The individual can and should be accountable for their own waste whenever possible — taking shorter showers, reducing consumption, learning more about recycling, etc. But the brunt of the work has to be done by the government and by large corporations because they’re the ones who have the power to actualize real, immediate and impactful change.
Boston University professor Nathan Phillips was arrested Wednesday while participating in a non-violent protest against construction of a natural gas compressor station outside of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
Boston City Councilors Michelle Wu and Matt O'Malley are pushing to strengthen protections for local wetlands, with the hope of improving Boston's ability to fight climate change via an ordinance filed at the end of January.
Disposal and composting efforts at Massachusetts businesses, facilities and institutions have improved since Massachusetts enacted the country’s first statewide food waste ban on Oct. 1, 2014, said...
A first-in-the-nation, statewide food waste ban has been implemented in Massachusetts in an effort to reduce the Commonwealth’s waste accumulation by using composting and energy-generating technology.
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The Environmental Protection Agency awarded the Charles River a water quality rating of “A-” on Wednesday, the highest grade the river has received since the EPA launched their Clean Charles River...
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh is encouraging Boston residents to take part in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, scheduled for April 26.
“I don’t want to get another call from a mother or...
The permitted levels of lead and arsenic in the soil at development sites are being decreased based on public concerns, according to a new policy proposed by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental...
Trying to compromise on the reformation of the Massachusetts bottle deposit law, two opposing parties attempted to reach a negotiation at a hearing on Sept. 17 at the Massachusetts State House about...
Amid calls to shrink government spending and increase focus on sustainability, a bill was filed Friday that would prevent Massachusetts state funds from being used for bottled water.
State Rep. Tom Sannicandro,...
