Sep 16, 2025
What are Wetlands? Why Are Wetlands Important?
Wetlands are a critical piece of our ecosystem that must be protected.
Author: Pam Reynolds
Aug 11, 2025
How Climate Change is Making Summer Humidity Worse
No, it’s not just you. Summers across New England are getting more humid. Failing deodorant and the inability to cool off by opening the windows at night are our new realities under the extreme weather caused by climate change.
Aug 05, 2025
Clean Steam Ahead: Boston Pioneers Innovative Heating Tech
“eSteam™” is Vicinity Energy’s latest innovation in district heating, which involves heating or cooling a collection of buildings connected to one central source.
Jul 17, 2025
The Truth About a World Rife with ‘Forever Chemicals’
Our homes are rife with PFAS. Even though chemical companies have known for decades that forever chemicals are toxic to humans and don’t dissolve once out in the world, they’ve resisted eliminating them because, well, they’re profitable.
Jun 25, 2025
The Truth About Cleanup After Natural Disasters
As the pace of natural disasters picks up, stunned communities ask themselves: How do we clean up from this? While there’s no easy answers, we need to take a more systematic approach to natural disasters.
Jun 11, 2025
Progress Report: In Vermont, A Push for Stronger Flood Protections
Vermont’s Flood Safety Act can help provide more protection to communities ravaged by devastating floods in recent years.
Jun 09, 2025
The Down-to-Earth Promise of Geothermal Energy
Geothermal energy could be a game changer in Connecticut, where more than 40% of homes burn heating oil for warmth and 37% use natural gas. Pollution from heating buildings accounts for about 30% of the state’s carbon emissions.
May 29, 2025
The Truth About Indoor Air Quality
We spend so much time indoors, working, studying, exercising, or just lounging around on the couch that indoor air quality – or the lack of it – can profoundly affect our health.
May 05, 2025
The Truth About Carbon Footprints
The carbon footprint concept was a clever marketing tool used by fossil fuel companies to spread the blame on carbon pollution.
Apr 08, 2025
Exposure to Chemicals is Making Our Kids Sick
In the 1970s, Philip J. Landrigan conducted groundbreaking work linking lead in gasoline and paint to a lowered IQ in children exposed to it. Now he’s sounding the alarm about the pesticides and plastics in our lives that are also compromising the health of both children and adults.
