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Special rate could help some rural Southeast communities afford heat pumps Posted by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | May 18, 2021 An air-to-air heat pump can provide a more efficient alternative for heating a home, particularly in regions of Alaska with less dramatic temperature swings like Southeast. Because they run off of electricity, they can also reduce greenhouse gas emissions in communities that use renewable alternatives like hydropower or solar. (KCAW/McKinstry) Many Southeast Alaska homeowners are converting to electric heat pumps as a way to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and improve air q...

'People were buying local': Some Southbury farms see 'obscene' amount of revenue during COVID Dan Nowak FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Jeffrey Manville photographed with some of his cattle at Manville Farm in Southbury on April 2, 2021.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Sara Blersch in one of the greenhouses on her family's farm, Daffodil Hill Growers at Woodside Farm, in Southbury, Conn. Friday, April 9, 2021.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 Sara Blersch and her daughter Maggie Slywka, age 9, in one of the greenhouses on their f...

Top execs leave troubled refinery in U.S. Virgin Islands: letter By Laura Sanicola FILE PHOTO: The installations of the Hovensa petroleum refinery are seen in St Croix (Reuters) – The finance chief and two other top executives at Limetree Bay Ventures, operator of a long-stalled Caribbean oil refinery, are stepping down, according to an internal letter reviewed by Reuters. The 200,000-barrel-per-day refinery in St. Croix recently halted processing after a mishap, according to people familiar with the matter. It has run more than $1 billion over its original budget and well behi...

Top execs leave troubled refinery in U.S. Virgin Islands 4/8/2021 The finance chief and two other top executives at Limetree Bay Ventures, operator of a long-stalled Caribbean oil refinery, are stepping down, according to an internal letter reviewed by Reuters. The 200,000-barrel-per-day refinery in St. Croix recently halted processing after a mishap, according to people familiar with the matter. It has run more than $1 billion over its original budget and well behind a plan to begin processing in late 2019. Forgan McIntosh, chief financial officer, has resigned effective May 14, according to...