There is a battle underway beneath Boston Harbor. On one side is Harbor Electric Energy Co., a subsidiary of New England utility NStar (now known as Eversource Energy), and on the other side is the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.
Denmark-based wind-power pioneer DONG Energy—the world’s largest offshore developer—has opened a Boston office, planning to build what could be North America’s largest offshore wind farm, located 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.
Boston’s Green Line extension to Somerville and Medford likely will be delayed again due to rising costs, Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation officials said on Oct. 21.
The Boston Water and Sewer Commission received a $235,000 federal fine in August for Clean Water Act violations in discharging sewage- and stormwater-related pollutants into Boston Harbor.