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An MBTA bus going down Commonwealth Avenue. Through the Better Bus Project, the MBTA is attempting to lower carbon emissions with an all-electric bus fleet, the first few prototypes of which were rolled out at the end of July. CAROLINE FERNANDEZ/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MBTA tries electric buses to combat climate change

Sarah Readdean September 12, 2019
Now, the MBTA is looking to be ahead of the curve again. Transportation is currently Massachusetts’ largest source of greenhouse gas emissions according to the Sierra Club Massachusetts chapter, but by launching a pilot program of five all-electric buses on the Silver Line, that might be on the brink of changing. 
New student group BU Students Against Mass Incarceration launched this month with the goal of teaching the student body about BU’s participation in the prison system. COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA

New student organization calls for BU to divest from private prison system

Sofia Saric April 26, 2019
Boston University Students Against Mass Incarceration, a new student-run private prison divestment campaign, launched this month with the goal of educating the student body about BU’s participation in the prison industrial complex.
Divest BU members Anna Baggett (left) and Bolaji Olagbegi (right), both juniors in CAS, speak at a teach-in on environmental justice Sunday afternoon. FELIX PHILLIPS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Divest BU holds teach-in to discuss environmental justice

Andy Vo December 2, 2018

Divest BU hosted a teach-in Sunday at Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences to emphasize the importance of environmental justice and promote awareness of the world’s excessive carbon...

Anthony Janetos, director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, will chair the Climate Action Plan Task Force, President Robert Brown announced in a university-wide email Monday. PHOTO COURTESY PARDEE CENTER

BU appoints Pardee professor to head Climate Action Plan

Abigail Freeman November 3, 2016

Boston University President Robert Brown announced Monday via email that Anthony Janetos, the director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of Longer-Range Future, will chair the university’s...

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