Here are some selected news articles from the week ended 06 March 2021. Part 2 is available here.
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Fuel supplies drop most on record as US oil refining collapses, leading to largest ever jump in oil supplies
Refinery utilization at an all time low, 10% lower than it s ever been; oil refined is least on record; record jump in oil inventories, record drop in gasoline inventories; distillates production at a 26 year low, distillates inventories drop most in 18 years; largest jump in oil imports in 39 weeks.
NRG Energy will sell Connecticut power plants, including Middletown and Milford locations
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1of2The NRG plant at 1866 River Road in Middletown, seen from the east shore of the Connecticut River.Photo: Contributed photo
2of2The NRG plant at 1866 River Road in Middletown is shown from the east shore of the Connecticut River and from the vantage point of the Airline Trail. The company plans to build a second natural gas-fired turbine on the site. Local environmentalists and climate activists are concerned it will emit a much higher level of CO2 than the present one, which is only online a few days a year, because it will be run significantly more.Photo: Contributed photo / John Hall
Donald Russell, professor of physical education, emeritus, and former director of athletics and head football coach, passed away on Feb. 2 at the age of 93.
Russell earned his BA from Bates College, where he played offensive and defensive tackle for the football team. Arriving at Wesleyan in 1960, he served as an assistant football coach under Norm Daniels, then became head football coach from 1964 through 1970, after which point he stepped down from that position, though he remained as the head of athletics until his retirement in 1991.
Russell led the Cardinals to three Little Three championships (’66, ’69, ’70) and to a stunning undefeated 8-0 record in 1969. All of this took place during tumultuous years on campus with demonstrations, bomb threats, and sit-ins. In fact, the year the football team was undefeated, Wesleyan had to get a restraining order to prevent a demonstration from interfering with the homecoming game with Williams.