Processing Your Payment

Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a few moments.

Environment

  • Groups Round Up Support For Bottle Bill

    Colleen Quinn State House News Service January 11, 2013

    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 keeping animals in confined cages, and another attempt at

    Colleen Quinn State House News Service January 11, 2013
  • Tighe & Bond Wins Federal Contract

    Hartford Business Journal January 8, 2013

    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.

    Hartford Business Journal January 8, 2013
  • State's Efforts Give Once-Blighted Sites A Second Life

    Timothy P. Murray And Marty Jones Special To The Worcester Business Journal January 7, 2013

    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.

    Timothy P. Murray And Marty Jones Special To The Worcester Business Journal January 7, 2013
  • 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

Sign up for Enews

WBJ Web partners

Today's Poll

Will the new lottery-based admissions systems for vocational-technical high schools make the economy better?
Choices
Poll Description

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.