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Carbon policies need to start mandating emissions reductions at power plants situated near urban low-income communities.

Southeastern Community College commencement ceremony marks the end of a year filled with shared joy and loss Bob Saar for The Hawk Eye Evidence of the impact of a year of pandemics over academics was prevalent and well-illustrated ahead of Southeastern Community College's commencement ceremony Thursday by a mother and son who sat quietly on a park bench outside the Burlington Memorial Auditorium, waiting for the signal to enter the building. Monica Space and her son, Christian Joseph "CJ" Space were awarded associate of arts degrees Thursday night. Monica attended SCC back in 2007, but at the...

UMass Amherst Political Economy Research Institute Launches New Tool to Track Air Pollution at Every U.S. School Interactive web-based tool tracks industrial toxic air pollution at each K-12 and higher-education institution in the United States April 20, 2021 AMHERST, Mass. – Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) today unveiled a new interactive, web-based tool for tracking industrial toxic air pollution at every school in the United States. The tool, Air Toxics at School, reports tox...

Listen to the story. "It's amazing how life can get in the way, and things can impact your ability to finish (school)," Giannettino said. "Even the most talented and well-equipped students can run into something that derails their plans." Giannettino said the college will make a push this month to raise money for The Century Club.  Giannettino said April was chosen as SCC's "giving month" because it's Community College Month. She said SCC will also feature students and staff members in social media posts throughout April, giving people different ways to support the school each day. More ...

James Boyce AMHERST, Mass. – Decarbonization of electric power generation will be a key part of any serious effort to address the climate crisis, and during the 2020 presidential campaign, then-candidate Joe Biden pledged to deliver 40% of the overall benefits from a clean energy revolution to disadvantaged communities. Shortly after taking office in January, President Biden signed an executive order establishing an office of health and climate equity at the Department of Health and Human Services and a White House interagency council on environmental justice. A central aim of these actions...