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After All Things

Pushing back

By Sabrina Garone
Published November 3, 2023 at 4:52 PM EDT
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A utility crew works to restore power in Woodbridge, Connecticut, after a pre-Christmas storm caused widespread outages from the mid-Atlantic through the Northeast.
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A utility crew works to restore power in Woodbridge, Connecticut, after a pre-Christmas storm caused widespread outages from the mid-Atlantic through the Northeast.

Fairfield residents plan to push back on new energy transmission lines and poles. John Gomes asks Bridgeport residents to vote in person this Election Day. Connecticut housing advocates want lawmakers to “reimagine housing.” And more and more people are considering green burials.

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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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