August 13, 2025

Protecting “Blue Spaces” to Protect Mental Health

Being in and around water has powerful benefits for your health

Water laps at a shoreline during sunset
August 13, 2025

What Is Energy Efficiency?

by Bethany Kwoka

Investing in more efficient technology to power our homes and businesses now can save us money on our utility bills in the long run.

What is energy efficiency? It's the ace of energy waste
August 11, 2025

How Climate Change is Making Summer Humidity Worse

by Pam Reynolds

No, it’s not just you. Summers across New England are getting more humid.  Failing deodorant and the inability to cool off by opening the windows at night are our new realities under the extreme weather caused by climate change. 

A child plays in fountain to beat summer humidity
August 8, 2025

Impacts of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” on New England’s Clean Energy Economy 

by Jamie Flynn

We break down how this disastrous bill will impact us here in New England. The bottom line: The news isn’t good, but in the end, the clean energy economy is unstoppable.

A port area shows offshore wind infrastructure
August 5, 2025

Clean Steam Ahead: Boston Pioneers Innovative Heating Tech

by Pam Reynolds

“eSteam™” is Vicinity Energy’s latest innovation in district heating, which involves heating or cooling a collection of buildings connected to one central source.

Vicinity Energy's Kendall Square plant sits adjacent to Charles River
August 4, 2025

Heat Pumps Can Keep You Cool in the Summer

by Rishya Narayanan

When temperatures climb, this climate-friendly technology can help keep you cool, too.

Heat pumps on the outside of a grey, wooden home while it is sunny outside.
July 24, 2025

New England’s Electricity Prices Keep Rising – This Policy Solution Can Help 

A new way to set electricity rates can keep costs low while encouraging utilities to improve their service.

an electricity tranmission tower and wires against a blue sky with a solar flare. It is from viewpoint of looking up from the ground.
July 23, 2025

Beneath the Surface, Humans are Threatening Biodiversity in Gulf of Maine Ecosystems

Biodiversity is key to a healthy, thriving Gulf of Maine, but we’re putting it at risk

Fish, sea stars, and other marine life underwater in Cashes Ledge
July 22, 2025

Trump’s Cuts to IRA Funding are Anti-Climate and Anti-Farmer

In a short-sighted vendetta against “diversity, equity, and inclusion” the Trump administration has canceled many grants that farmers were relying on to grow their food sustainably.

People walking away in a crop field
July 17, 2025

The Truth About a World Rife with ‘Forever Chemicals’

by Pam Reynolds

Our homes are rife with PFAS. Even though chemical companies have known for decades that forever chemicals are toxic to humans and don’t dissolve once out in the world, they’ve resisted eliminating them because, well, they’re profitable.