Lily Belle Poling
Staff Reporter
@lilybellepoling | lily.poling@yale.edu
Lily Belle Poling covers housing and homelessness and climate and the environment. She is also a production and design editor and lays out the weekly print. Originally from Montgomery, Alabama, she is a sophomore in Branford College majoring in Global Affairs and English.
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LILY BELLE POLING
Light pollution in Connecticut contributes to millions of bird deaths annually

Light pollution has contributed to decline of American bird population by three billion since 1970; New Haven has passed little legislation to reduce its light pollution.

April 5, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ & LILY BELLE POLING
‘Uncommitted’ beats expectations in New Haven, statewide

Biden and Trump handily won Connecticut’s low turnout presidential primaries, while “uncommitted” garnered 21 percent in New Haven’s Democratic primary, surpassing organizer predictions.

April 3, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Urban Resources Initiative plants first of 1,000 new trees

Thanks to a $2.6 million grant, the URI will be planting 1,000 trees per year for the next five years, the first of which was planted Monday morning.

March 28, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Four New Haven Public Schools implement composting pilot program

If the new 18-month composting pilot program is successful, organizers hope to create a long-term composting program for all schools in the city.

March 25, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ & LILY BELLE POLING
Environmental policy hearing urges new city priorities: pesticides, artificial turf, electrification

EAC Chair Laura Cahn urged the city to strengthen its policy regarding pesticides and artificial turf at the Board of Alders’ Community Services and Environmental Policy Committee meeting on Thursday. A representative from the New Haven Climate Movement and Steve Winter, director of the Office of Climate and Sustainability, also discussed the city’s progress towards electrification.

March 8, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
New Haven to create new trail connecting Farmington Canal Line and East Coast Greenway

On Thursday, Feb. 29, city officials presented their plans for the New Haven Shoreline Greenway Trail, which will connect the Farmington Canal Line to the East Coast Shoreline Greenway.

March 4, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Scholarship fund brings student from Ukraine to University of New Haven

In December 2022, the University of New Haven established the Ukrainian Student Support Fund to provide scholarships for Ukrainian students whose studies were disrupted by the Russian invasion.

February 28, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Eight to ten inches of snow to hit New Haven 

After a week of mild, sunny weather, New Haven is set to receive eight to ten inches of snow on Tuesday.

February 13, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
New Haven Climate Movement holds rally in front of City Hall to protest New Haven Transportation

Last Friday, the New Haven Climate Movement Youth Action Team organized a rally in front of City Hall to protest the city’s lack of clean transportation options.

January 30, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Board of Education making progress on climate emergency resolution, student activists push for greater investment 

New Haven Public Schools and students are working toward zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, environmental sustainability operations and climate education.

January 25, 2024

HANWEN ZHANG & LILY BELLE POLING
Yale students, faculty attend UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai

As the world’s largest annual climate gathering enters its second week, several Yalies spoke with the News about discussions so far and what they expect from the conference.

December 6, 2023