From growing up in a small and overwhelmingly conservative town in northern Georgia to being the finance director for Sen. Ed Markey, recently-elected District 8 City Councilor Sharon Durkan has always had an interest in politics.
While the speakers — one former federal legislator and two climate advocates — all agreed climate change is a major problem, they deliberated over how best to solve it.
In this episode of “East to West,” we cover a student protest at the engineering career fair, the arrest of a BU professor, and Uber’s new app feature for Massachusetts.
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All but one of the at-large candidates for Boston’s City Council convened at the Boston Public Library Wednesday night for a forum in which city residents pressed the contenders on their stances on energy and environmental issues.
The Environmental League of Massachusetts has endorsed dozens of candidates running for office in Massachusetts, with one stark absence: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Gonzalez.
For the third year in a row, Massachusetts was given a C rating for environmental and energy commitments, according to the latest Massachusetts Energy and Environment Report Card.
In collaboration with several environmental agencies, the Environmental League of Massachusetts released its first annual report Thursday on the commonwealth’s environmental efforts, deeming Massachusetts’...
At a rate of 0.12 inches per year since 1992, the sea is rising, according to research by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. To a harbor city like Boston, that could be more than just...
In continuation of his support for renewable energy, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino called on residents Thursday to consider the adoption of solar power technology in their homes and communities.
George...
One year after Superstorm Sandy hit the east coast of the U.S., the Environmental League of Massachusetts called on the two Boston mayoral candidates to have detailed plans on how the city will be better...
