Given recent reports of high lead levels at some of Newton’s outdoor water fountains and at several Newton public schools, it is timely to review the sources of lead in drinking water and to find local solutions to this nationwide … Read More
Category Archives: Water
Urgent message from Newton Conservators, President Beth Wilkinson… “It’s that terrible time again: mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus were found in Newton on August 2nd. Please don’t leave any standing water in your yard. The Culex mosquitoes that carry the disease can … Read More
Days ago, Governor Baker issued $10M in vetoes to environmental funding for Fiscal Year 2016. As the Massachusetts legislature considers which of the Governor’s vetoes to override, the Legislative Director of the Environmental League of Massachusetts (ELM) communicated the following to … Read More
The CRWA has kicked off their summer Water Quality Notification Program. This program provides the public with up-to-date water quality forecasts on the CRWA website, and will continue throughout the summer months. The website uses data from the CRWA’s weather station and other sources to … Read More
Kudos to State Senators Cynthia Creem, Jamie Eldridge and the entire MA State Senate for their leadership in voting on May 25, 2016 to ban plastic carryout bags from large retail establishments in Massachusetts. Thirty two cities and towns have … Read More
Newton Community Farm is accepting applications for open spots in our high school intern program! Summer internships on our farm operations team are unpaid opportunities for high school age youth to learn about organic and community farming in a fun, friendly environment. … Read More
Green Newton is pleased to be an endorser of the Fiscal Year 2017 Green Budget, produced by the Environmental League of Massachusetts. Right now our State Representatives are waiting to hear whether funding for environmental programs is important to you. The Massachusetts House … Read More
Professor Richard Primack of the Boston University Biology Department (also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Biological Conservation and advisor to the Newton Conservators) is soliciting observations from volunteers for an article he is writing for the Newton Tab on the effects of the warm … Read More
Green Newton Advisory Board Members Ellie Goldberg and Francoise LaMonica attended Sierra Club’s Shell No! Kayaking Rally on July 18 in Cambridge to show support for the campaign to stop Shell’s drilling in the arctic.
Do you have a backyard garden? Well, you already know you should be composting and using natural methods to repel insects. Consider these additional steps to make your garden as green as possible: • Go native. Learn which plants are native … Read More
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