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There’s been a lot of focus recently on the negative health impacts of burning natural gas indoors, but a new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology sheds light on what’s in the unburned gas piped into millions of homes across the U.S. Researchers sampled natural gas from homes across the Greater Boston area and found 21…
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Editor’s Note: This story was originally published before the June 24 Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that made it a constitutional right to have an abortion. If so, it will be up to each state to determine whether abortion…
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Hundreds of dead seabirds are turning up along the Massachusetts coast — especially on Martha’s Vineyard — and state environmental and health officials suspect avian influenza could be the cause. Cormorants, seagulls, eiders and other birds have been found dead or dying over the past few months, and farmers are concerned the virus could spread…
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The Supreme Court decision overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision on Friday will have little to no immediate impact on access to abortions in Maine. But abortion rights advocates fear — and abortion opponents hope — that could change if the political winds shift in the state, potentially as early as this November. By…
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Editor’s Note: On June 24, the Supreme Court overturned its landmark Roe v. Wade decision, ending nearly 50 years of constitutional protections for people seeking abortions in the U.S. This story, which explains abortion laws in New England, was published in May, after a draft of the court’s decision was leaked. Abortion is likely to remain…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, leaving the question of abortion access to the states. This decision has no immediate effect on abortion access in New Hampshire, though it could open the door for future changes. “Regardless of this Supreme Court decision, access to these services will continue to remain safe, accessible, and legal…
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A federal appeals court has thwarted part of a plan to improve the reliability of New England’s electric grid during the winter that would pay electricity generators extra for keeping fuel on-site. As climate change causes more unreliable weather and conflict in Ukraine pinches energy markets, ISO-New England, the organization in charge of keeping the region’s lights…
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Mackenzie Verdiner goes to one of the most diverse schools in New Hampshire, Manchester’s West High School. Students there speak about 50 different languages. “If I grab a fistful of kids randomly, it would be a different color on each finger — it’s all different colors, different backgrounds,” she says. “And then all the teachers…
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Valerie Woodhouse is a co-owner of Honeyfield Farm in Norwich, Vt. She was in the second week of launching the organic vegetable farm when the pandemic began. It was a tough time. “That I can safely say was, you know, my lowest point in my own mental health care,” she said. “Just because, you know,…
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As Luis Vega walks through his manufacturing site in North Haven, Conn., he points out how he plans to expand his hemp business. Here they process hemp-based products like soaps, tinctures and hand lotions. “We’re building this all out to be like classrooms so that we could do education for cannabis,” Vega said. It’s been…
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