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Healey administration extends pause on state forest logging contracts for 6 more months

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey's administration says it will continue a pause on new logging contracts in state forests for another six months, as officials look to develop guidelines that more fully acknowledge the role of forests in combatting climate change.

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Climate Now: Erosion and the Boston Harbor Islands

The Harbor Islands are also eroding, and fast.

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Climate Now: Powering Chinatown's energy resilience

In Boston's Chinatown, you don’t have to look far to see how climate change is already affecting the lives of residents. But the Chinatown Community Land Trust and Chinese Progressive Association are working on a solution that they hope will put power back in the hands of Chinatown residents when it comes to climate resilience – literally.

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At 92, a Maine woman has been adding to the climate record for more than half her life

One woman takes an official reading of the day's highs and lows in Newcastle, Maine — just as she has every day for more than half a century. She's part of a nationwide network of volunteers who record the daily weather for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
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In East Boston, 'mitigation' for a controversial project may cost residents

When the state approved Eversource's electrical substation in East Boston, it did so with an unusual caveat: It said the company had to do something extra to benefit the community. But, as it turns out, the community may end up helping to pay for those benefits.
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A $300 million idea to equitably 'jumpstart' a climate-friendly building revolution in Mass

A broad coalition of environmental, housing and education advocacy groups say they have a plan to help Massachusetts meet one of its most challenging climate goals: “decarbonizing,” or dramatically reducing carbon emissions, from buildings in the state.

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Climate activists are fuming as Germany turns to coal to replace Russian gas

Germany is firing up coal plants and importing liquefied natural gas to shore up energy supplies. Activists are carrying out increasingly disruptive protests, gluing themselves to roads and runways.
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Big Oil partners with clean energy to advance geothermal energy

Big Oil partners with clean energy to advance geothermal energy

Urban heat forest planting

Louisville uses trees to tackle urban heat and health disparities

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Ecuador’s forest win sets global precedent for nature’s legal rights

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Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley

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Judge halts methane regulation in five states over states' rights dispute

Judge halts methane regulation in five states over states' rights dispute