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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.
“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.
Light pollution has killed almost three billion birds in the United States since 1970; New Haven has passed little legislation to reduce its light pollution.
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.
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.