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Environment
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Ad campaign targets utilities in brewing energy debate
February 5, 2016With an expansion of solar incentives bottled up in committee and a battle over a comprehensive new state energy policy looming this spring, the Environmental League of Massachusetts Action Fund plans to launch a $25,000 ad campaign targeting the
February 5, 2016
National Grid investing $1.2B in energy efficiency
February 3, 2016National Grid plans to invest just under $1.2 billion into energy efficiency programs over the next three years, with an expected payoff of $3.6 billion in savings for customers.
February 3, 2016
Business confidence nudges upward to start 2016
February 3, 2016Optimism about the state economy -- bolstered by news that Boston has lured GE away from Connecticut -- helped get 2016 off to a positive start for business confidence despite uneasy financial markets, according to the Associated Industries of
February 3, 2016
Partnership unites wind, hydro for clean energy bill
February 2, 2016A group of corporate partners representing the often-times competing interests of hydroelectric, on-shore wind and transmission have forged a new coalition to push lawmakers to embrace policies put forward by Gov. Charlie Baker and others that would
February 2, 2016
Budget hearing to take lawmakers around the state
February 1, 2016Gov. Charlie Baker's $39.55 billion budget proposal was filed Wednesday and a hearing schedule on the spending plan emerged late Friday. It will take lawmakers From Boston to Amherst, Methuen, Springfield, Medford, and Everett and back to Boston
February 1, 2016
Divestment group appeals to pension board
February 1, 2016A group seeking divestment of fossil fuel assets from the state pension fund plans to deliver a letter ahead of a meeting of the Pension Reserve Investment Management Board on Tuesday.
February 1, 2016
Learning the digital economy, the Girl Scout way
February 1, 2016Not too long ago, getting Girl Scout cookies to out-of-state friends and family involved buying and shipping them out yourself. But today, Thin Mints and Samoas are just a click away.
February 1, 2016101: Team accountability
February 1, 2016It's one thing to set goals and priorities for your team in 2016 and each sales quarter within. It's another thing to set up an environment of accountability to give those goals and priorities the best chance possible of getting accomplished.
February 1, 2016
Baker lays out $1B, 5-year economic development plan
January 29, 2016Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday proposed to pour almost $1 billion over the next five years into economic development, housing and job training as part of a strategy to maintain strong job growth in the Boston region and revitalize cities and towns
January 29, 2016
Senate passes climate change package
January 29, 2016The state would be required to develop a climate change mitigation plan and meet new long-term carbon emission reduction benchmarks under legislation passed unanimously by the Senate on Thursday.
January 29, 2016
MBTA fare increases contrary to no new fee policy?
January 25, 2016Gov. Charlie Baker has held the fiscal line for Massachusetts taxpayers and those subject to myriad governmental fees, promising no hikes in the fiscal 2017 budget.
January 25, 2016
Baker pitches hydropower; education in state of the state
January 22, 2016Gov. Charlie Baker, in an unapologetic defense of his administration's focus on the nitty-gritty of governing, called Thursday night for a significant new investment in vocational schools while also pledging fiscal restraint.
January 22, 2016
State updates path to greenhouse gas targets
January 20, 2016The legal mandate of reducing Massachusetts greenhouse gas emissions to hit a 2020 benchmark is "achievable" if environmental policies are carried out but imperiled if the state neglects a major importation of renewable energy, according to a Baker
January 20, 2016
Solar without subsidy?
January 18, 2016As Massachusetts lawmakers debate this month whether to raise the net-metering cap on solar, utility National Grid has thrown new evidence in the ring showing the solar industry may be ready to start standing on its own with fewer subsidies.
January 18, 2016
Apps not always the best mobile solution
January 18, 2016As mobile phones and tablets start to become the Internet device of choice, Central Massachusetts businesses are finding new ways to reach their customers and realizing there are more options than apps.
January 18, 2016
Investing in millennials is an investment in Worcester
January 18, 2016Anyone even remotely involved in the Worcester business community knows that there is a laser-focus on revitalizing the region's portfolio.
January 18, 2016
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