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Boston University environmental analysis and policy student Keeley Bombard. In her work at the environmental nonprofit Ocean River Institute, Bombard relays constituent feedback to legislators regarding environmental concerns and initiatives. COURTESY OF ROB MOIR

BU senior connects residents to their legislators while interning at environmental nonprofit

Claire Law October 27, 2021
Keeley Bombard is the fall intern at the Ocean River Institute in Cambridge.
student buying produce at sustainability festival

Annual Sustainability Festival opens conversations about environmentalism

Seamus Webster September 24, 2021
BU Sustainability held its annual Sustainability Festival on Marsh Plaza Thursday to spread awareness and information about sustainability.
The boarding used to protect Boston businesses prior to the election, in anticipation of protests, will be reused in order to reduce its environmental impact, according to construction professionals. MEGHAN SCOTT/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

What businesses can do with plywood after un-boarding storefronts

Allison Pirog November 9, 2020
Wooden boarding put up in anticipation of property damage on Election Day can be reused to reduce its environmental impact.
Protestors march at the Boston Climate Strike last December. Boston-based environmental organizations have had to cancel in-person Earth Day rallies and transition to virtual events because of the coronavirus. AUSMA PALMER/ DFP FILE

Environmental activism moves online for this year’s Earth Day celebrations

Molly Farrar April 21, 2020
Environmental organizations are forced to cancel their Earth Day celebrations this year, and continue their advocacy efforts online.
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.
Jean Morrison, university provost and chief academic officer, speaks at a Tuesday town hall discussion in the George Sherman Union auditorium regarding the construction of the new Center for Computing Sciences. DANIEL MU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU hosts town hall to discuss construction of Center for Computing Sciences

Marion Cassidy October 23, 2019
Boston University invited students, alumni and local community members to a town hall meeting Tuesday regarding the construction of the new Center for Computing Sciences building on Commonwealth Avenue.

Protesters gather in opposition to Keystone XL pipeline

Daily Free Press Admin September 23, 2013

In an attempt to influence politicians before the Obama administration decides whether to approve the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, about 80 people assembled in front of the Massachusetts...

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