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Baker joins group of governors on push for offshore wind

Gov. Charlie Baker and governors from eight other states poised to benefit environmentally and economically from the eme...

State House News Service - 06-07-2021

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'By design or neglect': Flood, climate hazards threaten MA's vulnerable neighborhoods - Wicked Local

In the Germantown neighborhood of Quincy, nearly 900 public housing units cover the peninsula jutting out into Quin...

Hadley Barndollar - 06-28-2021

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What, exactly, is going on with the Transportation and Climate Initiative?

Massachusetts needs other states to officially join in order to launch the effort to reduce vehicle emissions. And for n...

Nik DeCosta-Klipa - 07-26-2021

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'Weather Whiplash' And Other Takeaways For Boston From The IPCC Report - WBUR

The world needs to get to net-zero carbon emissions by the 2030s to have a chance of avoiding the worst effects of clima...

Barbara Moran - 08-10-2021

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Massachusetts should be converting 100,000 homes a year to electric heat. The actual number: 461

When Massachusetts officials look into the not-so-distant future of 2030, they see 1 million homes across the state heat...

Sabrina Shankman - 08-23-2021

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Solar project helps to reclaim site of notorious Boston-area toxic waste case

A cluster of cancer cases in Woburn, Massachusetts, in the 1980s prompted a major pollution lawsuit that eventually insp...

Sarah Shemkus - 09-21-2021

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The Neoponset River, a hidden jewl of Boston, has become a tarnished gem

The Neoponset River, a hidden jewl of Boston, has become a tarnished gem.

David Abel - 09-27-2021

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Baker creates clean heat commission to help cut emissions

The commission is tasked with helping the state meet a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.

Associated Press - 10-04-2021

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Why the UN's climate conference matters to Boston and Massachusetts - WBUR

The U.N. Climate Conference, also known as COP26, is getting underway in Glasgow. 

Sharon Brody and Paul Connearney - 11-01-2021