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03.10.10: New poll shows tight governor's race
A new poll has found that Democratic incumbent Deval Patrick faces a tight race in November against Republican Charlie Baker or independent Treasurer Timothy Cahill. -- Boston Globe
03.10.10: Obama prods undecided to pass climate, energy bill
President Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill yesterday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive measure this year. -- Associated Press
03.09.10: Making clean tech cheap, as well as green
It’s called clean technology’s “competitive conundrum’’: how to get people to pay for cleaner energy when electricity produced from traditional sources like nuclear power, coal, or natural gas costs less. -- Boston Globe, by Erin Ailworth
03.09.10: Patrick urges precise tally of fish stocks
Governor Deval Patrick, responding to concerns from fishermen who believe fish stocks are often undercounted, urged federal regulators yesterday to use newer technology to tally the fish swimming along the Massachusetts coastline. -- Boston Globe, by Brian R. Ballou
03.08.10: Wind power makes headway in Vt.
Last month, about 40 people from this northern Vermont town piled into a coach bus for a daylong trip to Lempster, N.H. It wasn’t a tourism outing. The trip was arranged so people here could get a first-hand look at the windmills of the Lempster Wind Power Project before they voted on whether to endorse plans for a wind project in their town. -- Associated Press, by John Curran
03.08.10: An Atlantic garbage patch
You’ve probably heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a vast concentration of plastic litter trapped by ocean currents in the Pacific Ocean. Now, researchers at the Woods Hole-based Sea Education Association have found a garbage patch in the Atlantic. -- Boston Globe, by Dara Olmsted
03.07.10: After errors, global warming gets a cold shoulder
A series of highly publicized errors in a landmark report about manmade global warming - and lingering controversy over hacked e-mails between climate scientists - is eroding public confidence in the research and could further stall efforts in Congress to pass climate legislation. -- Boston Globe, by Beth Daley
03.04.10: A clear-cut controversy
As Chris Matera reached a barren hilltop on state land near the Quabbin Reservoir, he swept his arm toward 2 acres of oak stumps and scattered gray tree skeletons. “This is a clear-cut,’’ the Northampton resident said angrily. “Is this really what the public wants on its land?’’ -- Boston Globe, by Beth Daley
03.03.10: Mass. to consider a limited BPA ban
Governor Deval Patrick has asked state health officials to look into placing a limited ban on bisphenol A, a chemical found in food and drink containers that the state last summer warned parents of young children to avoid. -- Boston Globe, by Elizabeth Cooney
03.02.10: Old TVs spark environmental dispute
Nine truck-size shipping containers filled with old televisions from a Brockton recycling company are at the center of an international dispute drawing attention to a major problem in the regulation of hazardous electronic waste: When is a product intended to be reused, and when is it trash? -- Boston Globe, by Beth Daley