John Moritz
Energy and Environment Journalist at Connecticut Post
New Havener. Covering energy and the environment for @CTMirror 🔋🌿Previously seen @insider_ct and @ArkansasOnline
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3 weeks ago |
ctmirror.org | John Moritz |Lisa Hagen
Faced with widespread voter frustration over energy costs and limited capacity on pipelines delivering natural gas to Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont pitched an idea to Congress during his annual State of the State address in January: “Rethink the Jones Act.”The remark — which referenced a century-old maritime law that limits trade between U.S. ports to American-made ships — drew little attention fromthe local press or public at the time.
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3 weeks ago |
courant.com | John Moritz
Come Sundays this fall, the sound of gunfire may ring out within privately-held lands in Connecticut. But at least for now, bears need not worry. As this year’s General Assembly session drew to a close Wednesday, state lawmakers broke a years-long stalemate to give final approval to legislation allowing Sunday hunting. Meanwhile, a separate bill that would have allowed for a bear hunt fell victim to a late amendment and a dwindling clock.
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3 weeks ago |
norwichbulletin.com | John Moritz
Come Sundays this fall, the sound of gunfire may ring out within privately-held lands in Connecticut. But at least for now, bears need not worry. As this year’s General Assembly session drew to a close Wednesday, state lawmakers broke a years-long stalemate to give final approval to legislation allowing Sunday hunting. Meanwhile, a separate bill that would have allowed for a bear hunt fell victim to a late amendment and a dwindling clock.
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3 weeks ago |
courant.com | John Moritz
For the last two years, environmental advocates in Connecticut have made no secret about their frustrations with lawmakers in Hartford over a lack of major progress on climate legislation. So the passage of two priority bills over the final weeks of this year’s legislative session — one promising to set Connecticut on a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050, the other contemplating how to deal with the unavoidable aspects of climate change — was welcomed by advocates with a sigh of relief.
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3 weeks ago |
ctmirror.org | John Moritz
Come Sundays this fall, the sound of gunfire may ring out within privately-held lands in Connecticut. But at least for now, bears need not worry. As this year’s General Assembly session drew to a close Wednesday, state lawmakers broke a years-long stalemate to give final approval to legislation allowing Sunday hunting. Meanwhile, a separate bill that would have allowed for a bear hunt fell victim to a late amendment and a dwindling clock.
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As passing both of their priority environmental bills this year, advocates in Connecticut breathed a sigh of relief, but said more needs to be done: https://t.co/kU6WLJlLvI
Lawmakers give final approval to bill promising relief on Connecticut electric bills. The exact amount of savings is still subject to some speculation and back-of-the-envelope math: https://t.co/15qYfQNF9A
RT @MikeCerulliCT: And with that…the state’s next two-year budget has won final passage. The $55.8 billion spending plan just passed the S…
