Environment

Westborough town officials took aggressive action to reduce the number of cars on the road during peak commuting hours when it launched shuttle service between the MBTA commuter rail station and major office parks on Route 9 last fall. Town Planner Jim Robbins said ridership has steadily increased each month, and there's a healthy appetite for commuting by train rather than automobile. But the Planning Department and Economic Development Committee aren't stopping there.

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Gone are the days when high school students chose a college solely based on the quality of sports and academic programs, and perhaps even the quality of the party scene. It seems that millennials — the generation born between the early 1980s and early 2000s — also like their campuses to be energy efficient.

A former junkyard owner was found guilty of failing to report contamination on his Leominster and Sterling property, the state announced.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has been awarded $1 million over the next three years to study the fire hazards and risks associated with green building elements.

The owner of lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems, which has operations in Westborough and Hopkinton, won an auction Friday for hybrid car maker Fisker Automotive with a $149.2 million bid.

Maryland-based W.R. Grace & Co. paid more than $63 million Wednesday to resolve claims for environmental cleanups at 39 sites across the country, including its former Acton plant where the company manufactured chemicals from 1954 to 1982.

The Patrick Administration announced Friday that it has finalized regulations will that require the separation of food waste from the primary waste stream.

A report released by the Sierra Club on Monday said a proposal to replace the commonwealth's existing bottle redemption law with a one-cent fee would saddle municipalities with extra costs and result in thousands of lost jobs.

Marlborough-based Butler Home Products has acquired garment and cleaning care businesses in Georgia.