John Walkey News Today

A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists and several other advocacy groups comes as state officials work on reforming the process of siting infrastructure projects.

Boston began planning for sea level rise almost a decade ago. Now, as the city’s climate adaptation strategy takes shape, it’s raising thorny questions about cost and gentrification.

Climate justice advocates in Boston say they have mixed feelings about an international environmental activism group that claims it deflated the tires of 43 SUVs on Beacon Hill this week.

Heiple's role will require her to juggle many issues. But equipped with her experience in energy and environmental law — and a proposed budget increase of 10 percent for the agency — she’s confident that she and her staff can manage it all.

The Healey administration appointed Jamie Van Nostrand as DPU chair, and Staci Rubin and Cecile Fraser as commissioners.

A proposed electrical substation in the Eagle Hill area of Eastie has drawn protest from residents worried about flood risk and safety.

Eight years after Eversource first proposed building an electrical substation in the Eagle Hill neighborhood of East Boston, the utility is finally breaking ground on the $103 million project.

When the state approved Eversource's electrical substation in East Boston, it did so with an unusual caveat: It said the company had to do something extra to benefit the community. But, as it turns out, the community may end up helping to pay for those benefits.

They want the governor to revisit projects that developed under her predecessor.

By Adam Swift Revere recently secured nearly $2 million in federal funding to help alleviate current conditions and prepare the community for the impact of worsening risks of climate change and sea-level risks. The funding will expand mitigation and adaptation efforts in the RiverFront area, and is part of nearly $13 million in federal community