Category Archives: Environment
Cut taxes for “green” cars?
What does everyone think of the idea of dropping car taxes for all vehicles in town that get more than 40 miles to the gallon? It’s at least an interesting idea, right?
Filed under Environment, global warming, Property taxes
Put the elms back in Elmwood
I know the town doesn’t have any money. I know people want to spend, well, nothing. But here’s a program that we can still somehow do together: Put the elms back in Elmwood. Since Dutch Elm Disease wiped out 100 million American … Continue reading
Filed under American Elm, elm, elms, Elmwood, Environment, trees
Larson to take global warming junket
REP. LARSON JOINS SPEAKER PELOSI ON CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO ADDRESS SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL WARMING WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman John B. Larson announced that he is participating in a bipartisan Congressional Delegation trip to Greenland, Germany, Great Britain and Belgium to meet with … Continue reading
Filed under Congress, Environment, global warming, John Larson, Nancy Pelosi, News
Corporate polluter: The Hartford Courant
I felt sick this morning to find that the oh-so-sanctimonious Hartford Courant had seen fit to seal a square of plastic across a portion of its front page in order to attach yet another annoying ad, this time for a … Continue reading
Filed under Courant, Environment, Hartford Courant, Newspapers, recycling
Children’s Museum gets new director
Journal Inquirer Staff 04/20/2007 An Andover resident has been appointed interim director of The Children’s Museum in West Hartford. Hank Gruner of Andover was named to the post on Friday following the recent retirement of Edward J. Forand Jr., who … Continue reading
Filed under Children's Museum, education, Edward Forand, Elmwood, Environment, Hank Gruner, museums, West Hartford
A bunny dies in West Hartford
Take a look at this blog entry to see why wild animals in our town may be fighting back, if the turkeys are any indication.
Filed under Environment, rabbit, West Hartford, wildlife
Fleischmann says no to pesticides
It’s kind of funny that Rep. Andy Fleischmann, a West Hartford Democrat, is a leader in the push to keep pesticides off school playing fields. I mean, you can barely drive down any residential street in town from May to … Continue reading
Filed under Andrew Fleischmann, Environment, lawns, pesticides
“People, Place and Prosperity”
West Hartford Forum on Capital Region, Wed., April 25th The Citizens Network, partnering with the Capital Region Partnership and CPTV, is holding six forums in towns across the region that focus on “People, Place and Prosperity.” West Hartford’s forum will … Continue reading
Key Supreme Court ruling started in West Hartford
It turns out that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week that pretty much forces the Bush administration to begin regulating carbon dioxide emissions had its roots along a West Hartford river bank. Today’s Boston Globe has a good op-ed column that tells us … Continue reading
Filed under CO2, Earth Day, Environment, global warming, Greenhouse, James Milkey, law, Massachusetts, News, U.S. Supreme Court, West Hartford
RIP Garbage picking in West Hartford
It hit me the other day as I watched two men in a station wagon cruising slowly down the street, inspecting the assorted trash outside everybody’s house, that when the town switches over to the new barrel system this fall, … Continue reading
Filed under Environment, garbage, garbage picking, recycling, solid waste, trash, Uncategorized
