EPA

President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY) to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin said that his role will be to help “unleash economic prosperity” — in part by cutting regulations.

Former Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin has been tapped to lead the federal Environmental Protection Agency for the incoming Trump administration.

In Connecticut, the New Haven Port and the New London Pier have been selected to receive nearly $40 million from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to help reduce greenhouse emissions.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will grant the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation $1.5 million for electric vehicles and charging stations.

The Connecticut Port Authority is discussing a potential $6 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. The money would go toward buying and using shoreside electricity for ships docked at New London’s State Pier.

Every year, Save The Sound grades the 197 public and private beaches located on the Long Island Sound. The scores are based on water quality data submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency.

A previously contaminated forest — at the site of the former Remington Arms factory between Bridgeport and Stratford, which has been closed for decades — could open to the public by 2025. Environmental advocates are pushing for the space to open as a protected forest for the benefit of the community.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced this week new air quality limits on tiny particle pollution, also known as soot. According to the American Lung Association, the New York City metro area will see benefits blowing in from out-of-state.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration withdrew the regulations after learning that the Regulation Review Committee had enough votes to kill them.

Detectable levels of PFAS chemicals were found in portions of seven different water utilities in Connecticut. They provide service to thousands.