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After All Things

An untapped resource

By Sabrina Garone
Published April 17, 2023 at 4:57 PM EDT
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A rendering of the American Organic Energy anaerobic digester facility in Yaphank.
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A rendering of the American Organic Energy anaerobic digester facility in Yaphank.

An anaerobic digester opening in Yaphank next year will remove over 200,000 tons of food scraps a year. George Santos is expected to announce a reelection campaign. Governor Lamont wants to increase tree canopy coverage in Connecticut’s cities. And the state’s northeast corner is being called a food desert.

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Sabrina Garone
Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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