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Tower Hill Marks Gardens Day With Free Admission

Jacquelyn Gutc |

As part of National Public Gardens Day, Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston will offer free admission Friday, May 10.

Hudson Solar Firm Names CEO

Jacquelyn Gutc |

Solar 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 Year

Matt Pilon |

As 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...

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