green tech
Five Cambridge and Somerville climate tech companies receive state tax incentive
Somerville’s Form Energy received the majority of a $6 million tax incentive for job creation granted to five climate tech innovation companies in Cambridge and Somerville. Read more MIT will reopen Building 18 Form, which produces high-capacity batteries used for storing renewable energy at utility scale, earlier this year was identified as the recipient of […]
Cambridge, Somerville climate tech incubators receive state grants
Four Cambridge and Somerville climate technology incubators received over $1.3 million in Innovation Ecosystem Program grants to support initiatives that advance climate tech startups through commercialization. Read more Cambridge honors saxophonist Johnny Hodges Cambridge-based incubators Activate Global and The Engine as well as Somerville’s FORGE and Greentown Labs each received $120,000. Activate and Greentown also […]
Mt. Auburn Cemetery’s green transition happening at the right time
To the editor: Thank you to Mt. Auburn Cemetery for retiring its fossil-fueled equipment. In due time I will be buried there with my family, and I will rest more peacefully knowing that no carbon emissions will accompany the care of my grave. And if more institutions did likewise, millions of people would not go to […]