Environment

The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, takes aim at climate change across the federal government in its Project 2025 policy proposals. The 922 page document targets the National Weather Service, NOAA, the EPA, and FEMA among many other federal agencies. National climate reporter Chase Cain explains the implications.

Vineyard Wind plans to remove an unspecified number of blades from existing turbines after conducting scans and quality checks in response to a mid-July breakdown that cast debris into the ocean, company officials announced Wednesday. Officials with Vineyard Wind and GE Vernova, which manufactured the blades, said just before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday they would remove some existing blades and strengthen…

Crews started this week to retrieve and remove pieces of the shattered Vineyard Wind turbine blade that sunk to the ocean floor three months ago, a project that the company said could take as long as two weeks. Vineyard Wind sent a “mariner update” Wednesday to caution boaters, fishing outfits and anyone else on the waters that a 250-foot crane…

A purported sighting of a rat wouldn’t get much attention in many places around the world. But it caused a stir earlier this year on Alaska’s St. Paul Island.

Bigbelly is hungry for your trash. The Massachusetts company was the brainchild of four Olin and Babson college students about 20 years ago with a simple goal: to make communities cleaner and greener. Now the business is evolving. “The containers I’m leaning against here are the coolest trash cans in the world,” said Jeff Satwicz, founder of Bigbelly. You might…

Jeff Satwicz, a founder of Bigbelly, calls his product “the coolest trash cans in the world” — and they’re now being made right here in Massachusetts. 

From Boston’s towering buildings to sidewalks that sit below, concrete is everywhere you look. Globally, cement production makes up eight percent of carbon emissions. If it were its own country,  cement production would be the third largest emitter of CO2,  next to China and the United States. So imagine the impact on climate change if developers could use a...

Summertime is officially underway and you’re likely looking forward to soaking up the sun on some beach days. By being a responsible beachgoer, you’re helping to keep your favorite stretch of shoreline in great shape for future visits and future generations. We talked to the New England Aquarium about what you can do to protect our state beaches. They say...

We talked to the New England Aquarium about what you can do to protect our state beaches as we enjoy the summertime.

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Senate debate on a climate and energy bill Thursday may coincide with the year’s maximum demand for electricity. There is a chance for demand on the New England power grid to climb to about 23.9 gigawatts between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council said in an alert telling municipalities to reduce their consumption in the…

Your plastic bottles, jugs, glass jars and other recyclables leave your curb and take quite a journey on their way to be repurposed! The Casella Waste Systems Material Recovery Facility in Charlestown, Massachusetts, is the fourth largest in the country.  It uses the latest technology to process 700-800 tons of recyclables a week, sorting and stripping materials out a little...

Grizzly bears will be reintroduced to Washington state’s North Cascades mountain range, the federal government said this week — a decision that followed years of bitterly divided debate.

Being a conscious consumer is good for both the environment and your wallet because it means thinking twice before you buy. An easy way to make sustainable decisions is to follow the 5 R’s of sustainability: refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and rot or compost. Sabrina Auclair owns Unpacked Living, a sustainable refillery store in Beverly, Massachusetts. “Using your reusable water bottle, bringing...

A new ordinance took effect in Newton, Massachusetts, on Friday, one that’s meant to reduce environmental impact – but it may change the way you dine. “Massachusetts is genuinely running out of places for its trash to go. We now export 40% of our waste to other states.” At Newton’s Resource Recovery Center and across the city, reducing waste is…

The EPA’s newest assessment of water quality and nutrient pollution in U.S. rivers and streams shows almost no progress on cutting the nitrogen pollution that comes primarily from farm chemical runoff.

California regulators on Tuesday approved new rules to let water agencies recycle wastewater and put it right back into the pipes that carry drinking water to homes, schools and businesses.

Every year the world produces 430 million tons of plastic, according to the United Nations. Much of that plastic ends up in our oceans. According to the UN, 11 million metric tons of plastic enters the ocean every year. Now, one group of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has come up with a groundbreaking way to turn that plastic into…

A group of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has come up with a groundbreaking way to turn that plastic into fuel and it could be a game changer when it comes to cleaning up our oceans.

In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or rather, over the groundwater where they’re growing northwest of Los Angeles.

The heat is about to be turned up on fossil fuels, the United States and President Joe Biden.