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Environment

  • Connecticut clean energy company opens 10MW solar facility in Holliston

    Timothy Doyle July 25, 2023

    Altus Power of Stamford, Conn. opened a new 10-megawatt solar array and 15-megawatt battery storage system in Holliston.

    Timothy Doyle July 25, 2023
  • No bad time for good ideas: eSki shows how startups can build up their profiles

    Timothy Doyle Updated: July 24, 2023

    Worcester personal watercraft company shows how even in a shaky economy, good ideas can get close to investment ready.

    Timothy Doyle Updated: July 24, 2023
  • Heavy rains damage Western Mass. crops

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service July 12, 2023

    Having been pummeled by rainfall in recent days, residents of Franklin County were dealing Tuesday with flooded basements, washed out driveways, roads that have basically turned into rivers and the loss of entire farms' worth of crops.

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service July 12, 2023
  • Mass Megawatts Wind Power to change name to reflect shifting focus

    Timothy Doyle July 5, 2023

    Worcester-based Mass Megawatts Wind Power will change its name to Mass Megawatts, Inc. as solar power has become the company's primary focus.

    Timothy Doyle July 5, 2023
  • New dashboard tracks electric vehicle rollout in Mass.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service July 5, 2023

    The state Department of Transportation launched an interactive online dashboard compiling data about passenger vehicles registered in Massachusetts, including whether they run on fossil fuels, electricity or a hybrid power source.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service July 5, 2023
  • WBJ wins top design award in international journalism competition

    June 27, 2023

    Worcester Business Journal on Monday night won two awards from the international journalism trade organization Alliance of Area Business Publishers, including the top prize for overall design.

    June 27, 2023
  • Bags remain at center of State House battle against plastic

    Sophie Hauck | State House News Service June 19, 2023

    Time's up for single-use plastics. Or at least that remains the hope of representatives from ten environmental organizations who gathered this week on Beacon Hill to promote bills that would ban the distribution of plastic shopping bags at retail

    Sophie Hauck | State House News Service June 19, 2023
  • Worcester contractor fined $115K for asbestos violations

    Timothy Doyle June 13, 2023

    The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection assessed a penalty of $114,969 against a Worcester contractor for violations of asbestos regulations that occurred during work on a Worcester residential property in fall 2021.

    Timothy Doyle June 13, 2023
  • Energy Summit: How to ease the economy off its addiction to fossil fuels

    Monica Benevides Updated: May 29, 2023

    When it comes to reaching the state’s renewable energy goals, cross-sector collaboration is the name of the game, according to speakers and panelists at WBJ’s 2023 Mass Energy Summit.

    Monica Benevides Updated: May 29, 2023
  • Q&A: The Great Exchange in Devens finds new use for businesses’ discards

    Kevin Koczwara Updated: May 29, 2023

    The Devens Eco-Efficiency Center is a nonprofit providing programs to help companies make more efficient choices, such as by creating The Great Exchange, a marketplace for the reuse of materials destined for the trash.

    Kevin Koczwara Updated: May 29, 2023
  • Natick firm building a Devens facility to clean up use of the most abundant element in the universe: hydrogen

    Kevin Koczwara Updated: May 29, 2023

    Electric Hydrogen is opening a manufacturing facility in Devens to begin building its advanced electrolyzers, which can run off of renewable energy thanks to technological advances the company has made.

    Kevin Koczwara Updated: May 29, 2023
  • Mass. changes rules for 10-town pilot program barring fossil fuels from new developments

    Michael P. Norton | State House News Service May 12, 2023

    After incorporating changes based on public feedback, state energy officials say they expect to finalize rules by July 1 for a program that will enable 10 cities and towns to require new building construction or major renovation projects to be

    Michael P. Norton | State House News Service May 12, 2023
  • Littleton company receives $1.2M for data center cooling tech

    Timothy Doyle May 11, 2023

    Littleton-based JETCOOL Technologies, Inc. will receive more than $1.2 million from a U.S. Department of Energy division to advance cooling technology for data centers.

    Timothy Doyle May 11, 2023
  • Grant may lay groundwork for more federal climate aid

    Alison Kuznitz | State House News Service May 10, 2023

    As Massachusetts prepares to compete for federal funding to support climate resiliency projects, state officials can rely on an initial grant to help fine-tune their plan and seek feedback from stakeholders, including marginalized communities.

    Alison Kuznitz | State House News Service May 10, 2023
  • Worcester metro gas prices down 4 cents this week

    Moesha Nugent May 9, 2023

    Greater Worcester gasoline prices decreased 4 cents per gallon over the past week. Though at $3.43, it is 4 cents higher than last month's average of $3.39 per gallon.

    Moesha Nugent May 9, 2023
  • Town of Northbridge purchases 97 acres of conservation land

    Timothy Doyle May 9, 2023

    The Town of Northbridge purchased the 96.7-acre Castle Hill Farm property in that town on Friday for $1.45 million, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.

    Timothy Doyle May 9, 2023

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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.