Berkshire Eagle

GE just wrote large checks to the Rest of River towns — $63 million worth to be exact. Here is what Lee and Lenox are planning to do with their settlements

It’s payout time for Lee, Lenox and three other towns that signed off on the EPA-GE Rest of River agreement, as well as the city of Pittsfield and Mass Audubon. As compensation for disruption during ...
Berkshire Eagle

Housatonic River Initiative supporters urge 'Rest of River' residents to get active, challenge Select Boards

LENOX — The Housatonic River Initiative and its supporters were exhorted to keep up the fight against the revised Rest of River cleanup permit, and accompanying PCB landfill, at a meeting Thursday.
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EPA holds Rest of River community meeting in Pittsfield to answer questions, breakdown cleanup plan

The city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts and the Environmental Protection Agency held a community meeting Wednesday about a controversial river cleanup plan. A General Electric plant in Pittsfield dumped ...