A new report from Climate Central shows that Hurricane Sandy sewage overflow totaled 24.3 million gallons – enough to fill 40 Olympic-size swimming pools.

The biggest spill was at the West Side waste water treatment plant in Bridgeport, where 17 million gallons of partially treated sewage were dumped into the Long Island Sound and Bridgeport [...]

Today marks six months since Superstorm Sandy devastated the east coast. No sooner had the flood waters receded than members of the Connecticut, New York and New Jersey delegations were fighting in Congress to try to secure $60 billion worth of storm relief. A report out today from liberal think tank Center for American Progress [...]

Connecticut’s receiving $71.8 million in Community Development Block Grant funding to rebuild infrastructure damaged during Storm Sandy. The money represents a chunk of the $16 billion from the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development that was part of the $60 billion Sandy aid package Obama signed last month. HUD allocated $5.4 billion in this first [...]

These are the Republican members of the House of Representatives who today voted against the first portion of federal relief for states hit by Storm Sandy. Tweeted by TPM.