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Environment

  • National Grid, battery company unveil power system at Holy Name

    Zachary Comeau October 5, 2017

    National Grid and a Woburn-based battery maker on Thursday unveiled an energy storage system at Holy Name High School in Worcester.

    Zachary Comeau October 5, 2017
  • Firm fined $8,000 for Medway gas spill

    Zachary Comeau October 5, 2017

    The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has fined a company $8,000 for a diesel fuel spill in Medway the company failed to immediately address.

    Zachary Comeau October 5, 2017
  • Ameresco finishes $5.1M Cannon Mountain project

    Zachary Comeau October 4, 2017

    Framingham energy services provider Ameresco completed a $5.1-million project at Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire, set to save the ski resort $386,000 annually.

    Zachary Comeau October 4, 2017
  • Natural gas leaks cost Mass. $39M annually

    Zachary Comeau October 2, 2017

    Natural gas is leaking into the atmosphere from more than 900 locations in Worcester alone.

    Zachary Comeau October 2, 2017
  • Mass. looks to retain its solar power status

    Grant Welker October 2, 2017

    Overcoming its latitude and climate disadvantages compared to other states, Massachusetts has become a national leader in solar energy production, largely thanks to state incentive programs, which are due to make a major transition next year.

    Grant Welker October 2, 2017
  • Planet Aid installs 539-kilowatt Milford solar array

    Zachary Comeau September 28, 2017

    Global development nonprofit Planet Aid's facility in Milford is now equipped with a 539-kilowatt solar array thanks to a Boston-based alternative energy firm.

    Zachary Comeau September 28, 2017
  • Food Hub has served as incubator for 16 tenants

    Grant Welker September 22, 2017

    In little more than a year, the Worcester Regional Food Hub in Shrewsbury has attracted 16 tenants.

    Grant Welker September 22, 2017
  • Proposed bill would eliminate Mass. use of fossil fuels

    State House News Service September 20, 2017

    Nearly two-thirds of electricity in Massachusetts comes from natural gas, a dynamic that environmental groups and clean energy advocates said Tuesday must change soon.

    State House News Service September 20, 2017
  • Movers & Shakers

    September 18, 2017

    Main Street Bank, Women in Business, Inc., and Southbridge Credit Union are among the six companies announcing recent hires and promotions.

    September 18, 2017
  • Mother nature's boom & bust

    September 18, 2017

    Businesses with direct exposure to mother nature are living in a less certain environment, and planning for the long game is more important than ever.

    September 18, 2017
  • Worcester airport contractor fined $168K

    Grant Welker September 15, 2017

    A Framingham contractor working at Worcester Regional Airport has been fined $167,500 by the state Department of Environmental Protection for wetlands and water-quality violations.

    Grant Welker September 15, 2017
  • Public, private leaders call for renewable energy push

    Zachary Comeau September 8, 2017

    Central Massachusetts leaders said at a renewable energy summit in Oakham Thursday the state should move to a 100-percent renewable energy solution.

    Zachary Comeau September 8, 2017
  • Health care ombudsman could cut through state's red tape, industry says

    State House News Service August 31, 2017

    Navigating different sets of regulations and state offices poses a challenge to those charged with patient care in Massachusetts, health care experts and officials say.

    State House News Service August 31, 2017
  • Harvard firm's solar microgrid half-powers Mass. island

    Zachary Comeau August 30, 2017

    A Harvard solar company announced Wednesday a solar array on Cuttyhunk Island provided more than half of the island's electricity during its busy summer season.

    Zachary Comeau August 30, 2017
  • RGGI states emissions reduction agreement

    State House News Service August 25, 2017

    The nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative consortium has settled on a 30 percent reduction in carbon pollution from the region's power plants by 2030.

    State House News Service August 25, 2017
  • State approves expansion to create $210M Medway power plant

    Zachary Comeau August 10, 2017

    A state board has approved Exelon's proposed 200-megawatt expansion of its existing Medway facility after more than two years of deliberation.

    Zachary Comeau August 10, 2017

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Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.