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The 2024 peach season in western Massachusetts is looking good, farmers say, at least right now. February 2023's subzero temperatures killed off buds on thousands of trees and many orchards reported a total loss for the season.
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Eversource is building the country's first gas utility-led networked geothermal system in Framingham. Environmentalists hope it can be a model for other gas utilities to wean themselves off of fossil fuels.
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The recent stint of spring-like temperatures in our area has some of us hoping flowers will begin popping up sooner than usual. Commentator Susan Johnson has been pondering whether that's a good thing.
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Cape Cod residents who object to the offshore wind plans for Massachusetts — in whole or in part — met for a four-hour conference Saturday in Hyannis.
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The mountain magnolia's native range has diminished due to climate change. Two Smith College researchers are leading a conservation effort to translocate a collection of the species in order to conserve it.
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A Massachusetts Agricultural Disaster Relief Fund would be funded through donations and grants. Farmers told lawmakers they need cash assistance, not a new line of credit or more loans.
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A major environmental experiment will require new construction and major renovations to embrace fossil fuel-free infrastructure for heating and cooling in some Massachusetts communities — none yet in the western part of the state.
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Massachusetts issues climate forestry report, ends tree-cutting 'pause.' Loggers want work to begin.The report is designed to help Massachusetts meet a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit of net zero by 2050.
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In a test Tuesday, shortly before midnight, Vineyard Wind sent about five megawatts of power ashore in Barnstable from a single turbine, according to project officials.
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Vineyard Wind electrified its first turbine on New Year’s Eve, but the turbine is not sending power to the grid.