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The arrival of 21 new F-35 jets was announced last month. The war planes will soon bring much more noise to the region's skies.
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Environment
The ballot measure would divert a small portion of state taxes towards conservation, but some prominent environmentalists have declined to endorse it.
Environment
A fleet of new F-35 jets will soon begin roaring over western Massachusetts. But it will take much longer for noise-mitigation funding to arrive.
Environment
After the Trump administration slashed federal staff and funding for conservation work, the Connecticut River Watershed Partnership is working with federal lawmakers to try...
Environment
Massachusetts urinators may soon divert their excess nutrients away from waterways, where they can act as pollutants, to fertilize local farms, instead.
Education
Student and faculty organizers say they remain focused on full divestment from fossil fuels and weapons contractors.
Environment
A state study estimated using Quabbin water locally would cost about half a billion dollars. Some from the region say they'd just as soon...
Environment
With a drought and its resultant fires ongoing across the state, The Shoestring looks into the biggest emitters in western Mass.
Environment
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...
Environment
As energy companies eye western Mass' cheap land, communities and fire regulators find themselves at odds with climate goals.
Environment
With Massachusetts likely to face more pest pressure as climate change worsens, advocates are urging the state to improve its tracking and regulation of...
Environment
Multiple floods damaged homes and crops last year, raising the stakes of climate change mitigation across the Valley.
Environment
Climate activists agree forests aren’t the best place to build solar. So why is it still happening?
Environment
The bank's new Northampton branch location drew protestors Tuesday amid the planet's hottest month on record.
Environment
NORTHAMPTON — Just last week, local farmer Courtney Whitely was staring out over the plot of land off Meadow Street where he grows eggplant...
Environment
Local residents say keeping land forested is a better path to fighting climate change.