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Massachusetts

A house with its lights on is in the background. In the foreground: "GEO" spray painted in purple on the sidewalk leading up to it.

How an Unlikely Coalition of Climate Activists and a Gas Utility Are Weaning a Boston Suburb Off Fossil Fuels

By Phil McKenna
A crab inhabits a bed of eelgrass at Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts. Eelgrass provides critical habitat for hundreds of species. Credit: Holly Plaisted/National Park Service

Seagrasses Capture Carbon 35 Times Faster Than Tropical Rainforests. Scientists Are Working to Save Them

By Teresa Tomassoni
A view an offshore wind turbine installation jack-up vessel called the Sea Installer on Aug. 17, 2023 in New Bedford, Mass. Credit: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Trade Unions Urge Southern New England States to Triple Their Offshore Wind Commitments

By Jon Hurdle
Wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island on July 7, 2022. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Multi-State Offshore Wind Pact Weakened After Connecticut Sits Out First Selection

By Jon Hurdle
In 2023, a North Atlantic right whale was spotted off the coast of Georgia with rope lodged in its mouth. Credit: Georgia DNR/NOAA Fisheries

The Futures of Right Whales and Lobstermen Are Entangled. Could High-Tech Gear Help Save Them Both?

By Kiley Price
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moves between interviews in the Pennsylvania Convention Center before the first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 10 in Philadelphia. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

RFK Jr.’s ‘Sad’ Slide From Environmental Hero to Outcast

By Phil McKenna

A Walk in the Woods with My Brain on Fire: Summer

Text and photos by David Sassoon
Construction of Eversource's geothermal pilot project takes place in the parking lot of Mass Bay Community College in Framingham, Mass. on Sept. 13, 2023. Credit: Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

First-in-the-Nation Geothermal Heating and Cooling System Comes to Massachusetts

By Phil McKenna

A Walk in the Woods With My Brain on Fire: Spring

Text and photos by David Sassoon
Joey Kabel (left) and Dan Stack, co-founders of Electrified Thermal Solutions in Medford, Mass., stand next to the company’s elevator-sized pilot system which contains electrically charged bricks that generate and store heat. Credit: Barry Chin/The Boston Globe

The Race to Decarbonize Heavy Industry Heats Up

By Phil McKenna

A Walk in the Woods With My Brain on Fire: The End of Winter

Text and photos by David Sassoon
MIT students project a climate clock onto the university's Green Building, the tallest in Cambridge. Credit: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

MIT’s Sloan School Launches Ambitious Climate Center to Aid Policymakers

By Phil McKenna
A row of mono piles that will be the base for offshore wind turbines near New Bedford, Mass. Credit: David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Department of Energy Partners With States and Research Institutes to Boost Offshore Wind Development

By Aman Azhar
Demonstrators from Extinction Rebellion gather to call on Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy to put a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure, at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on Sept. 18, 2023. Credit: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

Massachusetts Just Took a Big Step Away from Natural Gas. Which States Might Follow?

By Dan Gearino

A Walk in the Woods with My Brain on Fire: Autumn

Text and photos by David Sassoon
Some large lobsters are still around. Josiah Mayo stands on board Mike Packard’s F/V J&J with a nine-pound lobster in a photo taken two weeks ago. Credit: Mike Packard/Provincetown Independent.

Lobstermen Face Hypoxia in Outer Cape Waters

By Georgia Hall, Provincetown Independent
Karen Dourdeville photographs a mature female leatherback turtle stranded on Falmouth Beach on Nantucket Sound after being struck by a vessel. Credit: Mass Audubon/Provincetown Independent.

Warmer Waters Put Sea Turtles on a Collision Course With Humans

By Georgia Hall, Provincetown Independent
Andrea Honore sits outside former Gov. Charlie Baker's office. Photo Courtesy of Andrea Honore

Q&A: The ‘Perfect, Polite Protester’ Reflects on Her Sit-in to Stop a Gas Compressor Outside Boston

By Danish Bajwa

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