• green energy November 21, 2023 2:27 pm

    Grants putting a dent in Mass. clean energy transition

    Ten affordable housing developments in Massachusetts are receiving about $27 million for decarbonization retrofit efforts, and another $23 million in grant funding remains available for low- and moderate-income residential buildings. For the first funding round, officials say they received 27 applications. Gov. Maura Healey announced the initial grant recipients Tuesday at The Village at Brookline, a mixed-income development in that’s…

  • green energy November 1, 2023 11:39 pm

    Massachusetts making strides in reducing CO2 emissions through wind and solar

    A surge in solar and wind energy is propelling the nation toward its 2050 emissions goals, with federal targets aiming for 50% below 2005 emission levels by 2030. By 2035, the objective is to achieve 100% carbon-pollution-free electricity, ultimately reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. Massachusetts is leading the way with state legislation, particularly Bill S.9, outlining equitable goals to reach…

  • Boston August 23, 2023 2:20 pm

    EPA chief visits Dorchester housing complex switching to cleaner energy

    The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday visited a Dorchester housing complex slated to make the switch to cleaner energy to highlight it as one anecdote in the “national story” of how the United States is preparing to deal with effects of a changing climate. Gov. Maura Healey, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu...

  • green energy August 6, 2023 2:28 pm

    The EPA's ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism

    The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough. The Environmental Protection Agency in April announced new strict emissions limits that it says are vital to slowing climate change. The EPA says the industry could meet the limits if 67%...

  • green energy August 3, 2023 12:31 pm

    Vineyard's $4B offshore wind farm set to start generating green energy in Oct.

    The first clean wind power generated by the Vineyard Wind 1 project is expected to flow onto the regional grid by mid-October and the first-in-the-nation offshore wind project should be fully operational by this time next year, project officials said Wednesday during a boat tour of the construction. Project developers have maintained for years that the $4 billion project they…

  • New Bedford May 25, 2023 1:42 pm

    This Mass. Town Once Lit the World With Whale Oil. Now It Wants to Do the Same With Wind Power

    New Bedford aspires to light the world once again with offshore wind energy many years after exporting whale oil for lamps.

  • green energy December 21, 2022 5:21 pm

    Baker Leaves Mass. With New Green Energy Plan for 2050

    By the year 2050, the Baker administration envisions virtually all of the state’s more than 5 million light-duty vehicles will run on electric power instead of fossil fuels, 80% of Massachusetts homes will be heated and cooled with electric heat pumps, and the statewide electrical infrastructure will be able to handle two and a half times more load than in…

  • energy costs November 14, 2022 6:12 pm

    Boston Program Aims to Offer Renewable Energy at Lower Cost

    With electric bills expected to increase as we move into winter, the city of Boston is encouraging residents to opt into a program that aims to provide more renewable energy for less money. “Right now for a lot of our neighborhoods energy costs are hurting families,” Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, director of the Energy Department, said. White-Hammond is the head of…

  • green energy October 12, 2022 4:37 pm

    Hydro-Quebec Subsidiary Buys 13 Dams in New England

    A Hydro-Quebec subsidiary is buying a company that operates 13 hydropower generating stations in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, strengthening its relationship with New England. The $2 billion purchase of Great River Hydro LLC and the dams that produce 589 megawatts of electricity will provide Hydro-Quebec with the largest hydropower operation in New England, officials said Wednesday. Hydro-Quebec has a…

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