Environment

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

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.

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.

Sixteen Central Massachusetts received nearly $1.6 million total in Green Community Grants from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources for energy efficiency and clean energy projects. 

A 1,000 megawatt onshore wind project planned for northern Maine and an associated transmission build-out "would provide benefits to Massachusetts and the region," the Mass. Department of Energy Resources said as it determined that it makes sense to have Bay State ratepayers cover 40 percent of the project costs as part of a multi-state clean energy effort.

The Department of Public Utilities on Friday approved the contracts between both the Commonwealth Wind and Mayflower Wind offshore wind projects and Bay State utilities, rejecting Commonwealth Wind's request to scrap an agreement that it says would not allow its project to be financed and built.

A lawsuit filed by several customers against Peterson Oil Service Inc. of Worcester accusing the company of knowingly delivering the wrong mix of heating oil was certified on Dec. 12 as a class action lawsuit by a Worcester Superior Court judge.

The energy industry is moving quickly toward development of environmentally friendly technologies