Tower Hill Marks Gardens Day With Free AdmissionAs part of National Public Gardens Day, Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston will offer free admission Friday, May 10. |
Hudson Solar Firm Names CEOSolar installation company New England Clean Energy of Hudson has named Jim Elkind its CEO, the company announced today. |
Making Homes Efficient Helps Businesses Too
Stephen L. Cowell |
While residential energy efficiency is a boon for consumers and helps the environment, it is also boosting Massachusetts businesses. |
Telecommuting’s Benefits Tough To Resist …
JOSEPH SARKIS
Special to the Worcester Business Journal |
Organizations have had a tough time coming to grips with telecommuting. Most recently, the issue arose when Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo, mandated that her company would discontinue... |
Businesses Prep For Impact Of Lower Carbon Cap
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE |
The carbon cap shared by nine states, including Massachusetts, will be about 74 million tons lower next year and closer to the states' actual total carbon dioxide output under a new Regional... |
Groups Seek To Replace Mass. Bottle Law
ANDY METZGER
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE |
About half a year after a dramatic debate over whether to expand the state's bottle deposit law, a group backed by the food and beverage industry is seeking to scrap the whole deposit law in favor of... |
Groups Round Up Support For Bottle Bill
COLLEEN QUINN
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE |
Environmental groups have persuaded state lawmakers to sign on to several bills they are pushing this session, including a move to protect the state’s endangered species act, fine farmers for... |
Tighe & Bond Wins Federal Contract
HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL |
Massachusetts environmental engineer Tighe & Bond, which has an office in Worcester, won a five-year federal procurement contractor certification to deliver its services to federal agencies. |
Challenging 2012 For Wind-Energy Firms Filters Into Uncertain New YearAs if the troubles experienced by Central Massachusetts' fledgling solar panel and electric battery manufacturers weren't enough of a challenge over the past few years, what exists of the... |
State's Efforts Give Once-Blighted Sites A Second Life
TIMOTHY P. MURRAY AND MARTY JONES
Special to the Worcester Business Journal |
From historic mill buildings stretched along our rivers to vacant properties in our downtown centers, Massachusetts is home to brownfields in need of critical redevelopment. Through our... |