NORTH ANDOVER — The Planning Board wants a local country club to do its due diligence before allowing it to cut down more than 30 trees along the…
Read more Country club’s plan to cut down trees paused by Planning BoardANDOVER — The Conservation Commission gave its seal of approval to a project to redevelop the site of a historic building in Shawsheen Village and breathe new life…
Read more Andover commission OKs conditions to revitalize old Shawsheen buildingSALEM — The House of the Seven Gables is earmarking money to move five of its historic structures further inland in anticipation of rising seas and groundwater levels…
Read more House of the Seven Gables’ historic properties planned to relocate to address rising sea levelsIn the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this Imperial Valley sugarcane field to start his day. He chops, cleans and bundles the…
Read more In a California farming region, researchers are mapping rural heat to protect farmworkersBOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey is renewing calls for the Trump administration to release federal funding to remove underground lead pipes from drinking water systems after months of…
Read more Healey rips EPA for delays in lead removal fundingWASHINGTON — Earth’s nastiest and costliest wildfires are blazing four times more often now than they did in the 1980s because of human-caused climate change and people moving…
Read more Study shows the world is far more ablaze now with damaging fires than in the 1980sFifty-five heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change, according to a study published Wednesday. Planet-warming emissions from 180 major cement, oil…
Read more Study links frequent, severe heat waves to pollution from major fossil fuel producersWASHINGTON — Global warming in the United States is amping up the country’s sweet tooth, a new study found. When the temperature rises, Americans — especially those with…
Read more As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study findsNEWBURYPORT — Support for new projects addressing combined sewage overflows and updates on ongoing ones were discussed by dozens of local and state officials during Thursday’s meeting at…
Read more Lawmakers meet to discuss health of Merrimack RiverATHENS, Greece — Climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer burn much more fiercely, said…
Read more Climate change made deadly wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus more fierce, study findsSTATE HOUSE, BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey announced on Thursday a plan charting a path forward for the state’s biodiversity conservation goals and pledging to double the pace…
Read more Healey plan would double pace of land protectionSWAMPSCOTT — Even as local elected officials gathered to celebrate the seeming success of a new temporary treatment unit in treating stormwater drainage to make King’s Beach safe…
Read more Swampscott, Lynn UV water treatment pilot at King’s Beach shows promiseSALEM — The Peabody Essex Museum has recommitted to a three-year renewable energy agreement that matches 100% of the museum’s annual electricity use across its entire 23-building campus…
Read more Peabody Essex Museum furthers sustainability goals with renewable energy agreementBOSTON — The state is distributing nearly $28 million to communities and regional organizations to upgrade parks and preserve open space as part of broader efforts to blunt…
Read more State doles out $28M to preserve open spaceSALEM — New tree plantings are coming to Salem State University to help provide shade to Harrington Campus, after recent efforts to plant trees have been celebrated at…
Read more Salem State to plant more trees at Harrington Campus thanks to Gateway City fundingHAVERHILL — The city will borrow $12.4 million for a project aimed at reducing the amount of combined sewer overflows reaching the Merrimack River. The City Council this…
Read more Haverhill to borrow $12.4M to reduce CS0s, upgrade water linesTwo North Shore road stream crossings, including one in West Newbury, have been selected by the state Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration for future…
Read more Ecological study to focus on stream crossingsNewswise — A Colorado State University experiment spanning more than two decades has found that removal of apex predators from an ecosystem can create lasting changes that are…
Read more CSU study: Apex predators not ecosystem quick fixNewswise — A group from Nagoya University in Japan has found that larger, slower-moving typhoons are more likely to be resilient against global warming. However, compact, faster-moving storms…
Read more Compact, swift typhoons are more impacted by global warming.New York, January 15, 2024 – The Wildlife Conservation Society is issuing the following statement about H5N1 Avian Influenza due to ongoing wildlife die-offs across the world: Said Dr.…
Read more Urgent Message from WCS as the Avian Influenza Virus Threatens Wildlife Across the Globe
