The New England News Collaborative is telling stories of our connected and rapidly changing region.
The NENC is a 9-station consortium of public media newsrooms reporting stories that are shared and broadcast across New England. Our multimedia coverage delves into climate change and clean energy; racial inequality and immigration; and the impacts of the pandemic on people, businesses and schools in the region.
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Recent research suggests that the soft PVA plastics used to hold together detergent and dishwasher pods may not actually biodegrade. Now, a small team in Maine is working on a kelp bioplastic that could one day be used in your favorite detergent pod. -
A free state pilot program, which sends nurses and health workers to the homes of new mothers and newborns in the Bridgeport area, is expanding to Norwich. -
The dispute highlights the challenges that come with the region’s growing agritourism scene. -
The art installation incorporates healing with memories of home for a community-based art group of migrant women -
The Freeport-based retailer said 50-75 employees will be affected and cited "the fluctuating retail landscape" as a reason for the announcement. -
Six options for passenger rail service along the Route 2 corridor were considered; options come at a cost of as much as $3 billion dollars. -
"On the surface it looks like we're just giving away free veggies," said Nour El-Naboulsi. "But we are bringing our community members into a solidarity fold." -
At a meeting in Pittsfield, Massachusetts this week General Electric presented its revised plan for transporting toxic waste during the clean up of the Housatonic River. The public criticized its first plan for not analyzing the use of rail over trucks. -
The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission is looking to allow "social consumption" spaces like lounges attached to licensed marijuana establishments or open areas connected to a licensed event space where people could use weed. -
Six advocates were first elected in 2022. This year, all who ran were endorsed by the group No Coal, No Gas, which advocates for transitioning the region’s grid off of fossil fuels.
