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A Trump-Vance sign in Brookline, Massachusetts. While President-elect Donald Trump plans to make changes to reproductive, healthcare, education and immigration policies, Boston’s policies maintain protections. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

How do Trump’s second term policies measure up to Massachusetts?

Emma Mullay November 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump made many large-scale promises on policies concerning key voter issues both during his campaign and since his reelection — here’s how they shape up in Boston and Massachusetts.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

The Deadliest Lie in History | Bad Business

Nathan Metcalf October 16, 2022
If anyone was going to realize human activity was having an impact on rising global temperatures, you might suspect it would have been the most successful successor to the most ambitious oil and gas company to ever exist— and you would be exactly right.
Extinction Rebellion

GALLERY: The Extinction Rebellion stages a ‘die-in’ in the streets of Boston

Daily Free Press Staff September 21, 2022

By Ziyu (Julian) Zhu and Andrew Burke-Stevenson The Extinction Rebellion, or XR, group along with protestors gathered outside of Government Center station on Sept. 20 around 4:30 pm. The demonstrators...

Governor Forum on environmental justice

Gubernatorial candidates discuss climate change, environmental justice at WBUR forum

Bella Ramirez April 28, 2022
Gubernatorial candidates Sonia Chang-Díaz and Maura Healey addressed climate change and environmental concerns at a WBUR forum.
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Extinction Rebellion held ‘Fossil Fuel Freedom Tour’ through Boston

Yoko Zhu April 26, 2022
A climate changes group Extinction Rebellion Boston held a rally on Earth Day demanding a transition to renewable resources.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

OP-ED: Environmental racism is a legacy of white supremacy

Editors April 6, 2021
BU, hen will you uphold your sustainability and anti-racist mission and divest from fossil fuels?
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.
empty mbta train at boston college

Pandemic slashes Boston traffic

Anna Stjernquist March 12, 2021
Boston drivers lost an average of 48 hours to traffic in 2020 — down from 101 hours in 2019 — according to an INRIX report. The city’s congestion now ranks fourth in the United States, behind New York, Philadelphia and Chicago.
students demonstrate for divestment at boston universities

BU’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing reconsiders steps toward fossil fuel divestment

Katarzyna Jezak March 2, 2021
Boston University’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing is currently conducting a five-year consideration of fossil fuel divestment to make a recommendation to the board of trustees, which endorsed a review of policies in 2016.
Boston University Student Government discusses Divest BU endorsement proposal

StuGov discusses BU’s divestment from fossil fuels, election updates in weekly meeting

Anna Vidergar March 2, 2021
Boston University Student Government committed to endorsing Divest BU in a Zoom meeting Monday night.
Construction of the Center for Computing and Data Science

Residence Life holds community webinar on construction of Center for Computing and Data Sciences

Kylee Nguyen February 26, 2021
This discussion was part of a series of sessions to be held each semester by Residence Life until the center opens, as a way of keeping students who live near the site informed about the project.
Beacon Hill residents wrote an open letter requesting gas lamps in the neighborhood be replaced with electric bulbs to protect trees harmed by gas leaks. COURTESY OF IAN HOWARD VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Beacon Hill residents push to replace gas lamps with LED lighting

Katarzyna Jezak December 4, 2020
Those trees were planted in 1977 — the same year the gas lamps were installed. Roughly more than two-thirds of the trees have since died, while the remaining five are in bad health, according to the letter.
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