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Berkshire Green Drinks: Land Stewardship in a Changing Environment| 02:00PM / Monday, January 09, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. Robin Sears, the executive director of Williamstown Rural Lands, will speak at Berkshire Environmental Action Team's monthly Berkshire Green Drinks gathering on Wednesday, Jan.11, at 6 PM via Zoom. Robin will discuss the mission, activities, and duties of local land trusts, outline how our natural environment and local demographics are changing, and consider management options for land stewards to respond to and anticipate the needs for ecosystem resilience. Pre-registration is required to attend the virtual gathering. Register at tinyurl.com/Jan2023-Berk-Green-Drinks Williamstown Rural Lands (WRL) is a non-profit, member-supported land conservation trust. It
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Pittsfield Receives Grant for Wastewater Improvements | 11:05AM / Wednesday, January 04, 2023 | |
BOSTON — The City of Pittsfield will receive a Gap Energy Grant Program to implement a clean energy Combined Heat and Power (CHP) generation project that is expected. The project is expected to save the city over $500,000 annually while reducing electric utility bills by 35 percent Wastewater Treatment Plant. “Assisting municipalities, small businesses and non-profit organizations to proactively work to reduce their energy usage and utilize clean, renewable energy is among our top environmental priorities,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “These Gap Energy Grant Program funds will greatly assist these municipalities and organizations as they work to 0 Comments
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BEAT Green Drinks Goes Countywide| 04:54AM / Sunday, January 01, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — After nearly 15 years of hosting their monthly Pittsfield Green Drinks gathering, Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) is expanding their Green Drinks from Pittsfield to county-wide, making it 'Berkshire Green Drinks'. Before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pittsfield Green Drinks took place exclusively at a restaurant or pub in Pittsfield. Starting in 2023, BEAT will begin changing the location of their in-person gatherings to different towns throughout Berkshire County every month. They're also changing the monthly events to the second Wednesday of every month instead of the third Tuesday. BEAT hopes to offer 0 Comments
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Baker-Polito Administration Releases 'MA Climate Change Assessment'| 10:43AM / Saturday, December 31, 2022 | |
BOSTON — The Baker-Polito Administration, through the Executive Office of Energy and Environment Affairs (EEA), released the "MA Climate Change Assessment," the first statewide assessment detailing how Massachusetts people, environments, and infrastructure may be affected by climate change and related hazards through the end of the century. This assessment will directly inform the first five-year update to the State Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan (SHMCAP) that will be released in Fall 2023. Importantly, it evaluates 37 climate impacts across five sectors: Human, Infrastructure, Natural Environment, Governance, and Economy; and seven regions of the 0 Comments
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Healey and Driscoll Names Massachusetts' First Climate Chief| 10:22AM / Wednesday, December 28, 2022 | |
BOSTON — Governor-elect Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor-elect Driscoll today announced that they will appoint Melissa Hoffer as Climate Chief. Hoffer is currently the Principal Deputy General Counsel at the Environmental Protection Agency and was previously the Chief of the Energy and Environment Bureau at the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. "Melissa Hoffer is unstoppable. I'm thrilled to welcome her back to Massachusetts as our first ever Climate Chief," said Healey. "The creation of this position sends a clear message that Massachusetts is a global leader in the fight against climate change and that it will be central to all 0 Comments
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No Drought Conditions in Berkshire County | 11:58AM / Saturday, December 17, 2022 | |
BOSTON — The Drought Management Task Force announced that Berkshire County remains at level 0 or normal drought conditions. This is not the case for the rest of the state. "Even though the weather is getting colder and wetter, we can't lose sight of the fact that several regions within Massachusetts continue to be impacted by drought conditions," said Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Beth Card. "It is important that everyone, especially those living and working in the Northeast, Cape Cod, and Islands Regions, continue to practice water conservation in order to ensure that our water resources fully rebound." While some parts of 0 Comments
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State Draft Second Amendment to Massachusetts VW Settlement Beneficiary Mitigation Plan| 08:16AM / Saturday, December 17, 2022 | |
BOSTON — The Baker-Polito Administration issued a draft Second Amendment to the "Final Massachusetts Volkswagen Settlement Beneficiary Mitigation Plan (BMP)," making millions of dollars available to electrify the transportation sector. The original BMP and its first Amendment committed $40.7 million of Massachusetts' $75 million share of a national settlement to resolve a vehicle emissions cheating scandal by Volkswagen (VW). The draft Second BMP Amendment proposes to allocate the remaining $34.3 million of Massachusetts VW Settlement funds in three categories: $26.8 million for Regional Transit Authority electric transit buses and chargers; 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Green Drinks: Protecting What Sustains Us All| 12:08PM / Wednesday, December 14, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) invites everyone to join them on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 6 PM for their monthly Pittsfield Green Drinks gathering. Discuss the organization's work of this past year and explore what comes next as the new year approaches. BEAT is an environmental nonprofit located in Pittsfield that was established in 2003. The organization does a scope of environmental work: improving wildlife movement corridors, monitoring water quality, fighting for clean and equitable energy, and cleaning up the environment through organized cleanups. BEAT's mission is to protect the environment for wildlife in support of 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Conservation Commission Supports Acquisition of Saw Mill PropertyBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:36PM / Monday, December 05, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. —The city is nearing its final stages of acquiring over 50 acres of conservation land along the southwest branch of the Housatonic River, also known as the Saw Mill property. On Thursday, the Conservation Commission authorized a project agreement to buy the property and use $50,000 from its trust fund for the $400,000 purchase.
The acquisition is supported by local and state funding.
"We are really excited about where we're at," Park, Open Space, and Natural Resource Program Manager James McGrath said.
"We have signed purchase and sale agreements and in fact, we put a deposit down on the sale as well. We're simply waiting for all of
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Baker-Polito Administration's Commission on Clean Heat Issues Final Report| 12:50PM / Saturday, December 03, 2022 | |
BOSTON — The Commonwealth's Commission on Clean Heat, established by Governor Charlie Baker through Executive Order 596 in September 2021, issued its final recommendations and report. According to a press release, the recommendations include the adoption of core principles and practices focused on ensuring an equitable approach to decarbonization of both existing and new buildings, including appropriate resourcing, institutional coordination and alignment; the development and implementation of a Clean Heat Standard, joint natural gas and electric system planning, and analyses of the potential impact of other associated regulatory changes; the reorganization of 0 Comments
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