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The city of Decatur received recertification as a Green Community at the platinum level by the Atlanta Regional Commission. 

Towns, cities, states, and countries around the world have pledged to slow the climate cris

Hadley voters bless new riverside camping regs Published: 5/24/2021 9:05:59 PM HADLEY — More campers will be allowed by right to be parked along the Connecticut River after voters at annual Town Meeting on Saturday unanimously approved revisions to a 1980s-era flood overlay district bylaw. While the change institutes a fee of $100 per camper every three years, and mandates that each site have at least 2,500 square feet of land and a minimum of 25 feet between campers, multiple RVs on a site are allowed for the first time. During the 2½-hour meeting on a humid afternoon, voters easily adop...

Feb 16, 2021 MARION – Marion has been awarded a grant totaling $120,238 that will support energy efficient projects in town, according to a Feb. 17 press release. The grant was awarded to Marion by the Green Communities Program through the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources. The town must be a “Green Community” in order to be eligible for the grant and meet criteria that further energy savings goals.  Marion has already completed several projects in an effort to help the town achieve its goal of reducing energy use by 20% over 5 years, including an electric heat pum...

Panel: Ocean acidification threatens lucrative shellfish sector Colin A. Young State House News Service BOSTON — As a result of climate change and direct human factors, the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts are becoming more acidic, making them a less friendly habitat for the shellfish that drive a key industry here. With no action, many of the scallops, clams, mollusks and lobsters at the bottom of the ocean in the Gulf of Maine will begin to dissolve by 2060 and new ones will struggle to form, imperiling an industry that supports thousands of people in the Bay State, a spec...