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Massachusetts Businesses Taking Climate Change Seriously
BOSTON (CBS) – Boston is now one of several U.S. cities posting climate change research data that’s been taken down from the EPA website. This week, the city launched the new site,...
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Debate Heats Up Over Teaching Climate Change In Schools
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The struggle over what American students learn about global warming is heating up as conservative lawmakers, climate change doubters and others attempt to push rejected or...
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Harvard Study: Clean Air Can Have Deadly Consequences
BOSTON (CBS) — There is a lot of talk about climate change but we often forget that the same pollutants warming the earth are also making it hard for us to breathe. As Dr. Mallika Marshall reports,...
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New Miss America Not Afraid To Say Trump Is Wrong On Climate Change
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Cara Mund is not worried that she may begin her year-long reign as Miss America by starting a Twitter war with the nation’s Tweeter-In-Chief. The 23-year-old Miss North...
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Keller @ Large: Time To Take Climate Change Seriously
BOSTON (CBS) – This has been some storm season, hasn’t it? From Houston getting swamped by Harvey, to Irma hammering the Caribbean and parts of Florida, to the nightmare that’s unfolding in Puerto...
View ArticleClimate Change Is Making Your Allergies Worse
BOSTON (CBS) – Are your allergies driving you mad? According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, climate change could be to blame. There’s been a sudden rise in the number of...
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Climate Change To Cause Global Beer Shortage, Study Says
(CNN) — Beer is the prom king of alcoholic beverages, winning the popularity contest in terms of total volumes drunk. And because its main ingredient, barley, is sensitive to extreme drought and heat,...
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Boston Announces ‘Resilient Boston Harbor’ Plan To Protect City Against...
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh unveiled a plan Wednesday to transform the city’s waterfront to protect the low-lying, extensively landfilled city from climate change and rising sea levels. The...
View ArticleClimate Change Not A Partisan Issue, Baker Tells Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has told a congressional panel that climate change is not a partisan issue, at least not in Massachusetts. Baker is among those testifying on Wednesday...
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Markey, Ocasio-Cortez Seek Green New Deal To Address Climate Change
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York are calling for a Green New Deal intended to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of...
View ArticleMaine Science Center To Study Global Warming Impact On Cod, Lobster
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The National Science Foundation is awarding nearly $800,000 to an ocean science center in Maine that studies the warming of the sea and its impact on fisheries. The foundation is...
View ArticleHay Fever On The Rise Due To Climate Change
BOSTON (CBS) — If you suffer from hay fever, climate change is doing you no favors. A new study from the University of Maryland finds changes in the timing of spring is linked to more allergies across...
View ArticleCatholic Church Leaders In Massachusetts Call For Climate Change Action
BOSTON (AP) — The leaders of the four Roman Catholic dioceses in Massachusetts are calling on the faithful to address climate change. In a pastoral letter released Monday, the bishops wrote that “we...
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Boston Next: Developers And City Planners Bracing For Climate Change
BOSTON (CBS)- A grim report from UN scientists is raising concerns about what is coming if something isn’t done to slow global warming. The report is predicting a three feet rise in sea level by the...
View ArticleWarming Waters Spell More Bad News For New England Shrimp
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New data about New England shrimp show the species is still in bad shape, despite a fishing shutdown that’s unlikely to end any time soon. The New England shrimp fishing...
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Climate Change Protesters In Boston Call For Action At State House, 27 Arrested
BOSTON (CBS) — A group of several hundred protesters marched in Boston Friday morning calling for action on climate change. The group started in Copley Plaza and arrived at the State House around noon....
View ArticleUMass-Lowell Climate Scientist Concerned About Unusual Record Warmth
BOSTON (CBS) – New Englanders got an early taste of spring this weekend with record warmth. But it isn’t really the weather we should be accustomed to in early January. And that has some climate...
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Lobster, Ticks, Sea Levels Indicate Warming Climate In New England
BOSTON (CBS) – Usually, when we talk about weather and climate it depends on a bunch of charts and statistics. But people are often skeptical. Which is why the best way to demonstrate climate, might...
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Rain And Snow Extremes Evidence Of Changing Boston Climate
BOSTON (CBS) – When it rains, it pours. That has become particularly true as the climate warms up. Why is that the case? A warmer planet has the ability to hold more water vapor in the air. We have...
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No Better Place Than Blue Hill To Track Warmest Decade Ever In Boston Area
BOSTON (CBS) – When it comes to weather record-keeping, there is no place better in the U.S. than right here around Boston. That’s all thanks to the nation’s oldest continuously run climate site, Blue...
View ArticleMassachusetts Senate Introduces Major Climate Change Policy Bill
BOSTON (CBS/AP) — Massachusetts state lawmakers are taking a major step to address climate change. The state Senate has introduced a climate change policy package which will be up for debate next week....
View ArticleNew England States To Regulate Group Of Industrial Chemicals In Effort To...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The governors of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine say they’re planning new regulations to reduce the use of a group of industrial chemicals primarily used in cooling, to...
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Climate Change Impacting New England’s Maple Syrup Industry
BOSTON (CBS) – It’s a New England staple and a gift from Mother Nature – maple syrup. The sticky, sweet syrup that covers many pancakes across the state may get harder to produce locally in the future....
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Massachusetts Just Had Its Hottest Summer On Record, Climate Report Says
BOSTON (CBS) — Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Arizona had their hottest meteorological summers on record, according to a new climate report. NOAA said that the contiguous United States...
View ArticlePresident-Elect Biden Names John Kerry As Climate Envoy On National Security...
BOSTON (CBS) – President-elect Joe Biden named former Massachusetts senator and Secretary of State John Kerry to a role on his National Security Council Monday. Kerry will serve as Special Presidential...
View ArticleGov. Baker Joins Other States To Sign Pact To Help Reduce Transportation...
BOSTON (AP) — The governors of three New England states and the mayor of Washington, D.C., have signed a regional pact aimed at dramatically reducing transportation pollution — an agreement they hope...
View ArticleGov. Charlie Baker Vetoes Sweeping Climate Change Bill
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker vetoed a sweeping climate change bill Thursday, just days after top Democratic lawmakers on Beacon Hill vowed to immediately refile and pass it again if the Republican...
View ArticleEnergy And A Changing Climate: New England Clean Energy Supplier Says Learn...
BOSTON (CBS) — Brutal cold and a historic winter storm hit Texas hard this week. Millions were without power as Ercot, the Texas grid operator, was left to manage the energy load as natural gas and...
View ArticleMass. Lawmakers Send Climate Change Bill Back To Baker
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday again sent back to Gov. Charlie Baker a sweeping climate change bill that has bounced between the Democratic-controlled Legislature and the Republican...
View Article‘Start With The Basics’: How To Explain Climate Change To Children
BOSTON (CBS) – The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. Since then, the average U.S. temperature has warmed by 2.4 degrees Fahrenheit. In the city of Boston, the temperature has warmed by...
View ArticleLocal Compost Company Turns Food Scraps Into A Cycle Of Sustainability
BOSTON (CBS) — The mission is simple, compost, grow, eat and repeat. A local company is providing an at-your-door composting service to help the community produce zero waste. “Food scrap recycling is...
View ArticleNet Zero Emissions Could Make New Homes In Massachusetts Much More Expensive
BOSTON (CBS) – The push to improve the planet could come at a cost for anyone in the market for a new home. Governor Charlie Baker signed a climate bill into law this year and part of it will include...
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Stone Living Lab Project Is Helping Boston Find Nature-Based Solutions To...
BOSTON (CBS) — Warming temperatures, rising seas, and more extreme weather events are all signs of our warming world. “Climate change is here. We can’t really stop it right now, but there are a lot of...
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Da Vinci Of Data Art: Glacier Scientist Uses Watercolors To Highlight...
BOSTON (CBS) – With every stroke of Jill Pelto’s brush, moments in time are captured before they literally melt away. She’s the Caravaggio of Climate Change and a Da Vinci of Data Art. Pelto is a...
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Ski Resorts Forced To Address Climate Change With More Snow-Making, Green...
DOVER, Vt. (CBS) — It probably comes as no surprise that winter businesses have to adapt to the changing season, none more so than ski resorts. According to Climate Central, winters in Massachusetts...
View ArticleGov. Charlie Baker Abandons Pact To Reduce Transportation Pollution
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is abandoning his administration’s ambitious plan to create a multi-state compact aimed at dramatically reducing transportation pollution after the deal failed to gain...
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Study: New England Is Warming Up Faster Than The Rest Of The World
BOSTON (CBS) — New England is warming up faster than the rest of the world, researchers say. A new study led by environmental sustainability professor Stephen Young of Salem State University finds...
View ArticleUN Releases Climate Report: What It Means For New England Residents, Economies
BOSTON (CBS) — A new climate report from the United Nations came with a dire warning: we are running out of ways to adapt to climate change. There is increasing danger to people, plants, animals,...
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Keller @ Large: Poll Shows Massachusetts Residents Don’t Prioritize Climate...
BOSTON (CBS) — Crowds of people clamor for it at rallies and protests. A bipartisan array of local politicians support it. So it should be clear sledding ahead for sweeping action to deal with the...
View ArticleArt Contest Allows Kids To Teach Adults About Climate Change
BOSTON (CBS) — A local contest is giving kids a voice about extreme weather and climate change. Between the colors and paper on the table, each image submitted to the Project Cool Science has a...
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