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GOV. MALLOY: CONNECTICUT MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING GLOBAL WARMING

Jun 6, 2014 Alex

  Report from DEEP Shows Decline in Carbon Emissions     (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy said that Connecticut is making significant progress in reducing statewide emissions of harmful greenhouse gases (GHGs) to meet requirements set in state law, citing a report issued today by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) that details the state’s progress toward meeting the statutory mandate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 10% below 1990 levels by 2020, and 80% below 2001 levels by 2050.   The report, required under Connecticut’s 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act (Public Act 08-98), demonstrates that Connecticut is clearly on a trajectory to meet the 2020 mandate much sooner than that date and is putting programs in place…

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Fairfield Police Investigate 2 Possible Abductions of Women

Jun 6, 2014 Alex

©2014 DoingItLocal.com NOT for broadcast, you must contact us first for conditions. #Fairfield CT--Fairfield Police investigated two reported abductions of women withing an hour between calls. The first call was around 8:30pm when a mother called police that her daughter went out on a jog and was missing. A short time later the mom called police that another family member received a call from the victim that she was confused and did not know where she was. She then reported that her assailant made her cut her face, not a stabbing as reported by other media. The victim was treated by AMR while Fairfield's K-9 Ruger and Officer Kevin Wells tracked the suspect in the wooded area behind Fairfield University…

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Bridgeport News: Police Investigate Serious Shooting

Jun 5, 2014 Alex

(Bridgeport, CT -- June 5, 2014) -- Detectives are investigating a serious shooting that happened this morning at approximately 11:30 a.m. near the corner of Beechwood Avenue and Norman Street. Police have a tentative identification on the victim, who is believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s. Detective are working to confirm his identity, so the name is not being released at this time. Detectives are being told by medical staff that he is expected to survive. He appears to have been shot multiple times in the head and chest. The investigation remains in its early stages.

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Himes, Blumenthal, Murphy, and Finch Applaud $10 Million Grant for Sandy Recovery and Resiliency Efforts

Jun 5, 2014 Alex

  Federal funding will help protect Bridgeport housing from future storms and floodwaters    WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch lauded the announcement earlier this week of a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to further recovery and resiliency efforts in Bridgeport following Superstorm Sandy. This funding was awarded through the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery Program to help implement innovative resiliency projects proposed in the Rebuild by Design competition, including Resilient Bridgeport.   “As we continue to recover from the worst storm in our region’s recent history, we must work to protect vulnerable coastal neighborhoods from future devastation,” Congressman Himes said.…

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