housatonic river

A delegation of Lee, Massachusetts representatives will stage a protest this week near the Boston headquarters of General Electric.

2024 was such an eventful year for Berkshire County, one WAMC story couldn’t cover all the highlights. WAMC has another look back on 2024 in the westernmost region of Massachusetts.

Berkshire County residents are reacting after General Electric proposed a revised plan to transport and dispose of toxic chemicals it dumped into the Housatonic River at a meeting Wednesday night.

General Electric presented its new plan for removing and disposing of toxic chemicals it polluted into the Housatonic River at a meeting in Pittsfield, Massachusetts Wednesday night.

After its first plan for removing and transporting toxic materials out of the Housatonic River prompted outcry, General Electric is presenting a revised plan at a meeting in Pittsfield, Massachusetts tonight.

On Saturday, two environmental groups are holding the last in a series of community river cleanups in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

A mill redevelopment project in Lee, Massachusetts is working to clean up chemical contaminants as it continues its long journey to fruition.

An interview with Lee, Massachusetts town administrator Christopher Brittain.

The city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts and the Environmental Protection Agency held a community meeting Wednesday about a controversial river cleanup plan.

In a newly refiled lawsuit, the town of Lee, Massachusetts says it has new evidence that General Electric and Monsanto knew the dangers of PCBs as early as 1972 — but continued to use them for years.