The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday visited a Dorchester housing complex slated to make the switch to cleaner energy to highlight it as one anecdote in the “national story” of how the United States is preparing to deal with effects of a changing climate.
The Baker-Polito Administration awarded $220,000 in funding to help water quality management efforts for five projects chosen by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP).
President Donald Trump will ask the U.S. Congress for dramatic cuts to many federal programs as he seeks to bulk up defense spending, start building a wall on the border with Mexico and spend more money deporting illegal immigrants.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has joined a coalition of nine attorneys general in urging the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to oppose the confirmation of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, calling him “manifestly unsuited for the role.”
General Electric says it’s “disappointed” by a decision upholding the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan that requires the company to clean chemicals from a western Massachusetts river.
