Jan Ellen Spiegel

Connecticut

Environment Reporter at The CT Mirror

Reporter freelancing @CTMirror, @CC_Yale & more on climate, energy, environment, food & things sustainable despite life being by nature unsustainable.

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Articles

CT undeterred as Trump signs state climate laws executive order

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Jan Ellen Spiegel

During the first Trump administration’s assault on climate initiatives, it was individual states that stepped up with policies to keep the momentum going on combating climate change. The second Trump administration is now attempting to go after state actions too. On a day the world’s attention was diverted by a massive meltdown of financial markets reeling from President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the president signed an executive order titled Protecting American Energy from State Overreach.
Wildfires, flooding, storms, heat waves. CT to lose millions in funding

2 weeks ago | courant.com | Jan Ellen Spiegel

For Sarah Strong, lots of rebounds, lots of points … but few words. Were they necessary?
CT says it will stand tough if Trump comes for its climate change policies

2 weeks ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Jan Ellen Spiegel

During the first Trump administration’s assault on climate initiatives, it was individual states that stepped up with policies to keep the momentum going on combating climate change. The second Trump administration is now attempting to go after state actions too. On a day the world’s attention was diverted by a massive meltdown of financial markets reeling from President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the president signed an executive order titled Protecting American Energy from State Overreach.
Why Trump's cuts to NOAA, FEMA could force CT to fend for itself

2 weeks ago | ctmirror.org | Jan Ellen Spiegel

Editor’s note: We are now offering an audio version of our Sunday features. To access, click on the player above. If the value of having a meteorologist on staff at Connecticut’s Department of Emergency Services hadn’t been clear before, it certainly became clear last October. Well, sort of clear, given the conditions that meteorologist, Josh Cingranelli, was dealing with.
As Trump targets environmental regulations, what should CT do?

3 weeks ago | courant.com | Jan Ellen Spiegel

On the afternoon of March 12, a press release from the Environmental Protection Agency announcing a reconsideration of President Joe Biden’s plan to cut power plant emissions popped into journalists’ emails. President Donald Trump has made no secret about his distaste for President Barack Obama’s original Clean Power Plan or Biden’s subsequent version. Both stalled out in court, as did Trump’s own plan in his first term.
CT farmers face federal funding uncertainty

1 month ago | ctmirror.org | Jan Ellen Spiegel

David Buck got the good news late last month. Federal funding he had been awarded for his Southbury goat and cow dairy —Guardians Farm — was being “unpaused.”Buck had signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, on January 17 to access just under $10,000 to set up a rotational grazing system, do seeding and run waterlines for three pastures.
CT farmers face federal funding uncertainty just in time for spring start-up

2 months ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Jan Ellen Spiegel

David Buck got the good news late last month. Federal funding he had been awarded for his Southbury goat and cow dairy —Guardians Farm — was being “unpaused.”Buck had signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, on January 17 to access just under $10,000 to set up a rotational grazing system, do seeding and run waterlines for three pastures.
Uh Oh ... $20M Climate Grant In Limbo

2 months ago | newhavenindependent.org | Jan Ellen Spiegel

Ask Steve Winter how many times a day he’s checked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant funds portal since January 21 and he answers with a wry laugh: “I couldn’t even say.”January 21st — one day into the Trump administration — he received a notification that the $20 million Community Change grant the City of New Haven had won, in partnership with a coalition of local groups, would be available for use. But he has not been able to access the account.
With emergency order, could Trump force CT to use more fossil fuels?

2 months ago | courant.com | Jan Ellen Spiegel

That Donald Trump’s first-day fusillade of executive orders included the declaration of a national energy emergency wasn’t all that shocking given his intensity level on everything from birthright citizenship to mass deportation. What was genuinely surprising, though, was that, in addition to his usual target of California, the emergency order also singled out the Northeast — a region that’s a smidgen short of solidly blue but one that usually avoids Trump vitriol.
New Haven takes big hit as CT climate grants remain in limbo

2 months ago | ctmirror.org | Jan Ellen Spiegel

Ask Steve Winter how many times a day he’s checked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant funds portal since January 21 and he answers with a wry laugh: “I couldn’t even say.” January 21st — one day into the Trump administration — he received a notification that the $20 million Community Change grant the City of New Haven had won, in partnership with a coalition of local groups, would be available for use. But he has not been able to access the account.