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Mass. gets mixed grades on air pollution in annual report
Three Massachusetts counties have some of the cleanest air in the country, according to the American Lung Association. But experts say that wildfire smoke and federal rollbacks threaten to undo...
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Across New England, farmers are finding that switching to renewable energy isn’t just a nice thing to have, it’s becoming a necessary part of their economic survival.
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New England has some of the highest energy costs in the country. Cold winters, along with other rising expenses, have rural towns looking for ways to save money. Many have...
Boston federal judge strikes down some Trump administration actions that have slowed clean energy projects
The judge issued a preliminary injunction that will stop the policy of requiring that all solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters be personally approved by Interior...
People with heat pumps get a break on electric bills from new Mass. program
New England has some of the highest electricity prices in the country. But this past winter, 140,000 households in Massachusetts got a break on their bills because they have a...
Judge orders turbine manufacturer to stick with Vineyard Wind project
A Suffolk Superior Court judge temporarily blocked turbine manufacturer GE Renewables from pulling out of the major offshore wind farm project, saying it would be “fanciful” to imagine a new...
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New data shows a significant increase in summer bacteria spikes in Newburyport Harbor from the previous year — up to ten times higher in some cases. The cause is unclear....
The data center boom meets resistance in Maine as lawmakers pass a yearlong freeze
Maine’s legislature has passed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on energy-hungry data centers. Proposals to slap a moratorium on data centers have been introduced in at least a dozen states,...