Fish Kill: Thick Ice, Heavy Snow Blamed For Massive Fish Kills Across State - Courant.com

Winter fish kills are a natural phenomenon, but the unusually harsh winter caused them to be widespread and, in some cases, more devastating than in past seasons.

"I had never heard of anything like that before. It was a surprise to us," said Kathleen Bagley, director of parks and recreation in Wethersfield, where thousands of dead bass, bluegill and sunfish have carpeted portions of the shoreline at the 1860 Reservoir.

U.S. House Passes Repeal of EPA Carbon Rules Over White House Objections - Bloomberg

The U.S. House passed legislation prohibiting the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases blamed for climate change, defying an Obama administration threat to veto the bill.

The measure by Representative Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican and chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, was approved 255-172 today with 19 Democrats joining 236 Republicans.