Panel Focuses on How PCBs Affect Wildlife
Hosted by the Housatonic River Initiative, a non-profit dedicated towards clearing the Housatonic of PCB's for the past 20 years, panelists made the case for thorough cleanup along the rest of the...
View ArticleGreat Barrington Teens Go Green
Director of the Greenagers program Will Conklin puts it this way…A program of the Berkshires-based Center for Peace Through Culture, Greenagers is a youth program based in environmental stewardship and...
View ArticlePCB Removal in Pittsfield Site to Begin
Beginning next week, General Electric will be begin work on removing PCBs from Pittsfield’s Silver Lake. WAMC’s Berkshire Bureau Chief Lucas Willard…In a written statement to WAMC GE confirmed that...
View ArticleBerkshire Communities Hold Together on PCB Cleanup
The leaders of several Berkshire communities are united in their stance to support to remove harmful PCBs from the Housatonic River, while no plan has yet been proposed by General Electric or the EPA...
View ArticleCompany Offers Technology to Aid in Housatonic PCB Cleanup
As state and federal officials are still working with GE on a plan to clean PCBs from the Housatonic River in the Berkshires, local activists are searching for new technologies to lessen the impact on...
View ArticleBerkshire Communities Join In PCB Cleanup
Several Berkshire, Massachusetts County communities are banding together, figuring there's strength in numbers when it comes seeking financial compensation» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticlePublic Hearing On Housatonic River Cleanup Tonight In Lenox
Representatives of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are holding a public hearing tonight on the agency’s cleanup plan for the Housatonic River...» E-Mail This
View ArticleMany Say EPA's Housatonic River Cleanup Plan Falls Short
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing on the agency’s cleanup plan for the Housatonic River Tuesday night in Lenox,...» E-Mail This
View ArticleBerkshire High School Seniors To Present Housatonic River Project In China
While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other groups in western New England work on a cleanup plan for the Housatonic River, two area high...» E-Mail This
View ArticleAs Comment Period Ends, EPA Remedy For Housatonic Faces Criticism
General Electric disagrees with the Environmental Protection Agency’s cleanup plan for the contaminated Housatonic River. The company argues the...» E-Mail This
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