Somerville residents are fighting to address pollution in their city. Interstate 93 weaves throughout east Somerville, leaving behind a trail of air and noise pollution people living nearby must deal with. This fight against pollution is being led by Somerville resident and local advocate Ellin Reisner.
Most areas located along Interstate 93 in Somerville are defined as Environmental Justice communities. This is why researchers and advocates are leading efforts to install HEPA air purifiers to protect the city’s most vulnerable residents.
Somerville is demanding that the state fulfill its past promises by building noise barriers to protect the city’s most vulnerable residents from air and noise pollution along Interstate 93. This push for noise barriers is being spearheaded by a group of community stakeholders, researchers and elected officials.
Air pollution is distributed unevenly throughout Boston and its surrounding areas. Exposure to pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter has increased in predominantly Black and Hispanic communities while reducing in other parts of Massachusetts.
Organic milk gives the farmer more money than conventional milk, and the product is not used widely at schools and restaurants. Organic dairy farmers are riding out the wave of COVID-19, but there are bigger problems on the horizon.
Even in it’s seventh year of single-stream recycling model, Boston continues to harbor numerous institutions using the dual-stream model. With the changing demands of recyclers and user behavior, many universities are contesting to adapt to the one-bin concept.
Cynthia Loesch and Ivan Lirinao built their house on 81 Brent St. in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood in 2011. But this house was unlike any other house in the neighborhood at the time.
For drivers who are concerned about emissions caused from their cars or those who complain because the subway made them late for work, Boston is reaching a newer and possibly greener way of getting around.
Sustainability ranges from garden to garbage when it comes to working with food. This looks at where we get our food to how we prepare it to how we dispose of any scraps.
A detailed question and answer session with two sustainability experts from Northeastern University.
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