Nancy Eve Cohen
Senior ReporterNancy Eve Cohen is a senior reporter focusing on Berkshire County. Previously she served as the editor of the Northeast Environmental Hub, a collaborative of more than a dozen public radio stations.
Earlier in her career she was the Midwest editor for NPR in Washington, D.C.
Before working in radio, she produced environmental television documentaries.
As part of a camera crew, Nancy also recorded sound for network television news, with assignments in Russia, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba and in Sarajevo during the war in 1992.
She can be reached at nancy_cohen [at] nepm.org.
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The U.S. Environmental Protective Agency said General Electric's cleanup of the Housatonic River will not pose health risks from airborne PCBs. The agency will hold a public meeting in Lee, Massachusetts, on Thursday to explain what will be required if the concentration of PCBs reaches certain levels. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cut back on how often it will meet with a citizens group to discuss the cleanup of the Housatonic River, which General Electric contaminated with PCBs decades ago. -
Massachusetts state Sen. Joan Lovely continues to push for her bill to eliminate of the state's statute of limitations on civil cases alleging child sexual abuse. Lovely has a strategy for getting a vote on her proposed bill during the current informal session. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a contest to find a new way to reduce the toxicity of PCBs in rivers. The method won't be used to eliminate the PCB disposal site in Lee, Massachusetts, which is part of the agency's clean up of the Housatonic River.
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A bill that would evaluate access to trails on state land in Massachusetts, and make recommendations to increase access, did not get a vote in the formal legislative session. -
As Massachusetts state Rep. Smitty Pignatelli gets ready to step down after serving for more than two decades, a Democrat and an unenrolled candidate face off in the November election. -
After the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 448, voted to strike this past weekend, the union and management reached a tentative agreement. On Tuesday the union voted to ratify a three-year contract. -
The Massachusetts primary election includes three contested races in Hampden and Berkshire counties. -
The Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 448 in Springfield, Massachusetts said it plans to hold a vote Saturday on whether to strike. Negotiations with DGR broke down after the union rejected a contract proposal on Tuesday.
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Voters in the 3rd Berkshire state House district will elect a new state representative for the first time in more than two decades this year. That's because Rep. Smitty Pignatelli is stepping down. Three candidates are running for his seat in the September 3rd Democratic primary.
