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2024 was such an eventful year for Berkshire County, one WAMC story couldn’t cover all the highlights. WAMC has another look back on 2024 in the westernmost region of Massachusetts.
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Berkshire County residents are reacting after General Electric proposed a revised plan to transport and dispose of toxic chemicals it dumped into the Housatonic River at a meeting Wednesday night.
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After scathing feedback last year, GE outlines new plan for Housatonic cleanup at Pittsfield meetingGeneral Electric presented its new plan for removing and disposing of toxic chemicals it polluted into the Housatonic River at a meeting in Pittsfield, Massachusetts Wednesday night.
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After its first plan for removing and transporting toxic materials out of the Housatonic River prompted outcry, General Electric is presenting a revised plan at a meeting in Pittsfield, Massachusetts tonight.
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Pittsfielders looking for answers about exposure to PCBs turning to attorney for Q&A session tonightA community group in Pittsfield, Massachusetts concerned with the health impacts of long-term chemical pollution is holding a Q and A with a lawyer tonight.
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An interview with Lee, Massachusetts town administrator Christopher Brittain.
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In a newly refiled lawsuit, the town of Lee, Massachusetts says it has new evidence that General Electric and Monsanto knew the dangers of PCBs as early as 1972 — but continued to use them for years.
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Western Massachusetts legislators are locking arms behind a call for General Electric to use rail — not trucks — to transport higher-level toxic waste from the Housatonic River out of Berkshire County.
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General Electric presented its plan to transport toxic chemicals it polluted into the Housatonic River over the 20th century to Berkshire County residents at a tense public meeting in Lee, Massachusetts Tuesday.
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Massachusetts and the city of Pittsfield are set to announce Tuesday a step forward in redeveloping a former industrial site through the MassDevelopment…