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Local climate activists are on edge after people claiming to be FBI agents visited at least six at their homes on the same day in Greater Boston in March. Weeks later, the motivations behind these visits remain a mystery.
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Three communities in Massachusetts have a lot to lose if the Trump administration succeeds in halting all offshore wind.
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The chair of the Sierra Club's Cape and Islands group says support for the wind lawsuit may be broader than it appears — including in some Republican-led states. But if the states win, the Trump administration could find ways to work around it. -
In recent months, the Trump administration has clawed back funding for research, slashed scientific agencies and reshaped climate policy. The moves are complicating opportunities for environmental science students just as they're entering the workforce. -
How does someone become a CEO? If you said "years of business school," you wouldn’t necessarily be wrong. But it's not the only way. A first year college student has interviewed dozens of business and community leaders for his podcast about becoming a "Realistic CEO.” -
Manizha Naziry is one of several resettled Afghan refugees who is now learning to sew as part of a program run by several volunteers. -
Portsmouth-based Iron Mountain secured a $142 million contact with the U.S. Treasury less than three months after Elon Musk targeted the company’s operations as antiquated. -
Northampton Attorney Jeffrey Trapani and Westfield District Court Judge Charles Groce each received unanimous votes from the Governor's Council Wednesday. They were nominated late last month by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey. -
The local immigrant farmworker organization Migrant Justice said that the federal government sent 28-year-old Luis Enrique Gomez-Aguilar to Mexico on Monday, and then sent 32-year-old Urillas Sargento and 22-year-old Dani Alvarez-Perez there today. -
Tunnel construction began in 2016. The project was initially expected to come online in 2023 at a cost of $279 million. Costs have grown to $335 million and the tunnel is not anticipated to be operational until fall 2026.
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