Liar! Liar! River on fire! Written by Mickey Friedman The Berkshire high muckety-mucks – the bankers, lawyers, corporate execs, and their cultural minions – are trying to help GE save millions with a minimal PCB river cleanup. They have new organizations with new names, 1Berkshire and the Smart Clean-Up Coalition, but these are the folks [...]
Preserve the Trust
All Massachusetts' drivers can safeguard the Commonwealth's waterways by selecting a "Preserve the Trust" environmental license plate.
Health effects of PCBs in the Housatonic River
The section of the Housatonic River that flows from Pittsfield, Mass. through southern Berkshire county contains harmful levels of PCBs, the legacy of pollution from the decades when GE was the main employer in the Berkshires. The Housatonic River Initiative is hosting a free public discussion on the health effects of PCBs Tuesday, March 1, [...]