Mass. DEP

Keeping The Harbor Clean
Keeping The Harbor Clean
Keeping The Harbor Clean
City officials say New Bedford Harbor is cleaner and there are fewer "mystery oil spills," thanks to a program begun last year by the Mass. Department of Environmental Protection and the New Bedford Harbor Development Commission. The Clean Bilge Program was highlighted Thursday during a news conference on Pier 3...
Cannon Street Cleanup
Cannon Street Cleanup
Cannon Street Cleanup
The New Bedford legislative delegation is demanding action by the Mass. Department of Environmental Protection to come up with a plan for the cleanup of the Cannon Street Power Station site on the city's waterfront. The site is owned by Eversource, formerly NSTAR...
Oil Spill Funding Released
Oil Spill Funding Released
Oil Spill Funding Released
State and federal environmental officials have announced the second round of remediation projects in the wake of an oil spill in Buzzards Bay in 2003 that damaged the Massachusetts and Rhode Island shorelines. The nearly $4.3 million plan announced Friday includes the restoration of shorelines resources, including tidal marshes and beaches; aquatic resources, including lobster, shellfish and fin f