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Environment

  • Challenging 2012 For Wind-Energy Firms Filters Into Uncertain New Year

    January 7, 2013

    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 region's wind energy industry appears to be in for a turbul

    January 7, 2013
  • 101: Getting Greener

    January 7, 2013

    It's a new year. Perhaps your workplace has a resolution of going green, building on environmental initiatives, or reviewing the ways your company cuts back to preserve the Earth just a little bit more.

    January 7, 2013
  • Upcycling Gives Gadgets Second Lives

    Chris Noonan Special To The Worcester Business Journal December 10, 2012

    The runaway success of consumer electronics is a remarkable testament to innovation, human connectedness and economic strength.

    Chris Noonan Special To The Worcester Business Journal December 10, 2012
  • ThermoEnergy Narrows Losses

    November 15, 2012

    Worcester-based ThermoEnergy Corp. announced that its revenues soared in the third quarter and first nine months of the year, rising 70 percent to $2 million, and 57 percent to $5.6 million, respectively.

    November 15, 2012
  • WBJ Keynote Energy Speaker: Natural Gas Gaining Ground

    November 8, 2012

    The natural gas industry is gunning to be the top fossil fuel provider, and it's getting very close in New England, a top industry representative in the region said today.

    November 8, 2012
  • Can Worcester’s ‘Smart Grid’ Become An Economic Driver?

    October 29, 2012

    Could National Grid's relative early-mover status in the smart electricity grid arena turn into an economic advantage for Worcester?

    October 29, 2012
  • Energy Cost Breaks To Savor

    Mark Durrenberger Special To The Worcester Business Journal October 15, 2012

    Recent policy developments confirm the commonwealth's commitment to one of the country's most progressive renewable-energy agendas.

    Mark Durrenberger Special To The Worcester Business Journal October 15, 2012
  • Mass Dry Cleaners Asked To Adopt Plan To Cut Toxicity

    Emily Micucci October 12, 2012

    The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) this week announced a new plan aimed at reducing the use of toxic solvents by Bay State dry cleaners.

    Emily Micucci October 12, 2012
  • Want To Go Green? First, Look At Your Options

    Margaret Campbell October 4, 2012

    Renewable energy's popularity is on the rise. Many businesses are "going green" in order to gain customer favor, cut down on energy costs and help protect the environment.

    Margaret Campbell October 4, 2012
  • Officials Hope New Technology Will Expand Wind Energy In Central Mass.

    October 1, 2012

    The wind energy industry in Massachusetts is slowly and steadily growing, although it's not quite the darling that solar is. In Central Massachusetts, that may be even more true.

    October 1, 2012
  • What's A Green Job? It Depends On Whom You Ask

    October 1, 2012

    It sounds like the setup line for a joke: What do the driver of a hybrid bus, a sustainability coordinator and an electronics recycler have in common?

    October 1, 2012
  • Bay State Leads The Pack In Clean Energy

    Alicia Barton Mcdevitt Special To The Worcester Business Journal September 3, 2012

    Last week I was proud to announce that Massachusetts' clean energy industry is defying the challenging national and global economies by growing 11.2 percent over the last year.

    Alicia Barton Mcdevitt Special To The Worcester Business Journal September 3, 2012
  • Central Mass. Officials Look For Balance Between Development, Land Preservation

    Emily Micucci September 3, 2012

    Protecting open space is an initiative that state officials, private land trusts and conservation groups have been pursuing aggressively for several years.

    Emily Micucci September 3, 2012
  • North Brookfield Gets 4th Brownfields Cleanup Grant

    Emily Micucci August 24, 2012

    The Town of North Brookfield has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to continue cleanup at the 5.5-acre site of the former Aztec Asbestos Co. on Grove Street.

    Emily Micucci August 24, 2012
  • Mobile Market Brings Produce To Worcester

    August 20, 2012

    Local officials will unveil Worcester's new mobile farmers market, The Veggie Mobile, today at Grant Square. The market will make 10 stops a week to neighborhoods throughout the city, bringing fresh produce to low-income residents.

    August 20, 2012
  • Movers & Shakers — Aug. 20

    August 20, 2012

    EcoTarium of Worcester has hired Joseph P. Cox as its new president. He replaces Stephen M. Pitcher, who had been president since 2005.

    August 20, 2012

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While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.