BUSINESS
ZEYNA MALIK
Connecticut-based Edgewell Personal Care Company recognized for sustainability

U.S. Environmental Protection has recognized Edgewell, a multinational consumer products company headquartered in Connecticut, as an industry leader in freight and supply chain environmental performance.

October 7, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
ANALYSIS: English Station, an environmental nuisance to New Haven, may become even less accountable to federal oversight

If English Station’s parent company becomes privately held, the already poorly regulated center of pollution in Fair Haven will become an even greater unregulated risk to the community.

October 4, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Omni workers settle four-year contract

After ten months of contract negotiations and a four-day strike two weeks ago, UNITE HERE Local 217 announced that they had settled a contract with the Omni New Haven Hotel.

September 30, 2024

MAIA NEHME
Activists boycott the Graduate hotel, New Haven restaurants for alleged labor abuse

At a Saturday protest outside the Graduate New Haven hotel and Mexican restaurant Te Amo Tequila, Mecha de Yale and Unidad Latina en Acción organizers launched a boycott against six New Haven businesses for alleged labor exploitation.

September 30, 2024

TYSON ODERMANN, EMILY KHYM & NICOLAS CIMINIELLO
City grants Tweed’s request for extension of temporary buildings

After over three hours of discussion, the New Haven City Planning Commission unanimously approved a three-year extension of Tweed New Haven Airport’s flood damage variance.

September 27, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
‘A blueprint:’ Union Station set to be ‘greenest train station’ in America

A $9.5 million EPA grant will fund New Haven’s creation of a geothermal system, which will sustainably power Union Station and adjacent housing units.

September 26, 2024

MICHELLE SO
For local farmers, the oyster is their world

Oyster farming has been a key industry in Connecticut for centuries. The News spoke with farmers and ecologists about modern-day shellfishing.

September 22, 2024

ZOE BEKETOVA
CT’s ugliest building transformed into one of America’s most sustainable

New Haven boasts the first fossil fuel-free hotel in the United States.

September 19, 2024

ANYA GEIST
The Blossom Shop brightens Orange Street

Eighteen years after its reopening, the flower shop’s owner uses previous experiences to help his shop bloom.

September 19, 2024

TYSON ODERMANN & ARIELA LOPEZ
Omni workers start second day of strike

Ten months into contract negotiations, members of UNITE HERE Local 217 went on strike for a fair contract at the Omni hotel, joined by state and local leaders on the picket line.

September 13, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Omni workers begin strike

Employees of the Omni hotel and organizers with UNITE HERE Local 217, the union that represents them, began picketing early Thursday morning after voting to approve a work stoppage in August.

September 12, 2024