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AGs sue to claw back clean energy grants

February 23, 2026February 23, 2026 · Boston, Massachusetts Local News

BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has joined a new multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to recoup more than $7.2 billion in frozen energy and…

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Lawmakers demand answers on offshore wind projects

December 29, 2025December 29, 2025 · Boston, Massachusetts Local News

BOSTON — Massachusetts’ two U.S. senators are demanding answers from the Trump administration about the “national security threats” it cited in the decision to scuttle several multibillion-dollar offshore…

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Judge overturns Trump order blocking wind permits

December 13, 2025December 13, 2025 · Boston, Massachusetts Local News

BOSTON — A federal judge gave the go-ahead for Massachusetts and other states to proceed with wind energy expansion by rejecting an executive order signed by President Donald…

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Beverly Community Electric secures new contract

December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 · Boston, Massachusetts Local News

BEVERLY — The city has secured a new electricity supply contract for a program that provides 100% renewable energy to Beverly residents. Participants in the Beverly Community Electric…

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House backs away from changes

November 22, 2025November 22, 2025 · Boston, Massachusetts Local News

BOSTON — House Democrats are walking back a controversial proposal to ease the state’s climate change mandates following pushback and threats of legal action from environmental groups opposed…

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Greening of America: ‘No going back’ on solar, renewables

October 31, 2025November 22, 2025 · Boston, Massachusetts Local News

Envinity Solar employees Josh Fisher, left, TJ Barnhart, Matt Hansen and John Delahanty install solar panels on the roof of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Robert…

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Greening of America: ‘No going back’ on solar, renewables

October 31, 2025November 8, 2025 · Boston, Massachusetts Local News

Solar power is surging across the U.S. as costs plummet and companies ramp up large-scale commercial projects, but experts say the green industry faces an uncertain future as…

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Oklo Is Having Its Worst Week Since May 2024. What’s Ailing the Nuclear Stock.

October 22, 2025October 23, 2025 · Business

Oklo Stock Is Having Its Worst Week Since May 2024. What’s Burdening the Nuclear Start-Up. Source link

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New England offshore wind project in Trump’s crosshairs

September 8, 2025September 8, 2025 · Boston, Massachusetts Local News

BOSTON — The Trump administration is signaling that it will likely cancel a federal permit for a regional offshore wind project, drawing a rebuke from state leaders and…

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3 Salem students earn scholarships for essays on improving city sustainability

August 29, 2025August 30, 2025 · Boston, Massachusetts Local News

SALEM — The city of Salem in partnership with Waste Management Inc. recently awarded a scholarship to three Salem students for their essays on how Salem can be…

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Healey plan would double pace of land protection

August 23, 2025August 25, 2025 · Boston, Massachusetts Local News

STATE 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…

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Peabody Essex Museum furthers sustainability goals with renewable energy agreement

July 24, 2025September 2, 2025 · Boston, Massachusetts Local News

SALEM — 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…

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Salem State to plant more trees at Harrington Campus thanks to Gateway City funding

Salem State to plant more trees at Harrington Campus thanks to Gateway City funding

August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 · Boston, Massachusetts Local News

SALEM — 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…

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Venice’s new city entrance fee shows a world hitting its overtourism tipping point

Venice’s new city entrance fee shows a world hitting its overtourism tipping point

April 28, 2024April 28, 2024 · World News

Demonstrators try to break through the blockade created by police officers to enter the city at Piazzale Roma, opposing the charge for tourists to enter the city on…

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In a tough real estate market, a century-old housing idea could make a comeback

In a tough real estate market, a century-old housing idea could make a comeback

December 22, 2023December 23, 2023 · Real Estate

A crane taking four 15-foot-wide by 60-foot-long modular home segments and stacking them one on top of the other to make a new duplex in Aurora, Colorado in…

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Southeast Asia’s first luxury hotel made from retired buses opens in Singapore — take a look inside

Southeast Asia’s first luxury hotel made from retired buses opens in Singapore — take a look inside

November 26, 2023November 26, 2023 · World News

The resort hotel has 20 rooms which will be open for stays from Dec. 1, 2023. Source: The Bus Collective It only costs a dollar to ride a…

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Is your hotel sustainable? Not if these two things are in your room, says Soneva’s founder

Is your hotel sustainable? Not if these two things are in your room, says Soneva’s founder

October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 · World News

Many hotels claim to be eco-friendly.   But are they?   A quick-and-easy test is to look for two items, said Sonu Shivdasani, founder of Soneva and Six…

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Rivian, Lucid and Fisker navigate a ‘treacherous road’ as they struggle to match Tesla’s success

Rivian, Lucid and Fisker navigate a ‘treacherous road’ as they struggle to match Tesla’s success

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 · Breaking News

It was always going to be difficult. Ramping up production of a new product, using relatively new technology, is a tall order in the best of times. Electric-vehicle…

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Travel companies are ‘greenwashing’ — here are 3 ways to find ones that aren’t

Travel companies are ‘greenwashing’ — here are 3 ways to find ones that aren’t

January 29, 2023January 29, 2023 · World News

People said the pandemic made them want to travel more responsibly in the future. Now new data indicates they’re actually doing it. According to a report published in…

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Whole Foods decision to pull lobster divides enviros, pols

Whole Foods decision to pull lobster divides enviros, pols

November 27, 2022November 27, 2022 · Finance

PORTLAND, Maine — Environmental groups are once again at odds with politicians and fishermen in New England in the wake of a decision by high-end retail giant Whole…

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