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Massachusetts’ new efficiency plan puts a priority on underserved communities

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By Sarah Shemkus, Energy News Network. The state’s latest three-year energy efficiency plan would include new provisions to increase outreach and expand program eligibility for lower-income households and residents of color.

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Ponds, reservoirs could host floating solar in space-constrained Massachusetts

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By Sarah Shemkus, Energy News Network. A new joint venture between Boston-based BlueWave Solar and European photovoltaics firm Ciel et Terre is poised to bring floating solar panels to the ponds and reservoirs of Massachusetts for the first time.

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Solar project helps to reclaim site of notorious Boston-area toxic waste case

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By Sarah Shemkus, Energy News Network. A cluster of cancer cases in Woburn, Massachusetts, in the 1980s prompted a major pollution lawsuit that eventually inspired a book and subsequent movie. Now, a community solar project is bringing “new, positive life” to the site.

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