The Climate Initiative
PBS Climate Initiative on Connecticut Public
Connecticut Public is proud to support PBS’s climate programming initiative, a bold commitment to explore environmental impacts on our planet through solutions-driven storytelling.
Tune-in for programming focused on the challenges of a changing climate while highlighting examples of positive impact.
We’re excited to welcome Áine Pennello to our newsroom as Connecticut Public’s new Environment and Climate Change Reporter. She’ll focus on stories that explore how climate change affects our state and how communities are responding. Click here to learn more about her role and our climate coverage.
Climate in the News
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Eddy Martinez/Connecticut PublicThe program is being run with help from Keep America Beautiful, a conservation advocacy group located in Stamford, and Open Doors, which operates a homeless shelter in Norwalk. -
Provided/Ana LegrandA tiny wasp that kills lawn grubs benefits from the peony plant.
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The Huneebee Project in Connecticut trains teenagers to be beekeepers. Connecticut Public's newest Mini Doc details how the teens learn skills to take to other jobs and work through hardship and trauma amid the therapeutic setting of a beehive. -
Sarah O’Hare is author of the newly-published “Hiking With Kids Connecticut: 45 Great Hikes for Families.” -
The Active Tick Surveillance Program began in 2019 to better understand where ticks are, the dangers they pose to people and how invasive tick populations are spreading. -
Reducing food waste is a small piece of a large puzzle: slowing down climate change. It's also part of how Connecticut is approaching a looming waste crisis.
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Climate Solutions Week
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Seattle, along with other cities, is struggling to balance the need for more housing with the preservation and growth of trees that help address the impacts of climate change. -
Insurance costs are soaring, and coverage is hard to find in some parts of the United States. Communities say insurers are ignoring their efforts to confront the problem. -
Climate change is raising the risk of dangerous flooding, especially in coastal communities. For some towns on the Jersey Shore, the most practical solution is raising homes off the ground. -
Earthaven Ecovillage fared remarkably well after Hurricane Helene. The community had backup power and water systems, as well as food supplies, but members also knew how to work together in a crisis. -
Sometimes reducing your home's energy use can be as simple as opening a window or buying tape. Here are five easy ways to have a more climate-friendly home and save on energy bills at the same time.
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More Climate & Nature Content to Explore
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