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A weather station in Chatham has recorded more than 9 inches of rain so far this month.
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The biggest element of the project is the removal of the Chequessett Neck Road Dike, which has blocked tidal inflow since 1909.
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If you’ve purchased a fruit tree or a grapevine from a nursery lately, you might also have brought along an insect hitchhiker.
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Nearly 20 environmental groups have signed a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management asking for a change in the offshore wind planning process.
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Smoke and flames on Penikese Island were visible for miles Wednesday, but there was no emergency. It was the result of a controlled burn of the 75-acre island by the Massachusetts Division of Fish and Wildlife.
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"Before 2016, the levels of PFAS in the Hyannis water system were higher than in any other public water supply in Massachusetts," says scientist Laurel Schaider, the lead investigator of a study tracking past exposure. PFAS have been linked to cancer and elevated cholesterol.
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Twenty electric-vehicle charging stations are headed to the region under the state's E.V. incentive grant program.
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Nitrogen from septic systems has been disrupting local waterways for years, causing fish kills and blooms of toxic algae. Now, field testing on Cape Cod is playing a national role in the development of technology to monitor nitrogen — even in individual backyards — as a step toward keeping the excess out of our waters.
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It's part of an effort to reduce plastic waste that ends up in landfills, or worse, in microscopic pieces that can harm animals, the environment and maybe even humans.
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New England faces a critical loss of native plants and the species that depend on them unless millions of acres are protected from development, according to a new report from conservation groups.