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New dashboard tracks electric vehicle rollout in Mass.
July 5, 2023The 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.
July 5, 2023
WBJ wins top design award in international journalism competition
June 27, 2023Worcester 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
June 19, 2023Time'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
June 19, 2023
Worcester contractor fined $115K for asbestos violations
June 13, 2023The 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.
June 13, 2023
Energy Summit: How to ease the economy off its addiction to fossil fuels
Updated: May 29, 2023When 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.
Updated: May 29, 2023
Q&A: The Great Exchange in Devens finds new use for businesses’ discards
Updated: May 29, 2023The 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.
Updated: May 29, 2023
Natick firm building a Devens facility to clean up use of the most abundant element in the universe: hydrogen
Updated: May 29, 2023Electric 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.
Updated: May 29, 2023
Mass. changes rules for 10-town pilot program barring fossil fuels from new developments
May 12, 2023After 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
May 12, 2023
Littleton company receives $1.2M for data center cooling tech
May 11, 2023Littleton-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.
May 11, 2023
Grant may lay groundwork for more federal climate aid
May 10, 2023As 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.
May 10, 2023
Worcester metro gas prices down 4 cents this week
May 9, 2023Greater 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.
May 9, 2023
Town of Northbridge purchases 97 acres of conservation land
May 9, 2023The 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.
May 9, 2023
EPA awards Westborough green energy company $130 million contract
April 21, 2023The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan tapped Westborough-based NORESCO to implement a new decarbonization program through an energy savings performance contract.
April 21, 2023
University entrepreneurship programs help undergrad startup bring power to Indonesian fish farms
Updated: April 17, 2023A company founded by Worcester undergrads aims to supply rural communities with an inexpensive local source of electricity.
Updated: April 17, 2023
Central Mass. water improvement projects to split $152M in financing
April 14, 2023Fourteen projects across Central Massachusetts have received more than $152 million in federal and state low-interest-rate loans and grants to improve water quality, upgrade or replace drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, and reduce treat
April 14, 2023
MetroWest organizations awarded $232K to improve drinking water
April 6, 2023Five organizations in Boxborough and Stow received a combined $232,209 as part of nearly $600,000 awarded in Central Massachusetts and $1 million statewide from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection grants to small public water
April 6, 2023
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