October 2021 – 10,000 Hawks

Environmentalists decry pesticide use at local airports

(Yale Daily News, 10/15/21) Local environmental activists have raised concerns about the use of pesticides at Tweed New Haven Airport and Sikorsky Memorial Airport, which can have negative impacts on water supply, neighboring residents and wildlife. Link to full article

East Haven residents say battle over Tweed Airport expansion not over

Mark Zaretsky Oct. 1, 2021 (nhregister.com Oct. 1, 2021) EAST HAVEN — The New Haven Board of Alders may have voted unanimously to approve a new 43-year lease with the Tweed New Haven Airport Authority that endorses Tweed New Haven Regional Airport’s future growth plans, but some of the airport’s neighbors say the battle over the airport’s future is not over. …

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