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Environment
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Healey calls for climate corridor in Massachusetts
October 11, 2022Candidate for governor Maura Healey promises to help create a "whole climate corridor" in Massachusetts to help the world move away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy.
October 11, 2022
Hourly service returning to Worcester’s Commuter Rail
October 6, 2022Weekday hourly Commuter Rail service will return to the Framingham/Worcester line out of Worcester’s Union Station starting on Oct. 17.
October 6, 2022
Mass. gas prices drop below national average
September 29, 2022The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in Massachusetts continues to drop even further, reaching $3.57 on Monday, down 11 cents from last week.
September 29, 2022
Gardner paper company partners with environmental organizations to fund ocean research
September 28, 2022Seaman Paper Co. in Gardner has partnered with Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida, and Italian organization, One Ocean Foundation to fund research and conservation efforts.
September 28, 2022
Worcester awarded $1.2M grant to study climate change impacts on the city
September 26, 2022The City of Worcester has been granted nearly $1.2 million for research on the city’s drainage system and the impact of climate change on the city.
September 26, 2022
Northborough firm to open Marlborough research facility for electric vehicle technology
September 23, 2022A new technology company is coming to Marlborough, as part of its expansion into the electric vehicle market.
September 23, 2022
NYT, Boston Globe correspondent to lead WBJ's manufacturing, energy coverage
September 22, 2022Worcester Business Journal has hired Kevin Koczwara, a longtime Worcester journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, and Rolling Stone, as its newest staff writer.
September 22, 2022
Boylston nonprofit receives $70K for outreach and tree planting in Worcester
September 1, 2022New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston received a $70,559 grant from Massachusetts’ Greening the Gateway Cities Program to plant 100 trees in Worcester and conduct outreach to residents, businesses, and non-profit organizations in the
September 1, 2022
Westborough battery innovator receives $50M investment to commercialize recycling technology
September 1, 2022SK ecoplant, the environmental division of Korean holding company SK Inc., has made a $50 million investment in Westborough’s Ascend Elements to help commercialize the firm’s trademarked Hydro-to-Cathode direct precursor synthesis process
September 1, 2022
Fitchburg Redevelopment Authority improves energy efficiency at Putnam Place
August 22, 2022The Fitchburg Redevelopment Authority replaced 300 light fixtures with LEDs at its business center, Putnam Place in Fitchburg, which along with other changes will save 113,000 kilowatt hours annually.
August 22, 2022
Navy awards WPI researchers $350K for contaminant-sensing drone tech
August 18, 2022Two researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have been awarded $347,843 by the U.S. Navy to develop a computational model that processes data from underwater drones to estimate the source and concentration of contaminants in oceans.
August 18, 2022
Baker stressing over one piece of climate bill
August 10, 2022Under a sweeping clean energy and climate bill lawmakers returned to his desk, 10 cities and towns would have the ability to restrict or prohibit the use of fossil fuels in most construction or major renovation projects.
August 10, 2022
Fed climate bill could fuel greening of economy
August 9, 2022Elected officials and environmental activists are still waiting to see what Gov. Charlie Baker will do with a reshaped clean energy bill on his desk, and they hope major legislation that cleared the U.S. Senate on Sunday will give the governor a bit
August 9, 2022
Public Lands Preservation Act negotiators come up short
August 3, 2022Lawmakers were unable to find agreement on a bill aimed at maintaining open spaces across Massachusetts in a marathon final formal session Sunday into Monday, but one top negotiator said he remains hopeful the measure can still pass in the coming
August 3, 2022
Aquarion Water to pay $13,500 for Oxford potassium hydroxide leak
August 3, 2022Aquarion Water Co., a subsidiary of Eversource Energy of Boston, will pay a penalty of $13,500 for violating drinking water regulations in the Town of Oxford, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection said on Tuesday.
August 3, 2022
Worcester manufacturer awarded $200K nuclear contract
August 1, 2022Multiscale Systems, a Worcester research and development company, has been awarded a $200,000 contract with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop parts for nuclear reactors.
August 1, 2022
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