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GE threatens to walk out on Vineyard Wind
Just as Vineyard Wind 1 announced that construction was finally done after a decade of political debates and hard work, the company has filed a lawsuit against the wind farm’s central contractor, GE Vernova, after the energy company threatened to walk away from the project. The issue at the center of this latest skirmish for…
PFAS proliferate in Island talks
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, colloquially called PFAS, are everywhere. These chemicals can be very dangerous, even carcinogenic. Not only are many everyday household products chock-full of them, but they’re also present in the water that U.S. residents, even Islanders here — out in the Atlantic — drink. In fact, 97 to 99 percent of people…
ticks, tick-borne conditions & hunting
Healey backs modernizing hunting laws
Gov. Maura Healey announced in the middle of an East Falmouth wildlife management area on Thursday that she plans to file legislation that would modernize hunting laws that currently limit access to the sport across the state. The measure is also a part of an effort to curb the spread…
Drone survey zeroing in on deer population
A quadcopter, a drone with four propeller blades, launched vertically from a small, circular, red helicopter pad. It hovered for a moment above the field near the shops at the Aquinnah Cliffs, then took off toward the South Shore and became a fleck on the horizon as the sun started…
MassWildlife collects feedback on hunting regulations
The state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, better known as MassWildlife, held virtual public hearings Monday on two proposal packages to permanently formalize emergency deer-hunting regulations and make changes to other hunting regulations. Eve Schlüter, acting director of MassWildlife, led the hearings over Zoom after the brunt of the recent…
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