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Concerned over cables

By Sabrina Garone
Published October 12, 2023 at 4:44 PM EDT
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The offshore wind turbine farm, Revolution Wind, will generate a total of 700 megawatts for Connecticut and Rhode Island.
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The offshore wind turbine farm, Revolution Wind, will generate a total of 700 megawatts for Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Some residents on Long Island’s south shore say they’re concerned with Equinor’s planned offshore wind project, Empire Wind 2. Arguments begin in the absentee ballot case in Bridgeport. A fifth of Connecticut’s young adults are disconnected from education and employment. The Brookhaven landfill is a key issue in the upcoming election for Suffolk County Executive.

Learn more by rummaging through Long Island's waste as part of the WSHU series Trash Talkin'— available online.

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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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