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 Stories About: Massachusetts AND wilderness
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Bigger Homes and Gardens
As New Homes in Massachusetts Get Bigger, Enviros Get Worried |
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10 Nov 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Bigger Homes and Gardens As New Homes in Massachusetts Get Bigger, Enviros Get Worried If Americans follow the trend in Massachusetts, they'll increasingly be living in larger homes on larger lots, even though fewer people reside in each house. A new report by the Massachusetts Audubon Society found that the state is losing 40 acres of forest, farmland, and open space to development every day, with abo ... |
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| Topics: green living, Massachusetts, placemaking, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Mass Appeal
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03 Mar 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Mass Appeal Massachusetts may get its first national forest if a plan being drawn up by the administration of Gov. Mitt Romney (R) comes to fruition. The plan's still in the preliminary stages -- so preliminary, in fact, that no maps have yet been sketched -- but a considerable chunk of northwestern Massachusetts could be affected, including parts of the Berkshire region. The administration says it will make sure it has the blessi ... |
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| Topics: Massachusetts, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Staples Gunned
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13 Nov 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Staples Gunned In a milestone victory for trees and forest advocates, the office-supply giant Staples announced yesterday that it would phase out paper goods made from threatened forests and increase the average amount of recycled material in its paper products to 30 percent, up from the current average of less than 10 percent. No timetable has been se ... |
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| Topics: California, commercial and industry organizations, green living, Massachusetts, recycling, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Like a Virgin
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05 Sep 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Like a Virgin In better forestry news, a heretofore-unknown pocket of virgin forest has been discovered in Massachusetts and is believed to be the largest in the state. The area, which somehow escaped more than three centuries of logging and development, consists of up to 1,000 acres on the 2,608-foot Mount Everett, near the Connecticut and New York borders. The forest is comprised of hemlocks, pines, and other trees, most of them ... |
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| Topics: Massachusetts, wilderness (all these topics) |
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A Godsend for Enviros?
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Ben White |
26 Aug 1999 |
Muckraker |
| It's all but official. Hollywood actor Warren Beatty may have hedged his bets somewhat in a New York Times op-ed last Sunday, but he already has a presidential campaign website, which is this column's fin de siècle measure of candidatehood, be it virtual or actual. Leaving aside the question of why certain individuals with no electoral experience (Ross Perot, Steve Forbes, et al.) feel qualified to begin their political careers by vaulting to th ... |
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| Topics: elections, Massachusetts, Muckraker, politics, wilderness (all these topics) |
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