MA: Toxics
Bills Aim to Close Biomass Loopholes in MA Clean Energy Laws
Environmental and community health advocates in Massachusetts are backing new legislation they say will close loopholes in the state's clean energy la…
EPA Encouraged to Strengthen Air-Quality Standards for Soot
Environmental and health advocates say the Environmental Protection Agency's most recent proposal to strengthen national air-quality standards for soo…
Report: Last Decade Has Seen Too Many Methane Gas Leaks
A new report found in the last decade, there have been nearly 2,600 methane gas pipeline incidents in the U.S. serious enough to require reporting to …
Scorecard Ranks Retail, Apparel Companies on PFAS Policies
Groups advocating for an end to the use of Perfluorinated and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS), known as "forever chemicals," ranked various retail …
MA Groups: Time is Now to End Biomass Subsidies
Proposed legislation would end subsidies for wood-burning power plants in Massachusetts by removing biomass as an eligible fuel source for the Commonw…
MA Groups Look to Build on Landmark Climate Bill This Earth Day
BOSTON -- This Earth Day, as President Joe Biden convenes a climate summit with world leaders, Massachusetts environmentalists hope federal efforts …
New MA Pesticide Rules Made to Protect Pollinators
BOSTON -- Massachusetts has some new rules to restrict the use of pesticides. Neonicotinoids, or 'neo-nics' for short, will no longer be found on …
Harvard Prof.: EPA Off-Base with New Mercury Rule Analysis
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Environmental Protection Agency says air-pollution controls placed in 2016 on mercury emitted from coal-fired power plants …
Lawsuit Claims New EPA Rule Increases Interstate Smog in New England
BOSTON – Groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency to make it enforce the "Good Neighbor" provisions of the Clean Air Act, …
Advocates to Legislators: Get the Lead Out
LENOX, Mass. – Massachusetts needs to get the lead out of drinking water in schools and day-care centers. That's the message public-health …
Regulations Cuts Prompt Legal Action By Public-Interest Groups
BOSTON — Public interest law, environmental and labor groups are suing to stop the Trump administration's executive order to cut government …
Smog from Oil, Gas Facilities Linked to Asthma Attacks for Mass. Kids
BOSTON -- A first-of-its-kind analysis of the health impacts in the U.S. from ozone smog pollution caused by the oil and gas industry found that …