Connecticut
Connecticut Should “Consciously Uncouple” from California Over EV Mandates
“Decoupling” is the fashionable term for the United States’ efforts to extricate itself from its dependence on Chinese manufacturing. “Dissolution” is the term often used by business partners who are ready to go their separate ways. But when it comes to Connecticut’s ill-advised decision to adhere to California’s auto emissions standards — rather than less-stringent federal ones — perhaps we should start considering a “conscious uncoupling.”
As everyone surely recalls, the phrase was popularized about a decade ago in the divorce between actress/website maven Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. According to Paltrow’s site, “Goop,” “Conscious uncoupling brings wholeness to the spirits of both people who choose to recognize each other as their teacher” (as set forth in pseudo-spiritual word-salad elite-speak so characteristic of those who style themselves as our moral and social superiors).
California can certainly teach Connecticut plenty about what happens to a state when its leaders embrace unduly restrictive environmental laws. In short: it doesn’t end well for working- or middle-class residents. They’ve been priced out of California because high energy costs end up making virtually everything more expensive — in fact, it even requires energy to be able to pump water! Ironically, net outmigration to harsher climates has largely offset all the emissions cuts.
The strict energy regulations make it difficult for industry to expand — much less locate — in the once-Golden State. So much for jobs, especially in manufacturing, construction and logistics: three sectors that can provide upward mobility for those without college educations.
Keep in mind that Connecticut’s legislature first voted to adopt California’s emissions standards — rather than those promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — for cars back in 1994. It became mandatory in 2004 when the General Assembly, on a bipartisan basis, passed the so-called “Clean Cars” bill, which was then signed by Republican Gov. John Rowland.
That was twenty years ago this year. It’s worth noting that the Paltrow-Martin alliance lasted only ten. So maybe it’s time for our own legislative “conscious uncoupling.” Think of it: California could go its way (a la Paltrow), dispensing hippy-dippy advice and overpriced products; in the meantime, like Chris Martin, Connecticut would be free simply to …rock on.
The North Haven Police Department is continuing to investigate after a male was shot while riding a moped on Sunday night.
According to police, a 20-year-old male was shot in the area of Whitney Avenue near the Hamden town line.
The victim sustained non-life-threatening serious injuries and was transported to the hospital.
No other information has been released.
Police are continuing to investigate, and say that there will be a heavy police presence in the area of Whitney Avenue and Skiff Street.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the North Haven Police Department.
ENFIELD, Conn. (WFSB) – Police arrested a Connecticut man on Sunday morning after he allegedly stole bottles and cans from a Connecticut Children’s Hospital donation bin.
Officers received a call at around 8 a.m. for a report of a larceny from a “Cans For Kids” donation bin at located on Raffia Road, according to the police department.
Police said they used used local surveillance cameras and municipal license plate readers to identify a vehicle and suspect.
Officials identified the individual as Joshua Wilcox of Broad Brook
With the help of Wethersfield police officers, Wilcox was found and detained. Enfield police arrested Wilcox and charged him with sixth-degree larceny and first-degree criminal trespass.
It was also revealed that this is the second incident involving Wilcox at the same location, police said.
No further details were released.
Eyewitness News will provide more details as soon as they become available.
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“(T)he applicant is proposing a minor building addition of 1,300 square feet to the basement level because the specialized proton equipment required a slightly larger support space,” said Allie Smith, an associate planner with the city’s professional planning and zoning department.
Smith is referring to what would be the second proton therapy cancer treatment center between New York City and Boston, after the Connecticut Proton center in Wallingford, which is scheduled to open later this year.
Proton therapy is considered advanced radiation treatment because it uses the positively charged particles to “target cancer with exceptional precision,” reducing damage to nearby healthy tissue.
The expanded building plans for Danbury Proton are the latest development in a prolonged effort to serve western Connecticut and nearby New York residents with the novel cancer treatment.
The project, which was set to break ground on a 3-acre site overlooking Danbury Municipal Airport this spring, is “very busy marketing and selling the bonds,” a spokesman said.
“We’re ready to break ground as soon as we close on the bonds,” said Drew Crandall on Friday. “We are in conversation with investors every day and we are making good progress.”
In March, Danbury’s City Council agreed to use its bonding power to help Danbury Proton get low-cost financing under a “conduit issuer” agreement. Around the same time, the city’s Planning Commission extended approvals for the project, which were scheduled to expire in July.
All that means that Danbury Proton expects to open its 17,000-square-foot facility at 85 Wooster Heights Road in late 2027 or early 2028.
“The day is coming when we will be treating patients with revolutionary proton therapy cancer treatment,” Crandall said in a newsletter to supporters last week. “Countless patients and their families will benefit from proton therapy.”
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