/PRNewswire/ - Hancock Natural Resource Group, a company of Manulife Investment Management, today announced the release of its 2020 Report on Sustainability.
By Florence ChongJanuary / February 2021 (Magazine)
The crucial role that timber plays as an alternative material to concrete, steel and plastics is becoming evident. Florence Chong reports on a fast-evolving global industry
Beyond windmills, solar panels and a constant stream of innovation to mitigate carbon emissions in the built environment, many now believe timberland holds the key to a more sustainable world as it shifts towards a circular ‘bio’ economy.
Using forests for carbon sequestration is a known path to reducing carbon dioxide, but the crucial role of timber products in helping limit global warming to 1.5°C by 2030 is only now becoming more evident.
Feb 2, 2021
Blasted but still going.
The NorEaster that battered the region is moving northward but it has left in its wake thousands of DPW crews throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut with a big cleanup.
There was one big break that we got from the storm and that is that more often then not there was no real changeover to rain and therefore the snow is pretty easy to move.
You may see from time to time throughout the day today a snow shower but there will be no accumulation from that.
Despite the storm moving out of the area, the cleanup and the dangers persist. Road crews report that there are slippery roads all throughout the area.
Jan 1, 2021 A State Police Trooper has been shot during an incident in Springfield right before the start of the new year.
State Police Spokesman David Procopio says the trooper was responding, along with Springfield Police to a “shot-spotter” call in the vicinity of Nursery Street.
The spokesman says a gunshot passed through the cruiser and struck the Trooper.
The Trooper was treated and released from the hospital.
Springfield Mayor Dom Sarno says he is thankful that the Trooper is ok. He pointed out that police used great restraint in not returning fire. The Mayor said= “ ‘Blue’ did their job, now let us see what some of our judges and the court system does. Do they allow this individual to be let go to continue to party and perpetuate mayhem to one of our residents or police officers/state troopers or do they keep him locked up.”