Two of the sites, encompassing nearly 254,000 acres, are off the Maine coast. The remaining six are located off Massachusetts.
Homes and buildings produce the second highest global warming emissions in New England, after transportation. Efforts like greener building techiques, renewable energy systems and home weatherization could help.
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Student protesters have said they will stay at the encampment until all of their demands are met.
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Sheyla Rivadeneyra uses TikTok to aid Latino newcomers in Connecticut, offering cultural insights and practical advice.
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Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Hartford Archbishop Leonard P. Blair, who has reached the retirement age of 75. Christopher J. Coyne is the new archbishop of the Hartford diocese, which serves more than 450,000 Catholics in Hartford, New Haven and Litchfield counties.
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The proposed $89 annual fee is part of a larger transportation bill already approved by the Senate. But House lawmakers say it's a sticking point.
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Vermont has distributed 4,000 gun locks since launching a gun safety initiative last year, U.S. Attorney Nikolas Kerest announced Tuesday.
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At Yale, demonstrators were told that students who remained in the encampment would be arrested and subject to suspension. UConn arrested 25 people and said demonstrators violated school policy by erecting tents and using amplified sound during their protest.
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The number of young people with at least two mental health diagnoses surged nearly 50% from 2018 to 2022 nationally, but in CT it increased by 24%.
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On the second day of a student encampment on the University of Vermont campus, more than a hundred students and community members gathered to protest against the school’s upcoming commencement speaker, who vetoed U.N. resolutions calling for a Gaza ceasefire. The cancellation is one of five demands made by the group Students for Justice in Palestine.
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