A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, and other developments from the global warming frontier.
Katelyn Weisbrod - 06-20-2022
New England Journal of Medicine examines of the effects of air pollution on children's health.
Victoria St. Martin - 06-20-2022
Online disinformation campaigns aim to delay climate action by intentionally dragging the issue into politics.
Kristoffer Teague - 06-13-2022
Solid Power has begun rolling out batteries that will enable electric cars to run much longer on a charge.
Dan Gearino - 06-13-2022
Both generations put climate change just behind the cost of living as their top societal concern.
Kathy Alsegaf - 06-06-2022
Heat, sewer problems and less lobster: New report details climate change's impact in Boston.
Barbara Moran - 06-06-2022
What to know about the MOPR, an obscure rule that critics say is harming renewable energy and raising electricity bills....
Mirian Wasser - 05-27-2022
Double-sided panels help offset the effects of snow on solar arrays.
Dan Gearino - 05-27-2022
Failing to rein in methane, HFCs and soot, will speed global warming in the coming decades.
Phil McKenna - 05-27-2022
Increasing urban greenery could save lives of tens of thousands of older adults, researchers found.
Julia Kane - 05-27-2022
Urban heat is an invisible threat – resilience against it shouldn't be.
Luke Antoniou - 05-27-2022
Boston announced last month that it plans to replace its entire fleet of more than 700 buses with electric vehicles.
Associated Press - 05-23-2022
A battery project uses a technology that could be vital for meeting the need for long-duration energy storage.
Dan Gearino - 05-23-2022
Deaths from exposure to emissions from vehicles, smoke stacks and wildfires have increased more than 50% this century.
Victoria St. Martin - 05-23-2022
A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, and developments from the global warming frontier.
Katelyn Weisbrod - 05-23-2022
NOAA expects unusually hot temperatures across all 50 states.
Lina Tran - 05-23-2022
AARP ranks Watertown as the second 'most livable' small city in the US.
Andre Claudio - 05-17-2022
National lab uses magnets to extract lithium, potentially helping with shortage of key battery material.
Dan Gearino - 05-16-2022
Baker has filed $3.5 billion to revitalize downtowns, develop climate resiliency and workforce initiatives.
Alison Kuznitz - 05-16-2022
Enel X completed a microgrid with solar-plus-battery storage to operate the facility and offer EV charging.
Anne Fischer - 05-16-2022
National Grid has announced the completion of a portion of the grid reliability project for the Boston region.
Yusuf Latief - 05-16-2022
Petrochemicals are linked to health problems from infertility to cancer, and now they’re building up in pregnant women.
Liza Gross and Victoria St. Martin - 05-16-2022
Global temperatures will briefly break the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming mark soon.
Bob Berwyn - 05-16-2022
A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, and other developments from the global warming frontier.
Katelyn Weisbrod - 05-16-2022
If travelers want to reduce their contribution to climate change, choosing green hotels is an available option.
Katie Mogg - 05-09-2022
International efforts to reduce deforestation are underfunded and overwhelmed by industries that continue to cut trees.
Georgina Gustin - 05-09-2022
A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, and other developments from the global warming frontier.
Katelyn Weisbrod - 05-09-2022
Incremental gains are no longer good enough if the goal is to get carbon dioxide emissions to zero, a researcher argues....
Dan Gearino - 05-02-2022
Massachusetts is the best state for people on bikes, according to the 2022 Bicycle Friendly States.
James Brasuell - 05-02-2022
7 factors driving the switch to electric vehicles.
Kate Yoder - 05-02-2022
A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations and developments from the global warming frontier.
Katelyn Wesibrod - 05-02-2022
Warming, oxygen-starved seas could lead marine species to vanish at a rate matching the planet’s biggest extinction.
Bob Berwyn - 05-02-2022
A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations and other developments from the global warming frontier.
Katlyn Weisbrod - 04-25-2022
These tools and scorecards will help you find candidates truly committed to environmental issues.
Marianne Lavelle - 04-25-2022
Millions more are breathing unhealthy air compared to just a few years ago, in large part due to climate change.
Kristoffer Tigue - 04-25-2022
What was accomplished by the Community Greening Program this year?The first phase of the City of Watertown’s equit...
City of Watertown - 06-24-2022
It’s impossible to list all everything we love about Watertown- the Charles River waterfront, our unique industria...
What Do We Mean by Equity-Based Community Greening?The City of Watertown is conducting an equity-based green infrastruct...
Meaningful climate action will require our collective effort, but the risks, barriers and needed resources to achieve ac...
As the new school year gets underway, it’s a great time to reflect on the role our schools play in the Watertown c...
Cities around the US are becoming less green. The Nature Conservancy reports that cities are losing about 4 million tree...
Watertown is doing a lot on its own to combat climate change, but did you know that we also participate in multiple regi...
Action on climate change will be most effective if we raise awareness of how important it is to our future wellbeing. Th...
Since we have recently launched the planning process for Resilient Watertown, our Climate and Energy Plan, this is a gre...
Hello Watertown! May is Bike Month!Watertown supports biking, as an environmentally friendly, fun, and healthy mea...
In 2019, Watertown launched the Watertown Electricity Choice (WEC) program, in order to increase the amount of renewable...
The Town of Watertown hopes you had a restful and safe holiday! With the busy holiday season behind us, we are left with...
Don’t let consumerism consume your holiday season! Did you know between Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day...
Laurel Schwab - 12-10-2020
Community engagement has been and will continue to be a key component of Resilient Watertown’s climate action plan...
Laurel Schwab - 11-23-2020
Climate Action in WatertownIn July of 2019, the Town of Watertown received funds to start a town-wid...
Laurel Schwab - 10-21-2020