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Top brass from the EPA paid a visit to the Whaling City on Wednesday to recognize accomplishments made by the agency in the reduction of risks to human and environmental health.

The Wareham school district was chosen to receive $200,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to retrofit the engines on seven older school buses, so they would emit fewer pollutants that are linked to health problems such as asthma and lung damage.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its initial list of Superfund National Priorities List sites with the greatest expected redevelopment and commercial potential on Wednesday, and New Bedford Harbor was among the 31 sites listed.

The Town of Dartmouth is notifying residents of its recent violation of drinking water standards imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Santa has all the telltale signs of being a conservative! Could it be? Have you ever heard Santa bellowing "Happy Holidays?" I haven't. It's always been "Mer-ry Christmas - Ho Ho Ho!" And speaking of the way it's always been, Santa believes in tradition, like cookies and milk, a Christmas Tree, not a holiday tree, no matter how many trees are cut down rejecting liberal relativi

New Bedford receives an environmental award.

The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth was awarded $525,967 by the Environmental Protection Agency to study how effective oysters are when it comes to cleaning local waterways.

BOSTON (AP) _ The federal Environmental Protection Agency is warning that Friday's air quality in parts of New England could be unhealthy for some people. The regional branch of the EPA says air in coastal Connecticut, all of Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts and southern and central coastal Maine could have exceed the Federal air quality standard for ozone...

New Bedford could be shelling out more money to deal with water quality issues in the not too distant future.

Three SouthCoast communities will receive federal rebates to help purchase new, cleaner school buses.