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  • WPI professor leading $2.5M recycling robots project

    Grant Welker November 5, 2019

    A robotics scientist at Worcester Polytechnic Institute will lead a team of researchers in a project to help recycling centers better sort materials.

    Grant Welker November 5, 2019
  • Central Mass. communities get $4.7M for green projects

    September 18, 2019

    State funding is providing 28 Central Massachusetts cities and towns with more than $4.7 million to cover clean energy projects.

    September 18, 2019
  • Ofo bikeshare leaving Worcester

    Grant Welker July 23, 2018

    Ofo, the Chinese company that brought a swarm of yellow rentable bikes to Worcester last year, is folding its operations in Massachusetts amid a much broader retrenchment.

    Grant Welker July 23, 2018
  • Creating a walkable Worcester

    Grant Welker April 17, 2017

    Worcester officials are looking to Washington Square as a way to bring the city's walkable districts together.

    Grant Welker April 17, 2017
  • Holy Cross' greenery pays off

    Emily Micucci April 17, 2017

    Holy Cross' painstaking efforts to maintain a lush campus inside the city landscape have paid off with accolades and student interest.

    Emily Micucci April 17, 2017
  • Report urges more solar homes, transportation solutions

    Andy Metzger State House News Service August 13, 2015

    Environmentalists are calling on Massachusetts officials to accelerate their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, urging policymakers to set new long-term targets and focus on the transportation sector and "solar-ready" new homes.

    Andy Metzger State House News Service August 13, 2015
  • AMSC revenues rocket up as losses fall

    Sam Bonacci August 5, 2015

    Devens-based AMSC more than doubled revenue in the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, while cutting losses and expanding cash reserves, the company announced Wednesday.

    Sam Bonacci August 5, 2015
  • AMSC to offer 4 million shares of common stock

    April 24, 2015

    Devens-based AMSC Thursday announced it would offer 4 million in common stock in an underwritten public offering.

    April 24, 2015
  • Governors’ energy conference yields more talk

    Brad Kane Hartford Business Journal April 24, 2015

    After a summit of the five New England governors on Thursday in Hartford, they all agreed to further collaborate on the region's energy issues but did not commit to any infrastructure projects or policy changes.

    Brad Kane Hartford Business Journal April 24, 2015
  • It's all about efficiency, cost savings

    Michael D. Grimmer April 13, 2015

    In recent years, health care providers throughout Massachusetts have been forced to become fiscally creative as they maneuver through the maze of decreasing government payments and cost-cutting pressures.

    Michael D. Grimmer April 13, 2015
  • Hospitals go green to help meet energy demand

    Emily Micucci April 13, 2015

    With one Midwestern hospital now operating off the grid, energy independence appears within reach for hospitals. Find out about the local push for renewables in our April 13 print article.

    Emily Micucci April 13, 2015
  • As solar use goes up, costs are coming down

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal April 13, 2015

    Massachusetts' use of solar power has been on a tear over the past few years. In 2007, developers, businesses and homeowners had installed less than 2 megawatts of photovoltaic capacity. But that doubled the next year, then the next, and the next.

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal April 13, 2015
  • ‘Recovery, improvement’ in Ameresco results

    March 5, 2015

    Framingham-based Ameresco reported financial gains in its fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 results.

    March 5, 2015
  • Massachusetts a leader in LEED-certified construction

    February 13, 2015

    The U.S. Green Building Council says in a new report that Massachusetts does the fifth-best job in the nation in sustainable building design, construction and transformation.

    February 13, 2015
  • Hub firm launches Winchendon solar installation

    July 9, 2014

    Boston-based solar energy provider Nexamp has opened a 2.3-megawatt project in Winchendon that it says will generate “tens of thousands” of dollars in new tax revenue for the town over the next 20 years.

    July 9, 2014
  • Environmentalists seek ballot initiative for bottle bill

    State House News Service June 18, 2014

    Beacon Hill lawmakers have been unable to reach a compromise for a bottle bill update as a deadline draws near, and groups opposed to the expansion and pro-update activists who are seeking to put the issue on the November ballot are inching closer

    State House News Service June 18, 2014

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Massachusetts whistleblower laws predominantly safeguard public employees from retaliation when they report violations, abuse, or risks to public health and safety. However, private employees have far more restrictions in regards to their state-provided whistleblower protections, but there are still ways they file retaliation complaints, including federally through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Act.

In January, the state agency Cannabis Control Commission suspended a whistleblower featured in a WBJ investigation. Without providing reasoning, the CCC put Business Operations Manager Meghan Dube on paid administrative leave. Dube subsequently resigned from her role.

In May, Carla LeBlanc, a nurse at Saint Vincent Hospital was fired for her appearance on a local podcast in which she spoke out about long-documented concerns regarding working conditions and interpersonal dynamics at the Worcester facility. She then filed a lawsuit against the hospital and its operator under the Massachusetts Healthcare Whistleblower Protection Act, which offers protections to private healthcare workers.