New England News CollaborativeStories published by WBUR in partnership with members of the New England News Collaborative.The push for mass timber as a sustainable housing solution in New EnglandAcross New England, developers are looking for new ways to increase affordable housing inventory, and some are trying to do so by using a building method known as mass timber,...EnvironmentApr 22, 2024The complicated truths about offshore wind and right whalesOfficials say offshore wind turbines aren’t killing North Atlantic right whales. So why do so many people think otherwise?EnvironmentMar 30, 2024New England’s last coal plants will close by 2028Merrimack Station, which is New England’s last running coal plant located in New Hampshire, will stop operating in 2028. In New England, coal makes up less than 1% of the...EnvironmentMar 28, 2024Fishermen can now get paid if Vineyard Wind hurts businessThere's a fund of more than $20 million available to fishermen whose livelihood may be affected by the construction of the country's first large-scale offshore wind farm off the coast...EnvironmentMar 19, 2024Noticing less snow in New England? Researchers are tooA new study from Dartmouth found many river basins in New England are losing 10% or more of their snowpack per decade. 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They are advocating for the...EnvironmentOct 30, 2023N.H. scientists are using drones to help find harmful algae bloomsResearchers say drones can detect cyanobacteria blooms faster, and with less hassle, than environmental officials going from lake to lake.EnvironmentOct 19, 2023UMass grads designing system to take humans out of recycling decisionsTwo recent UMass Amherst engineering graduates want to take decisions about what to recycle out of the hands of humans and turn them over to a machine. Designer Ian Goodine...EnvironmentOct 17, 2023Blue crabs are showing up more often in the warming Gulf of MaineBlue crabs, quintessential to the Chesapeake Bay and Gulf Coast, have been known to show up now and then in northern lobster traps. But about three to four years ago,...EnvironmentOct 17, 2023Maine nonprofit buys PFAS-contaminated farm to help 'forever chemicals' researchA nonprofit group has purchased a central Maine farm that is heavily contaminated with PFAS and is opening it up to researchers with the goal of shedding light on ways...EnvironmentOct 11, 2023Next Page
The push for mass timber as a sustainable housing solution in New EnglandAcross New England, developers are looking for new ways to increase affordable housing inventory, and some are trying to do so by using a building method known as mass timber,...EnvironmentApr 22, 2024
The complicated truths about offshore wind and right whalesOfficials say offshore wind turbines aren’t killing North Atlantic right whales. So why do so many people think otherwise?EnvironmentMar 30, 2024
New England’s last coal plants will close by 2028Merrimack Station, which is New England’s last running coal plant located in New Hampshire, will stop operating in 2028. In New England, coal makes up less than 1% of the...EnvironmentMar 28, 2024
Fishermen can now get paid if Vineyard Wind hurts businessThere's a fund of more than $20 million available to fishermen whose livelihood may be affected by the construction of the country's first large-scale offshore wind farm off the coast...EnvironmentMar 19, 2024
Noticing less snow in New England? Researchers are tooA new study from Dartmouth found many river basins in New England are losing 10% or more of their snowpack per decade. "We're still going to get these snowy winters,"...EnvironmentJan 25, 2024
Climate Superfund Act would make oil companies pay for climate damages in VermontAfter a year of historic flooding, some Vermont lawmakers and environmental advocates are pushing for the state to create a new program similar to the federal Superfund program to pay...ResumeEnvironment05:24Jan 25, 2024
To avert species' extinction, Mass. researchers plant Appalachian trees in Franklin CountyThe mountain magnolia's native range has diminished due to climate change. Two Smith College researchers are leading a conservation effort to translocate a collection of the species in order to...EnvironmentJan 18, 2024
Massachusetts making inventory of water lines to identify those made of leadThe Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has developed a web-based app for residents who want to submit photographs.EnvironmentJan 2, 2024
Howard University students imagine new life for New Bedford firehouseA dozen architecture students traveled 450 miles from Howard University in Washington D.C. to New Bedford to explore how they could breathe new life into the Hillman Street firehouse. They're...EnvironmentDec 29, 2023
'Climate change is real': Vermont hit by second flood event in five monthsVermont escaped significant damage from flooding this week. But the heavy rain and snowmelt on Monday served as yet another reminder — in a state still trying to recover from...EnvironmentDec 20, 2023
Climate Café makes space for parents to talk about raising kids in a warming worldThe events, hosted Saturday at the Montshire Museum of Science in Vermont, led parents through a discussion about their feelings around climate change while their kids played nearby.EnvironmentDec 4, 2023
Maine gets $5M to support testing of alternative lobster fishing gear to reduce whale entanglementThe Maine Department of Marine Resources said the funds will support the research and testing of two kinds of emerging technology — gear that retrieves lobster traps from the ocean...EnvironmentNov 28, 2023
Scientists, Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe work to solve mysteries of stripers, herringScientists and Aquinnah Wampanoag tribal officials think a small population of striped bass could be defying their migratory nature. And that, in turn, could be impeding efforts to restore a...ResumeEnvironment04:30Nov 27, 2023
Cape homeowners push to install solar panels in historic districtsThe 45,000 people who live in Cape Cod's Old Kings Highway Historic District are required to get approval from local committees for visible solar installations. Those who have had their...ResumeEnvironment04:44Nov 15, 2023
A proposed clean energy transmission line in New England gets federal boostThe U.S. Department of Energy announced federal support for National Grid's proposed clean energy transmission line. The project will send clean energy from Canada into New England, and vice versa.EnvironmentOct 31, 2023
8 activists arrested while protesting New England's last active coal power plantClimate change activists paddled outside of New England’s last active coal power plant on Sunday to call for its owners to stop burning fossil fuels. They are advocating for the...EnvironmentOct 30, 2023
N.H. scientists are using drones to help find harmful algae bloomsResearchers say drones can detect cyanobacteria blooms faster, and with less hassle, than environmental officials going from lake to lake.EnvironmentOct 19, 2023
UMass grads designing system to take humans out of recycling decisionsTwo recent UMass Amherst engineering graduates want to take decisions about what to recycle out of the hands of humans and turn them over to a machine. Designer Ian Goodine...EnvironmentOct 17, 2023
Blue crabs are showing up more often in the warming Gulf of MaineBlue crabs, quintessential to the Chesapeake Bay and Gulf Coast, have been known to show up now and then in northern lobster traps. But about three to four years ago,...EnvironmentOct 17, 2023
Maine nonprofit buys PFAS-contaminated farm to help 'forever chemicals' researchA nonprofit group has purchased a central Maine farm that is heavily contaminated with PFAS and is opening it up to researchers with the goal of shedding light on ways...EnvironmentOct 11, 2023