Energy

Gasoline prices in the Worcester metro area, as well as statewide, climbed another 6.5 cents in the past week.

Electric utility National Grid is handing out 1,000 grants of $1,000 each to small businesses in Central Massachusetts as part of its statewide attempt to help soften the blow of the energy cost increases.

The Massachusetts Attorney General earlier in January reopened the case where Peterson Oil delivered heating fuel to the state allegedly containing too much biodiesel.

The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline jumped nationwide over the past week, although prices in the Greater Worcester metro area and across Massachusetts remain below the national average.

With new building codes on the horizon, battles will be fought in the name of progress, as developers and various interest groups are hesitant to make sweeping changes.

The average price of gasoline in Massachusetts, as well as in Greater Worcester, is now slightly below the national average, according to Tuesday data from the travel association AAA.

Climate and environmental activists made clear Wednesday that they feel they have a real ally in Gov. Maura Healey and sent a direct message to the new administration's climate chief: it's time to get to work.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Chicago investment firm Harrison Street announced a partnership on Tuesday aimed at reducing WPI’s carbon footprint by expanding energy-conservation measures, improving WPI’s power plant, and developing sustainable energy technologies for the WPI campus.

After making affordability a major theme of her campaign, Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday that her administration's focus on clean energy and combatting climate change goes hand-in-hand with helping Bay Staters deal with rising costs of living.

The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline dropped three cents in Massachusetts since last week to $3.32, while national prices jumped seven cents in the same time period.