Environment

Five years ago, WBJ created its Hall of Fame in order to honor the lifetime achievements of those professionals who have significantly improved the Central Massachusetts economy and community. With the induction this year of the Class of 2021, the WBJ Hall of Fame has grown to 17 members

The rest of the 2020s need to be "the decade for action" on climate change and energy policy if Massachusetts is to meet its mid-century greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, the Baker administration said Wednesday.

With the time left to make a deal ticking away and other matters jockeying for attention, climate policy advocates are mounting an effort — one group declared it "an all-out offensive" — to keep pressure on the group of lawmakers negotiating a climate bill to produce a final product soon.

John Kerry, the state's longtime U.S. senator who later served as secretary of state, is heading back to Washington, D.C., this time to serve as President-elect Joe Biden's climate czar.

Current prices are four cents lower than a month ago in Massachusetts which was $2.11 per gallon. The current national average is one cent higher than last week at $2.12 per gallon of regular unleaded. 

The average price of gasoline in Massachusetts is down one cent per gallon of regular unleaded, according to a Monday report from AAA Northeast.

As an essential business dedicated to cleaning oil spills and disposing of hazardous waste, New England Disposal Technologies, Inc. of Sutton was primed to add coronavirus disinfecting to its offered services. 

Joining the WBJ Podcast are two of this year's winners: Kate Marquis from her company Lilac & Oak in North Brookfield, and Abed Hamid from Charlton manufacturer KARL STORZ Endovision.

This year’s 40 Under Forty class is certainly like no other. Although full of the archetypal up-and-coming leaders of Central Massachusetts business organizations, each member of the Class of 2020 has found a way to thrive in the midst of an international crisis.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it assessed a $8,400 fine against a Rutland construction company working on the 88-unit residential housing project called Greenwood II in Holden.