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The Daily Free Press

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Boston City Hall. On Oct. 8, Mayor Michelle Wu signed an executive order to implement the Boston Climate Council, which will be responsible for developing the city’s next phase of the Climate Action Plan. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

New Boston Climate Council to reduce carbon emissions, provide environmental protections to residents

Bridget Frawley October 17, 2024
Mayor Michelle Wu signed an executive order Oct. 8 to create the Boston Climate Council, an effort to implement a governmental approach to combating climate change.
panelists at a wbur climate change event for earth day

Policy, environmental experts discuss rising sea levels, city’s plans to combat it

Giulia Lallas April 26, 2021
On Earth Day, experts from three cities met to discuss how to prepare for sea-level rise equitably.
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.
Mayor Chris Bollwage of Elizabeth, New Jersey speaks at Mayors Roundtable: A Discussion with Mayors of Leading Coastal Cities at the Boston University School of Management Thursday. PHOTO BY AMELIA WELLS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City leaders discuss sea level rise, concerns for coastal cities

Amanda Kaufman November 14, 2014

Launching off a two-day conference about rising sea levels, several city leaders addressed concerns about the future of coastal cities at a conference Thursday night co-hosted by Boston University’s...

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