Liliana Varman
UP CLOSE | Building Yale’s sustainable future

Some call it “Darth Vader’s Summer Palace.” Stretching across approximately 150,000 square feet of land at 55 Lock St., the dark, looming structure that houses […]

Months after Occupy, Green restored to old form

After a months-long restoration process, the New Haven Green has fully recovered from the damage done to it by the Elm City’s Occupy encampment. The […]

Yale tree removal plan sparks local concerns

A proposed Yale project to beautify Prospect Street — at the expense of its 18 Norway maple trees — has been met with criticism from […]

Shake Shack likely to open in September

New Haven will have to wait slightly longer than expected before the opening of Shake Shack’s first Elm City location. The restaurant is tentatively scheduled […]

UPDATED: McHale’s captaincy suspension follows Toad’s fight

Updated Aug. 12, 7:22 p.m. The suspension of Will McHale’s ’13 football captaincy, announced Saturday, comes as McHale faces an infraction charge of creating a […]

After Occupy, Green restoration begins

Although Occupy New Haven was evicted from its encampment on the Upper Green April 18, it may take months for the city to undo the […]

‘Year of the Lizard’ comes to Conn.

This year, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is out to protect the state’s only native lizard species, the five-lined skink. DEEP’s […]

FES hosts anti-pesticides conference

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies hosted several organic farming and public health leaders at the 30th annual National Pesticide Forum last weekend. […]

Connecticut House tackles toxins

The Connecticut General Assembly’s environment committee recently okayed two bills that would limit the use of two toxins found in common commercial products. One bill […]

Connecticut wins grant for solar panel research

The U.S. Department of Energy is giving Connecticut over $480,000 to improve rooftop solar panel installation through research. Last Thursday, Gov. Dannel Malloy announced the […]

FES students win research fellowships

Two graduate students are the recipients of the 2012 Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy’s research prize fellowship. Yale School of Forestry & Environmental […]