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Copley Connect

City of Boston tests converting Back Bay street into pedestrian plaza

Cassandra Dumay June 23, 2022

  The portion of Dartmouth Street between the Boston Public Central Library and Copley Square was closed to cars from June 7 to June 17 as part of Copley Connect — a pilot program...

The Massachusetts Department of Ecological Restoration prioritized eight new river, wetland and cranberry bog refurbishment projects last Wednesday. COURTESY OF ANDREW WATSON VIA FLICKR

State names eight priority river and wetland restoration projects

Madison Mercado January 26, 2021
The new projects will restore wetlands and rivers to increase ecological resistance across the Commonwealth, benefit the economy and create new outdoor spaces for locals.
Boston’s Museum of Science hosted the Wicked High Tides Forum on the effects of climate change, particularly rising tides, Tuesday. MIRIAM FAUZIA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Interactive forum teaches communities to fight climate change with resilience

Miriam Fauzia March 4, 2020
At the Wicked High Tides Forum hosted by the Museum of Science Tuesday, attendees had the opportunity to learn about a solution for climate change — climate resilience — and its potential in averting it.
Protestors stand in front of the Boston State House in protest of climate change during the Boston Climate Strike on Sept. 20. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh updated the city’s Climate Action Plan on Tuesday to now include goals to cut back on carbon emissions from buildings. GABRIELA HUTCHINGS/ DFP FILE

Walsh announces plan to build carbon neutral buildings, lower emissions from existing buildings

Maggie Choy October 10, 2019
With this new plan, the city will take steps to drastically lower the carbon footprint of all the city's large buildings, while also working to make all new municipally owned buildings meet zero net carbon standards.
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