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For Farmers Looking To Make Ends Meet, The Sun Provides A Controversial Harvest

As Kevin Sullivan slowly rumbles his pickup truck across his 60 acres of property near the Connecticut-Massachusetts border, he leans in and asks a question: What’s farmland?

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More Pipeline Protesters Due In Court After Arrests

Despite ongoing construction and few remaining challenges, the protests continue at the construction site of a natural gas pipeline in southern Berkshire county. Twenty-two more people were arrested...

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Should Northern New England Host Massachusetts' Renewable Energy Extension Cord?

Aplay by Massachusetts to inject more renewablepowerinto its electricity mixcould reshapethe entire region's energy landscape.Dozens of developers arecompeting to offer Massachusetts the best price for...

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How Mass. Is Faring In Its Emissions Reduction Goals

Its official: Last year was the hottest on record for the planet, and the long-term forecast for New England, according to a new  draft federal report , calls for a lot warmer temperatures, much higher...

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To Restore Healthy Rivers, Conservationists Find Success Removing Small Dams

Unlike large hydropower dams, where there's often serious political and emotional resistance to removal, conservationists are finding many landowners of small dams are happy to have them removed.

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For Wind Energy Advocates, Jose Highlights Region's Potential

New Englanders largely missed the brunt of Tropical Storm Jose. It’s moved miles off the coast of Massachusetts and is expected to weaken in those waters. Wind energy advocates say Jose’s path to New...

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At Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant, A Rumble Over Rubble

Vermont regulators and anti-nuclear activists are unified against the latest plan for the decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Vernon.

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Weeks After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico Struggles To Turn On The Lights

More than two weeks after Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico, the island's power grid remains in shambles, and authorities say it will take months to fully restore electricity. Nearly 90...

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Report: Gas Market Dynamics Cost New England Electricity Consumers $3 Billion

New England electricity consumers paid billions of dollars more than necessary over a three-year period, according to a report by a national environmental group. It's prompted a review by Massachusetts...

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Connecticut Watchdog Agency To Investigate Alleged Gas Market Manipulation

Connecticut’s consumer advocate announced on Tuesday that her office will join an investigation into whether the state’s largest utilities are manipulating the natural gas market. The investigation is...

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'Power Struggle' Documentary Chronicles Efforts To Close Vermont Yankee...

The Vermont International Film Festivalis screening a documentary on Sunday chronicling the grassroots movement to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, and the events both global and local...

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Here's What's In That $300 Million Whitefish Contract

Last week, a tiny company in Montana called Whitefish Energy Holdings announced that it had been given a $300 million contract with Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to help restore electricity on...

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Weeks After Maria, Bringing The Basics To Puerto Rico

We drove to Caguas, a city south of San Juan, four weeks after Hurricane Maria hit. Our guide was Luis Cotto -- a former Hartford city councilman now living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We traveled to...

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It May Take 'Several Days' To Restore Power Across Mass., Says Gov. Baker

More than 200,000 Bay State residents are expected to be without power into Tuesday and full restoration of electricity could take days, according to Gov. Charlie Baker, who said lingering winds made...

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Gas Flows Through New Sandisfield Pipeline

The Massachusetts section of a New York-to-Connecticut natural gas pipeline is up and running.

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Oceans May Host Next Wave Of Renewable Energy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbAtZyy4zRI Think "renewable energy" and the wind and sun come to mind, but someday it may be possible to add ocean energy to that list. The fledgling wave energy...

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Fishermen Worry Wind Farms Could Damage Business

Fishermen are worried about an offshore wind farm proposed 30 miles out in the Atlantic from Montauk, NY, the largest fishing port in the state. They say those wind turbines – and many others that have...

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Western Mass. Electric Bike Share Program To Launch In May

A regional bike share program is set to launch in western Massachusetts this spring.

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Keystone XL Pipeline Gets Regulators' OK In Nebraska, Clearing Key Hurdle

The Keystone XL pipeline, an $8 billion project that has attracted significant protest from environmental groups, has cleared a major regulatory hurdle on its path to completion. On Monday, the...

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Looking For A Green Way To Heat Your Home? Try A Wood Pellet Stove

New research from the University of New Hampshire says the greenest way to heat your home this winter is a wood pellet stove. Using wood pellets to heat a home in New England produces about half the...

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