Lily Belle Poling
Staff Reporter
@lilybellepoling | lily.poling@yale.edu
Lily Belle Poling is the Managing Editor of the Yale Daily News. She previously covered housing and homelessness and was a production and design editor. Originally from Montgomery, Alabama, she is a junior in Branford College majoring in English.
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LILY BELLE POLING
Meet Laura Cahn, concerned mother turned champion of environmental issues

Laura Cahn is the chairwoman of New Haven’s Environmental Advisory Council. She began her environmental work because she wanted to set an example for her daughter.

April 24, 2024

LAURA OSPINA & LILY BELLE POLING
Police union holds rally, passes out leaflets during Bulldog Days

The Yale Police Benevolent Association rallied with over 50 people in front of the Schwarzman Center — a move administrators described as “irresponsible and reckless.”

April 17, 2024

BEN RAAB, YOLANDA WANG & LILY BELLE POLING
Students hold vigil for Palestine on Beinecke Plaza, forced to disperse under threat of police citation

A group of around 50 protesters was forced to disperse a Monday night pro-Palestinian demonstration on Beinecke Plaza under threat of police citation by Yale administrators, who declined to provide a reason or cite a policy for the intervention.

April 16, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
New Haveners dump unconventional items at recycling day event

On Saturday, Hometown Recycling Day allowed New Haven residents to bring shredded documents, electronics, mattresses, boxsprings and textiles to be recycled.

April 15, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Connecticut residents look to ban mini alcohol shooters

Connecticut residents are advocating for measures to ban the sale of small alcohol bottles called “nips” or “shooters,” which often become litter and cannot be recycled.

April 15, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ & LILY BELLE POLING
ANALYSIS: Protest vote sweeps younger neighborhoods, falls flat at Yale

“Uncommitted” received 21 percent of the Democratic presidential primary vote in New Haven, doing especially well in East Rock, in line with trends from past presidential election years, but underperformed prior left-wing campaigns in Yale-heavy Ward 1.

April 8, 2024

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