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  • AG: Soltas agrees to pay $330,000 over solar allegations

    April 10, 2015

    New York-based Soltas Energy Corp. has agreed to pay $330,000 over allegations it caused two Massachusetts towns and two nonprofit organizations to lose thousands of dollars in energy savings when it failed to honor agreements to sell them net

    April 10, 2015
  • GasBuddy: Prices looking good for summer

    April 9, 2015

    The gasoline price website GasBuddy said Thursday it expects the average price of gasoline across the nation to be about $2.35 a gallon during the summer driving season — Memorial Day through Labor Day.

    April 9, 2015
  • Natural gas, wholesale power prices hit highs in February

    April 9, 2015

    February's severe cold kicked up prices for natural gas and wholesale power, the region's grid operator said Thursday.

    April 9, 2015
  • State adds $2M for electric vehicle rebates

    April 6, 2015

    The state will spend an additional $2 million in rebates to residents who buy or lease electric vehicles, the Baker administration announced last week.

    April 6, 2015
  • Lawmakers look into Mass. power rate spike

    Michael Norton State House News Service March 25, 2015

    Citing recent increases in electricity rates, the chairman of a House oversight committee plans to start digging into the reasons behind those higher prices.

    Michael Norton State House News Service March 25, 2015
  • AMSC issues reverse stock split

    March 25, 2015

    AMSC of Devens, whose stock has been trading at less than $1 per share for four months, issued a 1-for-10 reverse stock split Wednesday after approval last week by shareholders, the company announced.

    March 25, 2015
  • Westborough energy firm wins Ohio contract

    March 16, 2015

    Energy efficiency services provider Conservation Services Group of Westborough has landed a two-year, multi-million-dollar contract with a utility in Ohio, its fourth deal with utilities in the state, the company said.

    March 16, 2015
  • Baker adopts Patrick's goal on solar energy

    State House News Service March 10, 2015

    The Baker administration is committed to the installation of at least 1,600 megawatts of solar energy in Massachusetts by 2020, continuing a goal established by former governor Deval Patrick, according to the state's secretary of energy and

    State House News Service March 10, 2015
  • New solar sites going up in Uxbridge

    March 9, 2015

    Three solar-energy stations are expected to be completed in Uxbridge and will serve residential and commercial electric ratepayers for National Grid, according to the project developer.

    March 9, 2015
  • ‘Recovery, improvement’ in Ameresco results

    March 5, 2015

    Framingham-based Ameresco reported financial gains in its fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 results.

    March 5, 2015
  • Gas prices advance another 9 cents

    March 2, 2015

    After weeks of steadily falling to just above $2 per gallon, the average retail price for a gallon of gasoline rose another 9 cents in Central Massachusetts last week, to $2.34, according to GasBuddy.com's daily survey of 263 gas outlets in

    March 2, 2015
  • Wholesale power prices down in January

    Rick Saia February 27, 2015

    Sharp declines in prices for natural gas helped push the average wholesale price for electricity in New England down nearly 60 percent last month over January 2014, according to ISO-New England, which oversees the region's power grid.

    Rick Saia February 27, 2015
  • American Tower offers common, depository stock

    February 26, 2015

    American Tower Corp. announced Thursday that it is raising over $3 billion in a stock offering that will help finance fulfilling a contract with Verizon.

    February 26, 2015
  • Mass. teams with Conn., R.I., on clean energy

    State House News Service February 26, 2015

    Massachusetts will partner with Connecticut and Rhode Island to explore new clean energy resources and natural gas capacity options to address the region's high energy costs and demands.

    State House News Service February 26, 2015
  • Lower natural gas prices felt in 4th-quarter stats

    February 19, 2015

    Energy costs fell in New England over the final three months of last year, driven by lower prices for natural gas, along with a drop in energy use, according to the organization that oversees the region’s power grid.

    February 19, 2015
  • National Grid joins Eversource in power expansion effort

    February 18, 2015

    National Grid, the largest electric utility in Central Massachusetts, has joined Eversource Energy and two other energy firms as co-developers of a large-scale effort to expand existing pipeline infrastructure that will bring up to 1 billion cubic

    February 18, 2015

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In November, Massachusetts residents will vote on Question 4 regarding whether or not to legalize restricted use and possession of psychedelic drugs for those 21 and older. The use of psychedelics to treat mental health conditions is slowly becoming more popular within the U.S. On Oct. 10, veterans lobbied on the Boston Common to decriminalize the use of certain types and small quantities of psychedelic substances, claiming its usage has the potential to save lives.

While the proposed law would not impact employers’ rights to enforce workplace policies restricting employee psychedelic substance use, the possibility of legalization does bring up the question of whether or not companies will choose independently to adjust their drug testing policies. The ballot question comes six years after legalized sale of recreational marijuana began in Massachusetts.