In 1987, the United Nations ratified the Montreal Protocol, banning the production and consumption of CFCs for all member countries.
Nearly 40 years later, the ozone layer is showing signs of recovery, according to a Sept. 16 World Meteorological Organization report.
Boston experienced unseasonably warm temperatures this November, prompting concerns surrounding the future of the City’s environmental policies under the administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Mayor Michelle Wu signed an executive order Oct. 8 to create the Boston Climate Council, an effort to implement a governmental approach to combating climate change.
College students in Boston have watched powerful hurricanes tear through their hometowns in the southeast over the past three weeks. Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton made landfall on Sept. 26 and Oct. 10, respectively.
On Saturday, BU Sustainability partnered with the College to Climate team to host the College to Climate Symposium, making its debut with lush views from the 17th-floor of the BU Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences.
The Biden Administration released the first Ocean Climate Action Plan, focused on ocean-based solutions to combat climate change. On March 21, the New England Aquarium released a statement that said it would work with the Administration to acknowledge and use these solutions in Massachusetts.
“We know that the climate crisis of course is a public health crisis, and that the investments we need to make in resiliency and sustainability are opportunities to improve health and the economic well-being of our residents," Campbell said.
The City of Boston has taken the final steps toward implementing its Community Choice Electricity program, a plan aimed at offering businesses and residents more stable and affordable electricity from renewable sources.
