INDUSTRY

Environmental experts say the construction industry accounts for more than one-third of greenhouse gas emissions. UMass Amherst engineers hope to make data on carbon use more affordable and accessible.

More women have been going into the trades in Massachusetts, citing good pay, job satisfaction, and changing cultural norms.

The town of Vernon is considering a plan to reuse the site of the former Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, even as the state of Texas fights a proposal by the federal government to build a new facility that would store nuclear waste from Vermont.

Greenhouse gas emissions from heating and cooling buildings continue to rise in Connecticut despite the state’s efforts to improve energy efficiency.

Opponents of a waste dump containing PCB sediment planned for Lee, Massachusetts, took their case before the federal Environmental Appeals Board on…

A new grant provided to UMass Amherst seeks to assist people of color and low-income students get jobs in the offshore wind industry.UMass launched its…

Massachusetts lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have let the Baker administration know that they are not happy with proposed regulations that would…

The writer Gregory Brown describes his novel "The Lowering Days" as a love letter to where he grew up in Maine. The novel is the story of indigenous land…

A top official with a Los Angeles-area transit agency said he's "completely confident" in rail cars made by a company in Springfield, Massachusetts.…

Since April 27, eight nooses have been discovered at the construction site of an Amazon warehouse in Windsor. While Amazon and the companies it has...