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  • CT's small solutions to climate change: South Windsor goes solar

    Jan Ellen Spiegel

    September 19, 2019 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, South Windsor, Connecticut

    The town of South Windsor, Connecticut, is committed to reducing energy use and costs by going all-in on solar power. By incorporating solar into five of the town's schools, South Windsor will save an estimated $100,000 annually.

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  • CT's small solutions to climate change: when flood control spurs economic development

    Jan Ellen Spiegel

    September 18, 2019 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, Meriden, Connecticut

    Climate change adaptation efforts and economic development can go hand in hand, according to one Connecticut town. Meriden transformed a former mall into a large park, a natural solution that helps mitigate the town's routine flooding and has encouraged housing and retail development in the surrounding area.

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  • CT's small solutions to climate change: creating salt marsh in Stonington

    Jan Ellen Spiegel

    September 17, 2019 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, Stonington, Connecticut

    To address increased tidal flooding on its shoreline, Stonington, Connecticut, is sticking to a simple principle: "Where possible, work with nature not against it.” Volunteers plant native plants, helping to restore and expand the former salt marsh, which naturally absorbs water.

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