Environment

While residential energy efficiency is a boon for consumers and helps the environment, it is also boosting Massachusetts businesses.

Organizations have had a tough time coming to grips with telecommuting. Most recently, the issue arose when...

The carbon cap shared by nine states, including Massachusetts, will be about 74 million tons lower next year and closer to the states' actual total carbon dioxide output under a new Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative plan.

About half a year after a dramatic debate over whether to expand the state's bottle deposit law, a group backed by the food and beverage industry is seeking to scrap the whole deposit law in favor of a new recycling program.

Environmental groups have persuaded state lawmakers to sign on to several bills they are pushing this session, including a move to protect the state's endangered species act, fine farmers for keeping animals in confined cages, and another attempt at an expanded bottle bill, adding water and juice bottles to the list of drinks requiring a deposit.

Massachusetts environmental engineer Tighe & Bond, which has an office in Worcester, won a five-year federal procurement contractor certification to deliver its services to federal agencies.

It's a new year. Perhaps your workplace has a resolution of going green, building on environmental initiatives,...

From historic mill buildings stretched along our rivers to vacant properties in our downtown centers, Massachusetts is...

As if the troubles experienced by Central Massachusetts' fledgling solar panel and electric battery manufacturers weren't enough...

Massachusetts and six other Northeast states have launched a free web-based recycling clearinghouse that can help businesses...