EPA to conduct reviews of two cleaned Superfund Sites
Source: Acushnet Community News
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 21:50:10 -0700 | green-news
The Environmental Protection Agency will conduct five-year reviews of two SouthCoast Superfund sites this summer. Sullivan's Ledge disposal area in the northwest corner of New Bedford was a quarry used by the city as a disposal site for hazardous materials...
New marine terminal will deploy offshore wind turbines
Source: Boston Herald
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-06 22:29:27 -0700 | green-news
State and city officials broke ground today on the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal, which will become the first U.S. port equipped to support offshore wind turbine deployment. Not only will this development create local jobs and help to support...
Families plant fruit trees for the future at Victory Park
Source: Acushnet Community News
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-05 21:08:22 -0700 | green-news
With shovels and soil, families enthusiastically planted 13 fruit trees at Victory Park Sunday morning in a unique partnership to grow food for the future. "This is phenomenal," said South End resident Jack Meunier. "It's setting precedents in the neighborhood....
Groundbreaking set for New Bedford's terminal
Source: Boston Herald
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-04 12:30:23 -0700 | green-news
Gov. Deval Patrick is set to break the ground on a project whose manager says will be the first facility in the nation designed to support the construction, assembly and deployment of offshore wind projects...Gov. Timothy Murray are set to...
Public orchard planting, park cleanup and book reading at Victory Park
Source: Acushnet Community News
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-01 22:02:13 -0700 | green-news
The public is invited to a free orchard planting at Victory Park, 244 Brock Ave. South End, on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. "The installation of an orchard at Victory Park is fitting given the site's history as...
Sassaquin Pond advocates seek funding to fend off Sassaquin Swamp
Source: Acushnet Community News
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-01 22:02:10 -0700 | green-news
After Sassaquin Pond spent the winter covered in algae bloom, neighbors are asking residents to sign onto a city grant application to fund technology to improve the spot's water quality. "The is the first time that (the bloom has) survived...
Bristol County receives failing grade for smog
Source: Acushnet Community News
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 21:10:24 -0700 | green-news
Bristol County received a failing grade from the American Lung Association for its ozone levels or smog although the county got an "A" on soot...Environmental Protection Agency data, the lung association Wednesday released its State of the Air 2013 report,...
Ten years later, echoes of Bouchard oil spill still felt
Source: Acushnet Community News
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-04-20 22:46:32 -0700 | green-news
What Mark Rasmussen remembers most is the feeling of "overwhelming helplessness," waiting for ribbons of oil to come ashore. He arrived at his office on April 28, a fateful Monday in 2003, to voicemail messages left by the Department of...
DOT says it's not to blame for South Coast Rail permit delays
Source: Acushnet Community News
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-04-12 22:27:42 -0700 | green-news
State legislators have been quick to point to a lack of permits when defending their decision not to fund the South Coast Rail project. But transportation officials say their hands are tied by the continual delay of the Army Corps...
Buoys prepare fish for South Terminal work to come
Source: Acushnet Community News
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-04-07 21:21:04 -0700 | green-news
A contractor for the South Terminal Project has not yet been chosen, but the state is already making sure harbor fish will be out of harm's way when work begins. Some may have noticed the two sets of somewhat circle-forming...
Energy consortium hires new consultant
Source: Acushnet Community News
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-04-04 21:42:12 -0700 | green-news
SouthCoast Electric Power Group has hired energy advisory firm SourceOne to provide consulting services over the next three years. Roy Nascimento, president of the New Bedford Chamber of Commerce, said the move could save the group as much as 20...
Solar initiative to be announced in New Bedford
Source: Acushnet Community News
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2011-12-21 17:54:44 -0800 | political-news
At noon today, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., will join Richard K. Sullivan, Massachusetts secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs, and Mayor Scott W. Lang at a press conference to announce details of a large-scale solar power initiative. Rooftop and ground-based...
Fall River lands Cape Wind terminal
Source: Boston Herald
Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2010-12-21 03:28:19 -0800 | business-news
The city has been chosen as the site for a multimillion-dollar facility to support the installation of offshore wind projects including Cape Wind, which has selected the new terminal as its staging area, Gov. Deval Patrick said Tuesday. The New...
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