The Massachusetts Dept. of Public Utilities will hire an independent firm to examine the commonwealth’s natural gas distribution system in the wake of massive gas explosions in three towns north of Boston.
Newtown, Conn., is set to select the final design for a permanent memorial to the 26 people who died during the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Increasing electric vehicle fleets, along with walkable and bikeable streets and access to public transportation in cities, suburbs and rural and low-income communities across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions are among the strategies in a new report calling for a regional clean transportation plan.