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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Beacon Hill residents wrote an open letter requesting gas lamps in the neighborhood be replaced with electric bulbs to protect trees harmed by gas leaks. COURTESY OF IAN HOWARD VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Beacon Hill residents push to replace gas lamps with LED lighting

Katarzyna Jezak December 4, 2020
Those trees were planted in 1977 — the same year the gas lamps were installed. Roughly more than two-thirds of the trees have since died, while the remaining five are in bad health, according to the letter.

Worldview: New Zealand’s effort to lead the world away from oil

David Damiano April 26, 2018

Earlier this month, New Zealand’s recently elected Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took the most drastic step toward fulfilling her goal of eliminating non-renewable energy sources by 2035 and creating...

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