Plans to redevelop a part of East Providence's waterfront as a port facility for the offshore wind industry has been set aside as the Trump administration freezes all federal permitting for offshore wind farms. Public funds budgeted for the project have been moved to other projects and priorities.
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A Suffolk Superior Court judge temporarily blocked turbine manufacturer GE Renewables from pulling out of the major offshore wind farm project, saying it would be “fanciful” to imagine a new...
New data shows a significant increase in summer bacteria spikes in Newburyport Harbor from the previous year — up to ten times higher in some cases. The cause is unclear....
Maine’s legislature has passed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on energy-hungry data centers. Proposals to slap a moratorium on data centers have been introduced in at least a dozen states,...
The developer of a major Massachusetts offshore wind farm is suing its turbine manufacturer seeking to force it to stay with the project. Vineyard Wind filed a lawsuit Wednesday in...
A new study from University of Vermont researchers found that invasive insects and diseases elevated by climate change are killing more trees in the Northeast. Researchers say this could have...
As solar grows, so does Vermont’s capacity for agrivoltaics — the dual use of land on solar farms for agriculture.
Massachusetts is seeking federal aid programs for numerous Massachusetts counties that were heavily affected by February's blizzard to help cover costs for the state and municipalities. The blizzard led to...
The ballooning use of artificial intelligence and cloud-based computing is fueling a rise in data centers — which store and process all the information needed to power these systems. Massachusetts...
