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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 ArticleAmerica The Beautiful (And Freezing)
Much of the U.S. is currently facing bitterly cold temperatures from the Midwest to the South and all the way up to the Northeast. In fact, many parts of the U.S. have already broken records for...
View ArticleKeystone XL Veto Could Make A Case Against Fracking
President Barack Obama recently vetoed a bill approved by both Congress and the Senate to build the Keystone XL pipeline, an oil pipeline system commissioned to transport oil from Canada and the North...
View Article6 Things Al Gore Won’t Say At SXSW 2015
SXSW is usually known for its wave of tech innovations, music and films, but this year, Al Gore’s presence pushes the focus of the interactive portion of the festival to something more globally...
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...
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