<\/p>\n
FAIRNESS: <\/strong>Connecticut residents struggling to pay their energy bills often suffer from physical and mental health problems, according to a new study. (Energy News Network)<\/p>\n FOSSIL FUELS:<\/strong> TRAFFIC:<\/strong> CLIMATE:<\/strong> NET ENERGY: <\/strong>New Jersey awards nearly $4 million<\/a> to 45 start-ups that are inventing new technologies that could help the state meet its clean energy goals. (news release)<\/p>\n UTILITIES: <\/strong>Several towns in Vermont are coming together form an energy district<\/a> that can help them reduce energy consumption, with urbanism planning a solar panel and others taking efficiency measures. (NBC 5)<\/p>\n SCREAM: More from the Energy News Network: Midwest | southeast | northeast | west<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Bridget is a freelance journalist and newsletter writer based in the Washington, DC area. She compiles the summary for Northeast Energy News. Bridget writes mainly on energy, conservation and the environment. Originally from Philadelphia, she graduated from Emerson College in 2015 with a BA in Journalism and a minor in Environmental Studies. When she’s not working on a story, she’s usually on a lake in northern Maine or traveling abroad to practice her Spanish language skills.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore from Bridget Reed Morawski<\/p>\n
<\/strong>\u2022 Policies to support Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry they have not led to new jobs or higher incomes<\/a> in the state’s rural southwestern counties, finds a report from a think tank focused on the Ohio River Valley. (Pittsburgh Business Times)
\u2022 The construction is coal ash disturbers<\/a> amid preparations for a planned but largely unpermitted New York wind turbine manufacturing hub, worrying residents. (Times Union)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>\u2022 New York City transit agency’s revenue model isn’t working as intended as ridership continues to lag, leaving the MTA with a A projected operating deficit of $2.6 billion<\/a> in 2025. (Bloomberg CityLab)
\u2022 Some board members of New York City’s transit agency want to establish policies to carry bicycles and scooters with batteries in traffic lines<\/a>, citing combustibility issues. (The city)
<\/strong>\u2022 A Philadelphia-area county committee approves spending $241 million in highway and bridge work and almost 62 million dollars<\/a> for transit system upgrades, paid for with federal and state funds. (reading eagle)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>\u2022 New federal legislation may help Maine avoid further ecological and economic damage<\/a> against climate change, but it is not clear to what extent it will directly help other states, such as New Jersey<\/a>. (Bangor Daily News, NJ Spotlight)
\u2022 Record summer temperatures show that climate change is already leaving its mark<\/a> in the Boston area. (Boston Globe)
\u2022 A panel of academics, nonprofit employees and industry leaders discuss different approaches to carbon sequestration<\/a> in Maine. (Maine Public Radio)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>\u2022 Operates a suburban Boston substation, causing a large fire<\/a> but without causing injuries or power cuts; one the investigation is ongoing<\/a>. (NBC Boston, WCVB)
\u2022 Central Maine Power plans augment a substation with a generator<\/a> due to the fear that increased demand for cooling will cause outages. (WMTW)<\/p>\n