Pam Reynolds
Senior Content Creator | Massachusetts | She/Her
Pam is an author and journalist with a long and eclectic career. A reporter and editor at The Boston Globe for over a decade, she has worked many years as a freelance writer and contributor for WBUR, the Harvard Business School, Boston University, and The Barr Foundation, among others. In addition to writing, Pam enjoys painting, sculpting, and pulling an occasional tarot card for friends.
Recent Posts
Aug 11 2025
One day a few weeks ago, I ventured outside into the summer heat. The lenses of my glasses quickly fogged up. I felt a hot blast of steam on my face, as if I were getting a salon facial, except this was for free. My clothes clung to my sweaty skin, and I sighed, knowing…
Aug 5 2025
Last year, Emerson College marked a big milestone on its journey toward clean energy. The college, with the help of the Boston-based district energy firm Vicinity Energy, committed to heating its entire Boston campus using carbon-free steam for heating. It signed on, in fact, to “eSteam™” – Vicinity’s latest innovation in district heating, which involves…
Jul 17 2025
What’s your typical morning routine? For many of us, it might involve a shower, brushing and flossing teeth, applying contact lenses if we need them, maybe scrambling eggs for breakfast. The last thing on our minds is per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down easily in the…
Jun 25 2025
Two days after floods devastated Montpelier, Vermont, in 2023, debris and a thick carpet of river mud choked downtown streets. Piles of wreckage included almost everything you can think of – sheets of pink fiberglass insulation, wood planks, old bicycles, sodden mattresses, plastic milk crates, rubber tires, furniture of every type. It was a similar…
Jun 11 2025
The Problem In July 2023, devastating floods swept through Vermont, destroying homes and businesses and upending lives. The flooding of two years ago repeated again and again — in December 2023 and July 2024. Each time, thick layers of muck washed through towns, burying roads, bridges, and mobile home parks. As communities dug out of…
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