Environment

About two-thirds of the Legislature has signed onto letters to prohibition utility companies from making electric ratepayers help finance the construction of gas pipelines.

Manufacturers and distributors gathered at the State House Monday to highlight their economic impact and ask lawmakers for relief from the Toxic Use Reduction Act.

Dentists complained to the Legislature on Monday that they felt coerced into joining Delta Dental's new, lower-cost insurance plan, called Total Choice.

103-year-old law firm Bowditch & Dewey is going paperless.

A study Massachusetts utility Eversource calls a complete fabrication claims the utility company and one other created artificial gas shortages which raised gas prices.

Marlborough's annual job fair Oct. 26 will be the city's largest yet, due to the soon-to-open Apex Center of New England retail and entertainment center on Route 20.

National Grid and a Woburn-based battery maker on Thursday unveiled an energy storage system at Holy Name High School in Worcester.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has fined a company $8,000 for a diesel fuel spill in Medway the company failed to immediately address.

Framingham energy services provider Ameresco completed a $5.1-million project at Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire, set to save the ski resort $386,000 annually.

Overcoming its latitude and climate disadvantages compared to other states, Massachusetts has become a national leader in solar energy production, largely thanks to state incentive programs, which are due to make a major transition next year.