Dalton Committee, BRPC Host Climate Change Preparedness ForumBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
11:28AM / Saturday, July 29, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Green Committee is hosting a climate change preparedness public education forum on Thursday, Aug. 3, at the Stationery Factory. This free event is a collaboration between the Green Committee, the Stationery Factory, and Berkshire Regional Planning Commission. The ultimate goal of the event is to educate residents on ways they can reduce fossil fuel by using available funding programs and technology, committee member Steven Marantz said. "I would say an unprecedented ecological and humanitarian crisis will without a doubt occur if we do not address climate change aggressively," added committee member Todd >> Read More |
Five Berkshire County Farms Receive State Grants| 11:20AM / Thursday, July 27, 2023 | |
CHICOPEE, Mass — Working to combat food insecurity, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced over $26.3 million in grants to strengthen Massachusetts' food supply system and mitigate future food supply and distribution disruption issues. In Berkshire County: Berkshire Bounty of Great Barrington received $67,371.89 CAVU Farms of Cheshire received $223,170 Holiday farm of Dalton received $31,914.90 Many Forks Farm of Clarksburg received $12,921 Off the Shelf Farm of New Marlborough received $497,519 During an event at the Fruit Fair Supermarket in Chicopee, Governor Healey, Lieutenant Governor Driscoll, Energy and Environmental Affairs >> Read More |
Solid Waste Forum Urges Support for Mattress Recycling BillBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:44AM / Tuesday, July 18, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Panelists at last week's solid waste forum at the Berkshire Innovation Center urged support for upcoming legislation to address the solid waste crisis. Event organizer Thomas Irwin said the forum is the continuation of mass public education on potential solutions for the solid waste crisis. Justine Fallon, director of operations for the Mattress Recycling Council, discussed proposed recycling legislation, the program's process, and its impact. "The Mattress Recycling Council is a nonprofit that was created by the International Sleep Products Association," Fallon said and that the association started to >> Read More |
Grant Opportunity to Enhance Environmental Justice in New England| 08:21AM / Saturday, July 15, 2023 | |
BOSTON (July 3, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Region 1 Office is announcing a grant competition for an "Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center" (EJ TCTAC) to help New England communities and other environmental justice stakeholders access federal technical assistance and resources to address environmental and energy justice concerns. EPA Region 1 includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and 10 Tribal Nations. In April of this year, the agency announced $177 million in investments for the creation of EJ TCTACs across the >> Read More |
BEAT Receives International Stewardship Award| 05:17PM / Monday, July 10, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Environmental Action Team received a stewardship award for its work protecting and re-connecting wildlife habitats in the Berkshire Wildlife Linkage area. The award was presented June at the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation. The local environmental organization's habitat effort is part of a larger Staying Connected Initiative: a partnership of many conservation organizations that work together to maintain landscape connectivity across the Northern Appalachians in the Acadian Region of the United States and Canada. >> Read More |
Governor Announces Support of 'Greener' Commercial Refrigeration| 03:09PM / Sunday, July 09, 2023 | |
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced that more than $581,000 in Commercial Refrigeration Grant Program funding has been awarded to eight retail food businesses and a food bank in Western Massachusetts. The grant program, administered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), will support the use of climate-friendly refrigerants in commercial refrigeration equipment. Many commercial refrigeration systems use potent greenhouse gases known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), with global warming potential up to thousands of times that of carbon dioxide (CO2). These harmful refrigerants leak into the atmosphere over time, >> Read More |
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