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Opinion: Hurricane Beryl’s wrath show when disaster strikes, utility storm response is vital

Jul 14, 2024 | courant.com | Steve Sullivan |Chris DiPentima

Roads turned into rivers, trees toppled, homes decimated, and millions plunged into darkness in the heat of the summer. The wrath of Hurricane Beryl left the city of Houston devastated, waterlogged and undertaking a recovery process that’s all too familiar in 2024 – only this time, it’s happening much earlier than usual.
Opinion: For now, natural gas is here to stay in Conn.

Jul 13, 2024 | ctpost.com | Chris DiPentima

Kroeger & Gross/Getty Images/Picture Press RMAcross Connecticut and around the country, the turn toward sustainable sources of energy is both real and urgent. We’ve seen an explosion in solar, fuel cells, wind, hydropower, and many more sources of clean, renewable energy sources, while coal and oil power plants are decommissioned or transitioned to cleaner fuel. More innovation is happening every day in technologies such as batteries and sources such as hydrogen.
Opinion: For now, natural gas is here to stay in Conn.

Jul 13, 2024 | milfordmirror.com | Chris DiPentima

Across Connecticut and around the country, the turn toward sustainable sources of energy is both real and urgent. We’ve seen an explosion in solar, fuel cells, wind, hydropower, and many more sources of clean, renewable energy sources, while coal and oil power plants are decommissioned or transitioned to cleaner fuel. More innovation is happening every day in technologies such as batteries and sources such as hydrogen.
Opinion: For now, natural gas is here to stay in Conn.

Jul 13, 2024 | ctinsider.com | Chris DiPentima

Across Connecticut and around the country, the turn toward sustainable sources of energy is both real and urgent. We’ve seen an explosion in solar, fuel cells, wind, hydropower, and many more sources of clean, renewable energy sources, while coal and oil power plants are decommissioned or transitioned to cleaner fuel. More innovation is happening every day in technologies such as batteries and sources such as hydrogen.
Opinion: For now, natural gas is here to stay in Conn.

Jul 13, 2024 | thehour.com | Chris DiPentima

Across Connecticut and around the country, the turn toward sustainable sources of energy is both real and urgent. We’ve seen an explosion in solar, fuel cells, wind, hydropower, and many more sources of clean, renewable energy sources, while coal and oil power plants are decommissioned or transitioned to cleaner fuel. More innovation is happening every day in technologies such as batteries and sources such as hydrogen.
CT’s disconnected youth crisis has an enormous human, economic cost

Mar 18, 2024 | hartfordbusiness.com | Barbara Dalio |Chris DiPentima |Andrew Ferguson

Connecticut finished 2023 with 94,000 job openings — about where we began the year and 27,000 more vacancies than in February 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world. Demand for workers continues to outstrip supply, with the state’s labor force — those working and those looking for work — declining by 14,300 people in 2023. Connecticut’s labor force is now down 37,900 people since February 2020, with employers citing the shortage of workers as the main factor impacting economic growth.
Opinion: CT’s disconnected youth crisis has an enormous human, economic cost

Mar 18, 2024 | hartfordbusiness.com | Barbara Dalio |Chris DiPentima |Andrew Ferguson

Connecticut finished 2023 with 94,000 job openings — about where we began the year and 27,000 more vacancies than in February 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world. Demand for workers continues to outstrip supply, with the state’s labor force — those working and those looking for work — declining by 14,300 people in 2023. Connecticut’s labor force is now down 37,900 people since February 2020, with employers citing the shortage of workers as the main factor impacting economic growth.