HOLYOKE, Massachusetts, March 23, 2023 (ENS) – The Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have entered into a $27 million agreement with the City […]
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 27, 2022 (ENS) – Rhode Island lawmakers last week passed a bill requiring that within 10 years 100 percent of electricity sold in the state come […]
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 25, 2022 (ENS) – State Attorney General Maura Healey today sued 13 manufacturers of poly- and perfluoroalkyl, PFAS, the so-called forever chemicals used in firefighting foam. They include some of the biggest firms in the country, such as 3M of St. Paul, Minnesota, which makes fluorochemicals. […]
BOSTON, Massachusetts, January 7, 2022 (ENS) – To reduce transportation emissions and accelerate the adoption of zero-emission vehicles, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has filed emergency regulations with the […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 5, 2021 (ENS) – The construction and operations of the South Fork Wind power project offshore Rhode Island and New York has been approved by the Department […]
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has reached a settlement with a New Bedford-based school bus company over allegations that its drivers excessively idled their buses at New Bedford schools. […]
NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts, May 26, 2021 (ENS) – To be located in the Atlantic Ocean 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, the first commercial-scale offshore wind park in the United […]
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