Last year, the state’s highest court ordered the Department of Environmental Protection to come up with new regulations to ensure the state meets emissions reduction goals in three years. Those goals were put into law in 2008.
The Week Ahead On Beacon Hill
A group of Massachusetts Senators, including Stan Rosenberg of Amherst, head to Minnesota to fact-find, this week.
UMass Study Shows Unexpected Shifts In Bird Populations As Climate Warms
Some species shifted down-slope over time, but the study’s author doesn’t think that will continue in the long-run.
An Arctic Summer Is Cold, But Not Cold Enough
While our commentator’s friends were dusting off their barbecues and beach umbrellas, she flew to the Arctic Circle,
Farming, Soil And Water, In The Time Of Climate Change
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In the Northeast, according to the USDA, about 175,000 farms produce more than $21-billion a year in food, hay and flowers. But not this year. The climate — and how it’s changing — has many farmers thinking about how to manage their land, their animals and available water.
Language In Democratic Party Platform Handles Climate Change Like An All-Out War
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Not much has been said about climate change at the Democratic National Convention. But delegates wrote aggressive language in the party platform that suggests the U.S. go after this “enemy,” like it did after Pearl Harbor.