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District 8’s City councilor for Sharon Durkan

Meet Sharon Durkan, District 8’s newest city councilor

Braedon Blumfield September 13, 2023
From growing up in a small and overwhelmingly conservative town in northern Georgia to being the finance director for Sen. Ed Markey, recently-elected District 8 City Councilor Sharon Durkan has always had an interest in politics.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu divests funds away from fossil fuels

Mayor Wu signs ordinance to divest fossils fuels in Boston

Emilia Wisniewski December 2, 2021
Mayor Michelle Wu divested City funds away from fossil fuel and other industries in an ordinance.
massachusetts state house

Massachusetts to hit net zero emissions by 2050 through new law

Taylor Brokesh March 31, 2021
Baker signed “An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy” Friday.
Yanisa Techagumthorn, Carlos Curbelo, Elizabeth Turnbull Henry and Bruce Gellerman speak at the “Get Educated: The Issues of the 2020 Election” panel on climate change at WBUR CitySpace Tuesday. JASMINE LI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Experts debate at CitySpace on how best to tackle climate change

Kyla Denisevich February 5, 2020
While the speakers — one former federal legislator and two climate advocates — all agreed climate change is a major problem, they deliberated over how best to solve it.
East to West: October 7, 2019

East to West: October 7, 2019

JenRacoosin October 7, 2019

In this episode of “East to West,” we cover a student protest at the engineering career fair, the arrest of a BU professor, and Uber’s new app feature for Massachusetts. This episode originally...

The Boston Public Library in Copley Square, where at-large candidates for Boston City Council hosted an open forum to discuss their environmental stances on Wednesday night. CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE

City Council candidates tackle environmental challenges in public forum

Alyssa Figueroa October 3, 2019
All but one of the at-large candidates for Boston’s City Council convened at the Boston Public Library Wednesday night for a forum in which city residents pressed the contenders on their stances on energy and environmental issues.
Democratic candidate for Massachusetts governor Jay Gonzalez did not receive the endorsement of the the Environmental League of Massachusetts, a major environmental group. COURTESY OF MEREDITH NIERMAN/ WGBH NEWS

Environmental League of Massachusetts endorses Democrats, except Jay Gonzalez

Laura Al Bast November 6, 2018
The Environmental League of Massachusetts has endorsed dozens of candidates running for office in Massachusetts, with one stark absence: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Gonzalez.
Environmental groups have been critical of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s policies, giving the state a “C” grade each of the past three years of the annual report. BRANDON SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Environmental groups criticize Baker for lack of long-term climate action

Audrey Martin November 1, 2018
For the third year in a row, Massachusetts was given a C rating for environmental and energy commitments, according to the latest Massachusetts Energy and Environment Report Card.
A report released by the Environmental League of Massachusetts on Thursday rated the Baker-Polito administration's environmental efforts with a C. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS

Environment groups give Massachusetts environmental efforts C grade

Kalina Newman April 25, 2016

In collaboration with several environmental agencies, the Environmental League of Massachusetts released its first annual report Thursday on the commonwealth’s environmental efforts, deeming Massachusetts’...

The National Academy of Sciences called for further investment in geoengineering in a report released Feb. 10. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Geoengineering solutions full of hot air, experts warn

Michelle Marino February 17, 2015

At a rate of 0.12 inches per year since 1992, the sea is rising, according to research by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. To a harbor city like Boston, that could be more than just...

Boston Mayor Menino pushes residents to adopt solar technology

Daily Free Press Admin November 20, 2013

In continuation of his support for renewable energy, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino called on residents Thursday to consider the adoption of solar power technology in their homes and communities. George...

On 1-year anniversary of Sandy, environmental groups seek disaster plan

Daily Free Press Admin October 23, 2013

One year after Superstorm Sandy hit the east coast of the U.S., the Environmental League of Massachusetts called on the two Boston mayoral candidates to have detailed plans on how the city will be better...

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