Of these 26 former industrial cities, 17 do not have state-operated air quality monitors. At a time when environmental justice communities are even more at risk due to federal rollbacks to clean air protections, the lack of monitors has some advocates speaking out as climate change continues to lay the groundwork for the dangerously hot and dry conditions that fuel wildfires.
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Baker’s unkept promise
IN THE SUMMER of 2014, then-candidate Charlie Baker made a pledge to the environmental community. He walked into a large hall at Suffolk University Law School, filled with hundreds of […]
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The Codcast: Grading the Legislature
The Environmental League of Massachusetts put out its latest legislative scorecard this week, and the rankings provided a number of interesting insights about Beacon Hill. First, the Environmental League’s scorecard […]
