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The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection has selected Immanuel Smyrnow, 10, for the cover of the 2015 Connecticut Angler's Guide.

The primary nonprofit served by The Travelers Championship in Cromwell every year – The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp – has been named the 2014 PGA Tour Charity of the Year.

The General Assembly's Regulation Review Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved regulations that held up the construction of wind turbines in Connecticut since 2011.

Key legislative leaders and energy officials have reached a tentative agreement to lift the state's three-year ban on wind turbine development, just in time for a northeast Connecticut project to move forward.

The Connecticut Clean Energy Communities program awarded $210,000 in Bright Idea Grants for 23 municipalities to perform energy-saving projects.

The Connecticut legislature on Tuesday again extended the moratorium against the construction of wind turbines, with no possibility of the ban being lifted before federal tax credits that expire at the end of the year.

The state's Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority has selected Ross Solar Group of Rocky Hill to build residential photovoltaic systems in four towns under the Solarize Connecticut program.

The state program Solarize Connecticut has expanded to 11 new towns after installing 3 megawatts of residential renewable energy in nine previous towns.

The Fall 2013 edition of the Connecticut Green Guide features manufacturers who are saving large, recycling businesses ahead of the industry curve, the Jedi of efficient lighting, and East Hartford's river visionary.

Connecticut awarded $11.9 million in grants to provide or ugrade affordable housing and boot-strap economic development in 26 communities, authorities say.