Patrick Skahill
Patrick Skahill is a reporter at WNPR. He covers science and the environment. Prior to becoming a reporter, he was the founding producer of WNPR's The Colin McEnroe Show, which began in 2009. Patrick's reporting has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, Here & Now, and All Things Considered. He has also reported for the Marketplace Morning Report. He can be reached by phone at 860-275-7297 or by email: pskahill@ctpublic.org.
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The city of Hartford is now looking for a new company to handle its trash and recycling. The search comes as a major trash plant that takes in around one-quarter of the state’s garbage is slated to close.
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The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) will not be on the Connecticut legislature’s agenda during a special session expected to occur within the next two weeks.
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Four people were killed Thursday morning when a small jet carrying two pilots and two passengers crashed after takeoff from an airport in central Connecticut.
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Public records show Hartford is recycling more material since Connecticut Public reported on a major drop-off in recycling loads earlier this year, but the city still burned about 75% of its curbside recyclables from May to the end of July 2021.
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In a move aimed at cleaning up curbside recycling bins and lowering the state’s overall waste footprint, roughly a dozen towns in western Connecticut will now ask residents to take certain “food grade” glass containers out of their recycling bins and put them elsewhere.
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Drones could be a new frontier for farming as the agriculture industry looks to unmanned aerial vehicles as a way to save farmers time and keep crops healthy.
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A year after keeping the price of taxpayer-funded purchases out of public view in an effort to protect private business, state Comptroller Kevin Lembo has changed course and released unredacted contracts between 10 vendors and the state for COVID-19 testing. The release came one day before Connecticut Public was set to argue for the full disclosure of the documents before a state public records panel.
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A proposal to burn about 2,500 tons of old coal at a major Hartford trash plant is getting a strong rebuke from state regulators. But the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority said Wednesday that burning the coal in Hartford is “the most environmentally sound” way to get rid of it.
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July marks the first month of Connecticut’s newly-enacted “baby bonds” program, which will annually invest $50 million for the benefit of children born...
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New numbers from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that Connecticut’s northeast corner is seeing a much slower COVID-19...