Clean energy would make Hartford healthier. Here’s a place to start.

Clean energy would make Hartford healthier. Here’s a place to start.

If Gov. Ned Lamont is favoring a plan to power the Capitol Area System, CAS, with gas-fired boilers, rather than clean, renewable energy, despite his pledge to do otherwise, it is not a good idea. It’s a decision that would cause long-lasting harm to the health and wellbeing of Hartford residents. But it’s not too late to change course. CAS, a former power plant, no longer provides electricity to the grid but still burns fossil fuel to heat and …