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- Legislature (MA) weighing fossil fuel divestment (5/8/14)
- Here’s why a Canadian hydropower company is betting on Massachusetts (5/6/14)
Nalcor Energy’s proposed Gull Island power plant would be more than 1,000 miles away from Boston. But Nalcor executives believe the site is well-positioned to help keep the lights on in New England’s densest population hub.
- Advocates lobby lawmakers to replenish the state’s brownfields fund (4/24/14)
A year ago, the state’s brownfields redevelopment fund ran dry, stalling or delaying roughly two-dozen projects across the state.
- Hydropower plan is raising alarms (4/7/14)
Proposed state legislation that would bring large amounts of hydropower to Massachusetts from Canada could crash the regional power market and kill off other needed energy-generating resources, according to some environmental advocates.
- Board OKs plans for new recycling facility in Freetown (4/1/14)
FREETOWN — After several months of deliberations, the Planning Board approved plans for a national recycling company to develop a facility in town. Earlier this month, Republic Recycling was given the green light to turn the former Weyerhaeuser building on Campanelli Drive into an 85,000-square-foot facility.
- IdeaPaint founder John Goscha unveils new light bulb (5/6/14)
You might say a light bulb went off in John Goscha's head a few years ago when he thought about building a better energy-efficient light bulb.
- Federal judge to Cape Wind foes: Enough with these lawsuits, already (5/4/14)
The seemingly never-ending Cape Wind lawsuits can wear on someone’s patience — if that someone happens to be a federal judge.
- Hoping to lower costs, Worcester signs pact with new energy supplier (4/7/14)
WORCESTER — The city is expected to save nearly $600,000 on its electricity bills with a three-year contract signed with a New Jersey-based energy supplier.
- Massachusetts to spend $5M planting urban trees (4/5/14)
BOSTON — Massachusetts is planning to spend $5 million planting trees in urban neighbors to help reduce energy use by lowering heating and cooling costs for residents and businesses.
- Hearing over Fall River’s Dominion energy award set for Monday (4/1/14)
FALL RIVER — The city’s filing of several motions with a U.S. District Court in central Illinois that would compel Dominion Energy to submit Fall River’s energy plan to the federal Environmental Protection Agency as part of a $1.6 million consent decree is scheduled to be heard on Monday at 2:30 p.m.