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A lack of rain over the fall has led the state’s environmental affairs department to issue a drought advisory for Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs secretary Rebecca Tepper announced on Wednesday that the Islands are in a significant drought, or a level 2 drought. “After receiving record rainfall in Western and […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a new set of stricter drinking water standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, which could require treatment options for at least one water district on Martha’s Vineyard. The first nationwide regulations would set a threshold for the so-called forever chemicals at 4 parts per trillion, […]