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By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON — A climate report that Gov. Maura Healey identified as a top priority at the start of her administration appears to be held up in the governor’s office.On her second day in office, Healey filed an executive order creating a first-in-the-nation...
By MADDIE FABIAN
In making a pitch for a new comprehensive health program for the country nearly 78 years ago, President Harry S. Truman said this to Congress: “With the help of federal funds, it should be possible to meet deficiencies in hospital and health...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CONWAY — As farms around the region determine their plans going forward following unprecedented rainstorms, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and several other state and federal partners used a Wednesday visit to Deerfield and Conway to emphasize the opportunity in...
By FRIENDS OF CONTE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
This summer’s epic flooding up and down the Connecticut River watershed, from the hillsides of Vermont to the low-lying farmland and neighborhoods in Massachusetts and Connecticut, is simply astonishing. Gurgling little brooks, once just a few inches...
By MADDIE FABIAN
In July 2021, heavy rainfall caused a beaver dam to burst, leading to the collapse of a 20-foot-long portion of East Street in Belchertown and causing property damage to nearly half a dozen homes.While the beavers faced the brunt of the blame,...
By JAMES PENTLAND
HATFIELD — Farmers who lost crops to this month’s floods, the February freeze and May frost will be able to seek compensation from a new $20 million fund announced Monday by Senate President Karen Spilka.“We have added $20 million to the supplemental...
By CLAIRE MORENON, MARGARET CHRISTIE and PHIL KORMAN
On July 10, heavy rains led to widespread flooding alongside small rivers and creeks throughout our region. The next day, the Connecticut River overflowed its banks to levels not seen since Hurricane Irene in 2011.This flooding event was fast in some...
By VICTORIA MILKO
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The International Seabed Authority — the United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor — is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials critical for...
By CHRIS LISINSKI
BOSTON — A national research group continues to see Massachusetts as ahead of the curve and improving when it comes to electric vehicle adoption, even though the Bay State has a long way to go to meet its own rollout goals.The American Council for an...
By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON — Facilities that burn wood to create energy should not be eligible for credits under a state program that rewards generators of “clean heat,” advocates said last week, arguing that two bills would close loopholes in the state’s climate...
By SOPHIE HAUCK
BOSTON — Time’s up for single-use plastics. Or at least that remains the hope of representatives from 10 environmental organizations who gathered last week on Beacon Hill to promote bills that would ban the distribution of plastic shopping bags at...
By JULIA BLATT
When we think of climate change, the first images that come to mind are of hot temperatures, melting ice caps, and greenhouse gases clogging the atmosphere. A recent report by the United Nations, however, warns that most people will actually...
By RUSS VERNON-JONES
Early last week my adult daughter called me and asked what I was doing. I told her I was working on a project in my yard. She said, “Have you seen the Air Quality Index (AQI)?”When I said I hadn’t, she said it was over 100 in the Northampton-Amherst...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — The city has launched a survey to gain insight about the experience residents and business owners have related to energy usage.The survey, available at https://tinyurl.com/EasthamptonCAPSurvey, is one of several outreach methods...
By COLIN A. YOUNG
BOSTON — The Healey administration moved this week to draft the state’s forests into the effort to address climate change, announcing a new initiative to invest in conservation, develop updated guidelines for state lands, and provide incentives for...
By ALISON KUZNITZ
BOSTON — Tree canopies shading Massachusetts cities and towns could grow dramatically, particularly in environmental justice communities where there’s currently scant coverage, under a legislative proposal to launch a municipal reforestation...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — A day after announcing the creation of a new state Youth Climate Council during a visit to Mass Audubon’s Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton on Sunday, the state’s new climate czar held court with activists from across...
By SOPHIE HAUCK
AMHERST — Next time you’re hankering for a smoothie, how about hopping on a bike?Of the many activities to mark Earth Day late last week on the University of Massachusetts flagship campus, the bike-making smoothie had to rank among the most...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — The city of Northampton has finalized an acquisition of 229 acres to add to its Saw Mill Hills Greenway, connecting two previously separated areas used for outdoor recreational activities.The city completed the purchase on April 5 for a...
By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON – Massachusetts state agencies have coordinated with five other Northeast states to create a public-private partnership to attract federal dollars to build a clean hydrogen hub in the region.The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and...
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