Environment

Whale Skull Found On Cape Cod Beach

September 22, 2011, 3:41 PM

BOSTON — Marine biologists are trying to figure out how a 400-pound whale skull ended up on a beach in Brewster.

Feds Release Report On Northeast Fishing System

September 21, 2011, 4:01 PM

BOSTON — A report on the first year of a controversial new fishery management system indicates Northeast fishermen are continuing to fish and catch less, while revenues are becoming increasing concentrated in fewer hands.

State Steps Up Efforts To Cut School Bus Pollution

September 05, 2011, 1:35 PM

REVERE, Mass. — Massachusetts environmental officials are starting the school year by celebrating a program that fitted more than 2,100 school buses with devices designed to cut air pollution from diesel engines.

Gloucester Fishermen Resigned To Catch Share

August 25, 2011, 3:42 AM
Gloucester fisherman Joe Orlando, here in front of his boat, the Padre Pio, is doing well under the catch-share system, even though he was allocated fewer fish than he caught before the new system began. (Kimberly Adams for WBUR)

GLOUCESTER, Mass. — Last year, Gloucester fishermen were outraged by the new federal quota system. Now, there’s less griping, as fishermen there are adjusting to the economic and cultural effects of catch share.

N.H. To Do Extra Testing For Nuke Plant Tritium

August 18, 2011, 2:52 PM

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire public health officials say they’ll conduct additional testing of Connecticut River water in the wake of the discovery of radioactive tritium in the river.

Cape Cod Beaches Eroding At Alarming Rate

August 04, 2011, 3:58 AM
The appearance of rocks on Chapin Beach shows how much the beach has eroded. (Monica Brady-Myerov/WBUR)

DENNIS, Mass. — Erosion is eating away Cape Cod beaches, some at an alarming rate. The town of Dennis is scrambling to figure out what to do about it.

Hubway Bike-Share Program Launches In Boston

July 28, 2011, 2:43 PM
Cyclists depart Boston's City Hall Plaza Thursday as part of a launch of the state's first bike-share program -- Hubway. (AP)

BOSTON — Boston has a new bike-sharing system. Hundreds of people showed up at Government Center Thursday for the official launch of what’s being called Hubway.

No Rolling Blackouts? Thank Boston’s EnerNOC

July 22, 2011, 6:33 PM
Workers in EnerNOC’s war room monitor demand for electricity in power grids across the country. (Courtesy EnerNOC)

Friday’s scorcher was the busiest day of the year at EnerNOC, a Boston company that sells power to the grid when it needs it most — during peak demand. EnerNOC’s demand response service helps grid operators avoid rolling blackouts.

Judge Denies Bid To Keep Vt. Nuclear Plant Open

July 18, 2011, 5:27 PM

MONTPELIER, Vt. — A federal judge in Vermont has ruled that the state’s only nuclear plant should not stay open while a lawsuit about its long-term future plays out.

Beach Closings Across Massachusetts

July 14, 2011, 5:26 PM

BOSTON — More than a dozen coastal cities and towns in the state have closed beaches today due to high bacteria levels.

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