Students at several colleges and universities across Connecticut are now doing what will guarantee getting a TV news camera in their face: protesting on campus to support Palestinians. But many are not willing to speak on the record using their full names — or speak to the media altogether.
Homes and buildings produce the second highest global warming emissions in New England, after transportation. Efforts like greener building techiques, renewable energy systems and home weatherization could help.
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According to a new study, living through extreme weather events like wildfires and hurricanes may make survivors more likely to support climate mitigation policy, despite their political affiliation.
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US Dept. of Education investigates complaint of alleged anti-Palestinian harassment at UMass AmherstThe civil rights complaint alleges that despite repeated communication to over a dozen administrators and officials, UMass Amherst, was "extremely slow to take action" against anti-Palestinian harassment on campus.
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Last year, the Biden administration had its most high-profile student debt forgiveness program blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court. But smaller, piecemeal forgiveness is happening — even in Vermont.
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Nearly 300 people turned out Thursday night at the Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston to mark the six-month anniversary of the worst mass shootings in Maine history.
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An unusual ad has been appearing in a small weekly paper in southern Maine this month.
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and several colleagues have introduced federal legislation to tackle the nationwide affordable housing crisis and climate change.
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The Massachusetts Army National Guard's proposal comes as a response to a critical Environmental Protection Agency draft report released a year ago, which found the range could contaminate drinking water and create a significant threat to public health for hundreds of thousands of year-round residents on Cape Cod.
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Students gathered on the Storrs campus late Thursday afternoon. Social media showed police at the scene, taking down tents and making an arrest.
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- The incentive problem keeping landlords from taking climate change action
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