Dwayne Breger News Today

As Massachusetts tries to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 — necessitating seven to 10 times its current solar capacity — contentious cases like Shutesbury illuminate a complex interplay of federal and state policy, grid infrastructure, and economics. Such factors can lead to seemingly counterintuitive proposals that threaten to pit activist against activist, like cutting down forestland to reduce the state’s carbon emissions.

A new report identified more than a dozen solar projects that encountered opposition from local conservation and environmentalist groups.

The U.S. needs a lot more renewable energy to meet its climate goals. In some communities, the opposition to large solar projects comes from environmentalists themselves.

AMHERST — It takes a lot of planning to get a solar panel installed. Municipalities must find solar resources in their town, create GIS maps to identify optimal solar locations, assess the options for solar infrastructure, and conduct a financial...

Therefore, the Clean Energy Extension of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered a solution.

AMHERST — It takes a lot of planning to get a solar panel installed. Municipalities must find solar resources in their town, create GIS maps to identify optimal solar locations, assess the options for solar infrastructure, and conduct a financial...

AMHERST — It takes a lot of planning to get a solar panel installed. Municipalities must find solar resources in their town, create GIS maps to identify optimal solar locations, assess options for solar infrastructure and conduct a financial...

AMHERST — It takes a lot of planning to get a solar panel installed. Municipalities must find solar resources in their town, create GIS maps to identify optimal solar locations, assess options for solar infrastructure and conduct a financial...

GREENFIELD — With Northeast Biodiesel now up and running, the business welcomed residents to learn more about producing fuel using recycled vegetable oil, as well as other clean energy endeavors, during a celebration Saturday.Clean energy experts...

When she was 10 years old, a fourth grade teacher asked Debora Bridges during a classroom lesson “what it felt like to be a slave” as a “little colored girl.” It happened in 1961. In Amherst.Although her mother and grandmother were able to get an...