James Watson

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | James Watson |Ginny Monk |Ginny MonkHousing

Residents of an apartment complex in Bloomfield spoke out at the Capitol Friday, in an effort to call attention to poor conditions at their residence and what they say is a failure by the property owner to address complaints. A group of over a dozen people from the Manor House Tenants’ Union held a press conference with Rep. Bobby Gibson, D-Hartford, and representatives from the Connecticut Tenant’s Union, a tenant rights group that has 18 chapters across the state.

Oct 12, 2024 | centralbylines.co.uk | Rob Burnett |James Watson

On Monday 30 September 2024 at 3.10pm, a 500-megawatt (MW) turbo-alternator at Uniper Energy’s Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire commenced a staged 25-minute run down, reducing the electricity it was exporting to the grid from 480MW to zero. At 3.35pm it was desynchronised for the final time, marking the end of electricity produced from coal in Great Britain after 142 years.