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With a drought and its resultant fires ongoing across the state, The Shoestring looks into the biggest emitters in western Mass.
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Massachusetts urinators may soon divert their excess nutrients away from waterways, where they can act as pollutants, to fertilize local farms, instead.
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Reducing deer populations could have public health and ecological benefits for Mass, but not everyone agrees boosting the annual harvest will help.
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A proposal for a wood-burning power plant may now move forward despite over a decade of community opposition, thanks to what activists are calling...
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From thousands of miles away, air pollution is traveling to New England and hitting already-polluted areas hardest.
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A fleet of F-35As, the military's newest fighter jet, could be flying out of Barnes Airport next year, at a higher volume and frequency...
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As energy companies eye western Mass' cheap land, communities and fire regulators find themselves at odds with climate goals.
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With Massachusetts likely to face more pest pressure as climate change worsens, advocates are urging the state to improve its tracking and regulation of...
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Multiple floods damaged homes and crops last year, raising the stakes of climate change mitigation across the Valley.
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Climate activists agree forests aren’t the best place to build solar. So why is it still happening?
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The bank's new Northampton branch location drew protestors Tuesday amid the planet's hottest month on record.
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NORTHAMPTON — Just last week, local farmer Courtney Whitely was staring out over the plot of land off Meadow Street where he grows eggplant...
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Local residents say keeping land forested is a better path to fighting climate change.
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“With climate change, we don’t have the stability that we used to,” one grower said.
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Sen. Comerford and others hope to avoid significant disruption to local agriculture and municipal wastewater management.
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The wildfire-risk warning seen this week from the National Weather Service may become more frequent in the future. By Dusty Christensen As temperatures soared...