New England

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Celebrates the Expanded Presence in New England for Billion-Dollar High-Tech Company

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., 6/25/2008 -- Billion dollar high-tech leader Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS), headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will celebrate its substantial expansion into the Boston Area today when president and CEO Mark Templeton joins Massachusetts Undersecretary for Business Development, Gregory Bialecki, and Massachusetts State Representative Charles A. Murphy (D-Bedford) for an official ribbon cutting ceremony at the company’s new Bedford, MA office.    » read more »

New England continues trend of lower releases to air, land and water

Boston, Mass., Feb. 21, 2008 – EPA’s most recent Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data is now available for the reporting year of 2006. This year, due to continued increases in electronic reporting by industry, TRI data is available earlier than ever for both local communities and national analysis.    » read more »

Longtime New Englander Captain W. Russell Webster, USCG (Ret.) Joins FEMA

February 20, 2008, BOSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announces the selection of Captain W. Russell Webster, USCG (Retired) as FEMA Region I's (New England) first Federal Preparedness Coordinator (FPC). The FPC position is a newly created job that is emblematic of FEMA's acknowledgment of and renewed emphasis on establishing and maintaining relationships with state, federal and tribal partners. FEMA has designated one FPC for each of its ten regions.    » read more »

Boston, February 11, 2008 -- Three major companies based in New England—Staples, Inc., State Street Corporation and Pitney Bowes—were among 53 Fortune 500 organizations recently recognized by EPA for taking voluntary steps to purchase and use green power.    » read more »

Boston, Mass., February 4, 2008 – Reducing climate impacts, saving money, and saving water – these are the goals of projects and programs being developed by EPA and state partners at the nexus between energy use and water use.    » read more »

Boston, Mass., Oct. 1, 2007 – As the 2007 summer ozone season comes to an end, EPA today confirmed that New Englanders experienced a modest increase in the number of poor air quality days this year, compared to 2006. The increase in number of days with reduced air quality is related to hot weather experienced throughout the region during the summer.    » read more »

Day of Remembrance Blood Drives held at Fenway Park and across Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont in honor of those lost so others may survive

08/31/2007, BOSTON -- The American Red Cross, Boston Red Sox, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center today joined together with community leaders at Fenway Park to announce plans for the Fifth Annual September 11th Day of Remembrance Blood Drive. A Day of Remembrance Blood Drive will be held at Fenway Park and at locations across New England in remembrance of those lost so others may survive.    » read more »