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By DOMENIC POLI
The Source to Sea Cleanup has provided a valuable service to the Connecticut River Valley since its 1997 inception. And it can provide receipts.Nearly 40,000 volunteers have removed 1,100 tons of trash, almost 14,000 tires and 144,000 beverage...
By COLIN A. YOUNG
BOSTON — The Department of Public Health is moving on multiple fronts to address the elevated risks of mosquito-borne illnesses this year, including spraying pesticides from trucks in southern Worcester County and from planes in Plymouth County...
By CHRIS LARABEE
With an emphasis on connection across partner organizations and challenges facing the environment, the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game on Friday released a five-year strategic plan to guide the agency’s work through 2030.Entitled...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — On a woody hillside in a 100-plus-acre private parcel, Phoebe Weinberg, her face blocked by a shield attached to her hard helmet, begins dismantling an autumn olive growing over a red oak sapling. The roar of the chainsaw covers the...
By GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON — The town has landed a $90,290 grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection to install a system to treat PFAS found in the water supply of the Phillipston Memorial Building, former home of Phillipston Memorial Elementary...
By DOMENIC POLI
WENDELL — A Lowell-based developer of renewable energy and energy storage projects has pulled the plug on a controversial facility proposed for 68 Wendell Depot Road, citing changes in the interconnection process and the state Legislature’s failure to...
By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
ATHOL — In an effort to promote awareness of native plants, the Athol Bird and Nature Club [ABNC] has installed artwork identifying native plants to enhance the existing Join Up Trail at the New England Equestrian Center of Athol (NEECA).“Lifelong...
By GREG VINE
WINCHENDON — Several dozen people, families and other interested observers, showed up at Winchendon Community Park Thursday afternoon for a lesson in falconry. The event, billed as Falconry in the Park was sponsored by the Winchendon Cultural Council...
By EMILEE KLEIN
Regional planning groups and local municipalities remain wary of the looming implications on municipal jurisdiction should the state’s massive climate bill move ahead in the coming weeks with promises to reform the slow process of siting and...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
TURNERS FALLS — As FirstLight advances its decade-long license renewal to continue operating its hydroelectric facilities on the Connecticut River, town officials and residents voiced concerns its potential environmental impacts with the project to...
By JAMES PENTLAND
HOLYOKE — Like many people, Michael Garjian believes global warming is a pressing issue of our times.Unlike most, he’s putting his ideas for reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into practice — and at the same time bidding for a share of the $100...
PETERSHAM – The town of Petersham and North Hatfield-based Conservation Works are co-hosting the Petersham Environmental Expo this Saturday, April 6, from noon-4 p.m. at Petersham Town Hall, 1 South Main St. According to the organization’s web site,...
By GREG VINE
ATHOL – A small hole has caused a nearly $90,000 problem at the Millers River Environmental Center (MREC) in Athol. The problem was discovered when a 1,000-gallon underground oil tank was removed from the property at 100 Main St. last summer. An...
By GREG VINE
ATHOL – A proposal from the town’s Public Works Department to purchase two all-electric vehicles (EVs) was met with some skepticism at last week’s Capital Program Committee meeting as it begins a review of FY25 capital expenditure requests from...
By GREG VINE
ROYALSTON — The town has received a Green Communities Grant of nearly $169,000 to pay for weatherization projects at five town-owned buildings.The awarding of the competitive grant was announced in a letter to Selectboard Chair Deb D’Amico sent by...
By BELLA LEVAVI
The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) has released the long-awaited Climate Forestry Committee’s report, which contains a slew of recommendations for forest management practices in Massachusetts with a key focus on climate...
By BELLA LEVAVI
As the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs passes its self-imposed deadline for a new forest management policy after a logging moratorium, people on all sides of the issue are concerned about the future of the state’s forests.The...
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 this week on Beacon Hill to promote bills that would ban the distribution of plastic shopping bags at retail...
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