ENVIRONMENT

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss negative health impacts around the 413, the newly reopened Berkshire Museum and the upcoming congressional elections.

A federal state voucher program is weighted to benefit private schools, communities receive $100 million in natural gas investments from utilities companies despite moving away from fossil fuels, Berkshire County loses another dairy farm, and South Hadley considers lifting a ban on marijuana establishments.

UMass Amherst will be among the first public universities in the country to have an electric-powered heat pump installed on its campus.

We review alleged inequities regarding the Quabbin Reservoir, the ongoing controversy with the planned Hampden County courthouse and much more.

Quabbin communities including Shutesbury, Belchertown, Orange, and Pelham have all passed resolutions calling for major changes to the the state's payment program.

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss a controversial proposal for a new courthouse in Springfield, breakdown the U.S. Senate debate between incumbent

We check out the needs of the surrounding towns of the Quabbin Reservoir, talk about how to talk about the 250th with guest Word Nerd Peter Sokolowski, and talk to Historic Deerfield about their Plays in Place series.

Carrie Saldo and panelists discuss data centers in the 413, the challenge of filling aging government positions, potential for new high school graduation requirements, a new nature preserve in the Berkshires & much more.

We take a tour of Pomeroy's Vegetable Farm, check in with the 2026 Battle of the Botanicals fundraiser at the Hitchcock Center, and check out the newest editions to the slang dictionary with the Word Nerd.

Chestnut River Power and Infrastructure, the Boston-based developer that had wanted to build a data center in Holyoke, says they will not fight the city council's ban.