environment

Climate scientists agree that if the earth’s climate warms by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, the results will be disastrous. The temperature increase since the beginning of the industrial era is already at 1.1 degrees Celsius.

The Connecticut Port Authority Board voted yesterday to approve a $3.4 million agreement with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for fish habitat restoration projects in connection with the State Pier redevelopment.

Voters in New York rejected three changes to the state constitution on Tuesday that would have modified the state’s redistricting process and made it easier to vote, while approving two amendments on the environment and courts in New York City.

New York voters could decide this week to add “the right to a healthful environment” to their state Bill of Rights. Next year on Election Day, they can choose to put their money where their mouth is.

Goldencreeper is extremely aggressive, with large patches twining and climbing on neighboring trees until they cover them completely.

Suffolk County broke ground on its first major sewer project in 40 years near the Carlls River in Babylon on Friday. The project is expected to connect 6,000 homes to sewers along Long Island’s South Shore.

A key part of Fairfield County’s coastline is getting a $4 million investment. Construction will begin next week to restore Great Meadows Marsh is Stratford, the largest block of undrained saltmarsh in Connecticut.

A decades-old dam blocks thousands of fish in Connecticut from traveling up the Naugatuck River to spawn. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal and environmentalists want a federal agency to remove the Kinneytown Dam to restore the river.

When New Yorkers begin early voting on Saturday, their ballots will contain an unusually high number of propositions, ranging from expanding voting access, to whether everyone in the state should be guaranteed the right to clean air and water.

Fairfield and Bridgeport in Connecticut agreed this week to preserve a sand spit that protects more than 200 homes on the coastline. The partnership follows a study released by the Ash Creek Association in July that found the sand spit could disappear in 15 years, affecting more than 200 homes.