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Massachusetts to Allocate $46M for EV Charging Infrastructure
Government Technology
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August 18, 2025
(TNS) — Gov. Maura Healey’s administration is seeking to expand charging stations for electric vehicles as part of broader efforts to get more drivers to ditch their gas-powered vehicles, but the spending comes amid increasing uncertainty about...
How growing up in a changing climate connects Provincetown students to a community in Alaska
CAI - Massachusetts
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August 18, 2025
Provincetown and the Bearing Sea coastal village of Mertarvik are just about as far away as two places can be in the United States. But students in both communities have found one big piece of common ground — growing up in a rapidly changing...
Experts Have Named This The Worst Coffee Brand In Massachusetts
WSBS - Massachusetts
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August 18, 2025
As a coffee drinker, I believe that coffee should taste fresh and have a hint of sweetness. In my opinion, any bitterness is unacceptable. You might be surprised to learn that you could be drinking what is considered the worst cup of coffee every...
The safari boat changing how you see Africa’s wildlife
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Solar-powered and equipped with quiet electric motors, the Pangolin Voyager is the safari boat changing how you see Africa’s wildlife. It offers a fresh way to see elephants, hippos and rare birds in their natural habitat. Its design eliminates...
Tenants win small victory in Massachusetts budget but housing policy mostly...
People's World
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August 18, 2025
AP BOSTON—Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has signed a new $60.9 billion fiscal budget into law, and nearly a month sooner than last year’s budget. While the budget details expenditures for all the various state and state-subsidized organizations,...
NFL Player Deatrich Wise Jr. Celebrates First Year as Co-Owner of Boston’s Veggie Galaxy
FSR
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August 18, 2025
NFL star and Super Bowl champion Deatrich Wise Jr. is celebrating his first anniversary as co-owner of Boston’s beloved Veggie Galaxy, marking a milestone in his ongoing mission to shift the narrative around vegan and vegetarian cuisine from niche...
Climate change is ‘enshittifying’ our lives
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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I’d momentarily forgotten. For four days in a row this month, we, like millions of Americans across the Midwest and Northeast, had been living under a haze of poor air quality. For four days, the sky was an undifferentiated gray and the sun stayed...
Climate Change Has a Trolley Problem
Atmos
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August 18, 2025
Francesca Reznik is a program manager for workforce development at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. She holds a Master’s of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School of Harvard Divinity School. This Points of View article reflects her...
Ohio protects polluters, not people, from climate costs and crisis: Leila Atassi
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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August 18, 2025
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ohio likes to think of itself as a place apart — a pocket of serenity in a country battered by hurricanes, wildfires and drought. Our summers can be muggy and our winters long, but the world’s most headline-grabbing climate...
Heat waves and poor air quality are here to stay. Here’s how Boston is adapting.
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Write to us at startingpoint@globe.com. To subscribe, sign up here. If you live in Boston, you’re in for a balmy day. Temperatures are set to reach the low 70s and the air is clear. Not every day this summer has been so pleasant. Heat waves and...
Maine’s surge in tick-borne diseases linked to warming climate
The Portland Press Herald - Maine
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August 17, 2025
In 2023, experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a dramatic rise in babesiosis, a historically rare tick-borne disease, throughout New England. Here in Maine, where babesiosis was not previously considered endemic,...
Environmental groups sue over Energy Department report downplaying climate change
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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A new lawsuit in federal court alleges that the Trump administration violated the law by secretly recruiting a group of people who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to write a report downplaying global warming. The Environmental...
UMass Lowell celebrates Massachusetts Urban Agriculture Week
The Lowell Sun - Massachusetts
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August 17, 2025
LOWELL — As part of Massachusetts Urban Agriculture Week, on Friday, Aug.15, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner Ashley Randle visited UMass Lowell, the highest-rated campus for sustainability in the state, according to...
In Tough Climate for Raising Money, VC Firm Hatteras Secures $200M for Two New Funds
MedCity News
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August 17, 2025
Venture capital firms are still raising money, but they’re not raising as much as they used to and it’s taking longer to close new funds. In that context, Hatteras Venture Partners’ recent close of two new funds is notable. In the first half of...
US Fish & Wildlife headquarters in Hadley spared from closure
Athol Daily News - Massachusetts
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August 17, 2025
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Northeast regional headquarters in Hadley is remaining open. FILE PHOTO By SCOTT MERZBACH HADLEY — In an apparent reversal of a decision by the Trump administration, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Northeast regional...
Logging scandal in Boston Village: PUP chairman alleges coverup
Amandala
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August 17, 2025
Logs which Boston villagers claim were illegally taken from their village Ranking Cabinet ministers asked to explain their intervention BOSTON VILLAGE, Belize District, Wed. Aug. 13, 2025 Nickoli Alvarado, the People’s United Party chairman of...
Electricity company develops game-changing tool to keep lights on during natural disasters: 'To improve power quality'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 15, 2025
"Before the weather even strikes, we need to get our system ready." by Juliana MarinoAugust 15, 2025 A New England electricity company has installed a revolutionary tool that will support customers during power outages, providing vital support...
Massachusetts Seeks to End Ratepayer-Funded Subsidy for New Natural Gas Connections
Inside Climate News
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August 15, 2025
A new Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities policy designed to discourage continued growth in the use of natural gas would end existing subsidies for gas utility lines in all newly constructed homes and buildings. Under the new policy,...
B.C. climate news: Vancouver Island wildfire grows by more than half, but rain helping | Wildfire in Newfoundland destroys up to 100 homes | Failed plastics negotiations in Geneva leaves few options
Prince George Post
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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Here's all the latest local and international news concerning climate change for the week of Aug. 5 to Aug. 17, 2025. Published Aug 16, 2025 • 11 minute read The Mount Underwood wildfire near Port Alberni has...
How does plastic pollution affect health? | Explained
The Hindu
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August 16, 2025
The story so far: Around 180 countries have failed to find consensus on an internationally binding legal agreement that sought to restrict plastic pollution. Talks in Geneva remained deadlocked on the issue late this week. While there is already a...