Towns Trying to Ban Natural Gas Face Resistance in Their Push for All-Electric Homes
Massachusetts is emerging as a key battleground in the U.S. fight over whether to phase out natural gas for home cooking and heating, with fears of unknown...
Worcester County raised scientist Jill Pelto uses art to shed light on climate change
“When you first meet Jill, you don’t see all of her,” says Lynne Pelto, the stepmother of climate change artist Jill Pelto. “You really need...
The Peabody Essex Museum’s Climate + Environment Initiative Seeks to Create a Different Climate Future
As the director of an interactive art and nature space, I’ve included climate change as a topic in many shows and programs over the years....
Massachusetts’ ambitious climate law facing first tests
Massachusetts has turned a critical corner in its response to climate change. A sweeping law signed by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker with muted pandemic fanfare...
Can Land Conservation and Dual-Use Solar on Farms Coexist?
Most Massachusetts residents agree on the urgent need to tackle the climate crisis. But when it comes to the question of solar development, they’re much...
House introduces bill to compel Harvard to divest of fossil fuels
Progressive Massachusetts lawmakers aligned with climate activists are trying something new to combat climate change: using their legislative power to force one of the country’s...
Boston’s ‘heat islands’ turn lower-income neighborhoods from hot to insufferable
Three years ago, after city officials repeatedly promised that a traffic project in the heart of their neighborhood would create significantly more green space, they...
Data from the recent heat wave reveal troubling trends
When smothering heat and humidity overtake the cool of spring, a familiar quest for relief begins, usually a trek to the basement or attic to...