Massachusetts officials and their design team are studying how to harness thermal energy from the Charles and Mystic Rivers, Boston Harbor and Fort Point Channel, and bedrock beneath the rivers.
Under new Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D), the Resilient Environments and Landscapes rule (REAL) now has one-year reprieve from July 20 before it mandates higher shorebuilding elevations and other requirements for high-risk area—giving pro and con forces more time to battle over likely amendments.
The planned landfill will contain 3 million cu yd of polychlorinated biphenyl-containing sediment from the Housatonic River contaminated from last-century transformer manufacturing
Boston-based design firm Sasaki works with Harvard University to select clean and green materials for the 172,300-sq-ft John Pierce School project in Brookline..