five years. They have joined 60 other towns in pledging to reduce energy consumption 20 percent by 2018 through Connecticut Light and Power’s Clean Energy Communities Program.
- Keeping local waters clear (7/26/13)
ACTON – Through programs such as their Youth Conservation Corps and collaborative workshops with other area organizations, the Acton-Wakefield Watershed Alliance keeps finding ways to get local residents involved and interested in keeping their water free of contaminants and invasive plant species.
- The price of a drink (7/20/13)
The amount of water used by people across the state daily is dropping, driven by an increasing concern about the environment and nudges from the government — even as the price of water keeps climbing rapidly (summary only)
- Land deal could save woods protecting Fitchburg Reservoir (7/26/13)
FITCHBURG — With the aid of the North County Land Trust, Fitchburg is trying to add about 160 acres to protected land in the Fitchburg Reservoir's northern watershed to help ensure the city's gravity-fed water supply stays clean.
- Resource-conscious school nearly done (7/23/13)
BRIDGEPORT -- Two rows of vertical wind turbines sit still on the peak of the front facade of the new Fairchild Wheeler Inter-district Magnet Campus at 48 Quarry Road.