Boston Environment Department
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Official Bluesky account of the City of Boston's Environment Department. Working to enhance the quality of life of Bostonians by addressing climate change and protecting our natural resources.
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Have a broken household item? Instead of tossing it, come to a Fixit Clinic to learn how to repair it for free! 🛠️🧵
📅 Sat, Jan 17
🕐 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
📍Maverick Landing Community Services, 31 Liverpool Street, East Boston
boston.gov/calendar/fixit-clinic-maverick-landing-community-services
📅 Sat, Jan 17
🕐 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
📍Maverick Landing Community Services, 31 Liverpool Street, East Boston
boston.gov/calendar/fixit-clinic-maverick-landing-community-services
January 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Have a broken household item? Instead of tossing it, come to a Fixit Clinic to learn how to repair it for free! 🛠️🧵
📅 Sat, Jan 17
🕐 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
📍Maverick Landing Community Services, 31 Liverpool Street, East Boston
boston.gov/calendar/fixit-clinic-maverick-landing-community-services
📅 Sat, Jan 17
🕐 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
📍Maverick Landing Community Services, 31 Liverpool Street, East Boston
boston.gov/calendar/fixit-clinic-maverick-landing-community-services
What's Boston doing to build resilience, become more energy efficient, and reduce waste? Subscribe to our monthly e-blast to learn more about what we're doing to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. boston.gov/environment-newsletter
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We support Mayor Wu's vision of enhancing environmental justice and quality of life in Boston by protecting air, water, climate, and land resources. Our work focuses on achieving carbon neutrality whi...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
What's Boston doing to build resilience, become more energy efficient, and reduce waste? Subscribe to our monthly e-blast to learn more about what we're doing to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. boston.gov/environment-newsletter
From launching new programs to celebrating local heroes, this year was all about action 🌍. As we gear up for an even bigger 2026, we’re looking back at the milestones that defined our year. Here's our top 10 moments from 2025: instagram.com/p/DSaucvLDeUn/?img_index=1
December 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
From launching new programs to celebrating local heroes, this year was all about action 🌍. As we gear up for an even bigger 2026, we’re looking back at the milestones that defined our year. Here's our top 10 moments from 2025: instagram.com/p/DSaucvLDeUn/?img_index=1
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Our work to make Boston a home for everyone continues!
Please join us live on Monday, January 5 at 10 a.m. as we begin our second term and administer the oath of office to the Boston City Council. #BostonInauguration
Please join us live on Monday, January 5 at 10 a.m. as we begin our second term and administer the oath of office to the Boston City Council. #BostonInauguration
December 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Our work to make Boston a home for everyone continues!
Please join us live on Monday, January 5 at 10 a.m. as we begin our second term and administer the oath of office to the Boston City Council. #BostonInauguration
Please join us live on Monday, January 5 at 10 a.m. as we begin our second term and administer the oath of office to the Boston City Council. #BostonInauguration
Today, 12/15, is the deadline to submit comments on the draft Phase III Wetlands Regulations. These regs are crucial for climate resilience, ensuring our wetlands can continue to provide vital ecological services. Don't miss your chance to weigh in! ow.ly/cWlu50XJF54
December 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Today, 12/15, is the deadline to submit comments on the draft Phase III Wetlands Regulations. These regs are crucial for climate resilience, ensuring our wetlands can continue to provide vital ecological services. Don't miss your chance to weigh in! ow.ly/cWlu50XJF54
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Congrats to the Moakley Park design team on the 2025 Holcim Grand Prize! 🌊Years of community input shaped a redesign that will boost climate resilience & upgrade the space. Thank you, Stoss LU & Holcim Foundation!
🌳 boston.gov/news/moakley-park-named-grand-prize-winner-2025-holcim-foundation-awards
🌳 boston.gov/news/moakley-park-named-grand-prize-winner-2025-holcim-foundation-awards
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Congrats to the Moakley Park design team on the 2025 Holcim Grand Prize! 🌊Years of community input shaped a redesign that will boost climate resilience & upgrade the space. Thank you, Stoss LU & Holcim Foundation!
🌳 boston.gov/news/moakley-park-named-grand-prize-winner-2025-holcim-foundation-awards
🌳 boston.gov/news/moakley-park-named-grand-prize-winner-2025-holcim-foundation-awards
A virtual meeting for the Boston Storm Study will be held tomorrow from 6 - 8pm. Tune-in to learn about flood mitigation plans being proposed for Boston's Downtown, North End and Wharf District.
Register: Boston.gov/usace-study/
Register: Boston.gov/usace-study/
December 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A virtual meeting for the Boston Storm Study will be held tomorrow from 6 - 8pm. Tune-in to learn about flood mitigation plans being proposed for Boston's Downtown, North End and Wharf District.
Register: Boston.gov/usace-study/
Register: Boston.gov/usace-study/
Applications for the Tree Planting and Care Grant are due today for the spring planting season! Community-based and non-profit orgs are encouraged to apply for up to $249,000 in funding. @parks.boston.gov @green-infrastructure.boston.gov www.boston.gov/departments/...
B.T.A. Tree Planting Grant
The next round of tree planting grants are open for projects in spring and fall 2026.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Applications for the Tree Planting and Care Grant are due today for the spring planting season! Community-based and non-profit orgs are encouraged to apply for up to $249,000 in funding. @parks.boston.gov @green-infrastructure.boston.gov www.boston.gov/departments/...
Do you live in a multi-family building? On Monday, learn about BERDO and the resources available to help tenants and renters save money and reduce energy use. boston.gov/berdo-tenants-meeting
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Do you live in a multi-family building? On Monday, learn about BERDO and the resources available to help tenants and renters save money and reduce energy use. boston.gov/berdo-tenants-meeting
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🌲This year’s Tree for Boston is a 45-ft white spruce from Lunenburg County nominated by Ronald & Claire Feener.
Join us to celebrate this lasting friendship and the holiday season on Boston Common, Thursday, Dec 4 at 6:00 p.m.!
www.boston.gov/boston-common-tree-lighting
Join us to celebrate this lasting friendship and the holiday season on Boston Common, Thursday, Dec 4 at 6:00 p.m.!
www.boston.gov/boston-common-tree-lighting
Boston Common Tree Lighting
Mayor Michelle Wu, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, together with our title sponsor The Province of Nova Scotia will host Boston’s signature holiday celebration, the 84th annual Boston Comm...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🌲This year’s Tree for Boston is a 45-ft white spruce from Lunenburg County nominated by Ronald & Claire Feener.
Join us to celebrate this lasting friendship and the holiday season on Boston Common, Thursday, Dec 4 at 6:00 p.m.!
www.boston.gov/boston-common-tree-lighting
Join us to celebrate this lasting friendship and the holiday season on Boston Common, Thursday, Dec 4 at 6:00 p.m.!
www.boston.gov/boston-common-tree-lighting
The second community meeting for the Boston Storm Study is happening tonight from 6 - 7:30pm. This meeting will focus on flood mitigation plans for Downtown, North End & Wharf District. Register: Boston.gov/USACE-Study/
A virtual meeting will be held on 12/10.
Boston Emergency Management
A virtual meeting will be held on 12/10.
Boston Emergency Management
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The second community meeting for the Boston Storm Study is happening tonight from 6 - 7:30pm. This meeting will focus on flood mitigation plans for Downtown, North End & Wharf District. Register: Boston.gov/USACE-Study/
A virtual meeting will be held on 12/10.
Boston Emergency Management
A virtual meeting will be held on 12/10.
Boston Emergency Management
Tonight! Learn about flood mitigation plans being proposed for Boston's Downtown, North End & Wharf District. 6 - 7:30pm @ Nazzaro Community Center. Register: https://ow.ly/NBxZ50XAHm9
Additional meetings will be held 12/3 (In-Person) & 12/10 (Vitual) City of Boston Boston Emergency Management
Additional meetings will be held 12/3 (In-Person) & 12/10 (Vitual) City of Boston Boston Emergency Management
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Tonight! Learn about flood mitigation plans being proposed for Boston's Downtown, North End & Wharf District. 6 - 7:30pm @ Nazzaro Community Center. Register: https://ow.ly/NBxZ50XAHm9
Additional meetings will be held 12/3 (In-Person) & 12/10 (Vitual) City of Boston Boston Emergency Management
Additional meetings will be held 12/3 (In-Person) & 12/10 (Vitual) City of Boston Boston Emergency Management
Boston's Downtown, North End and Wharf District are extremely vulnerable to coastal flooding. Learn more about the mitigation plans being proposed to protect our people and infrastructure at an upcoming meeting. Visit Boston.gov/usace-study/ for more info and to register.
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Boston's Downtown, North End and Wharf District are extremely vulnerable to coastal flooding. Learn more about the mitigation plans being proposed to protect our people and infrastructure at an upcoming meeting. Visit Boston.gov/usace-study/ for more info and to register.
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Winter is coming! If you’re an older Bostonian with a faulty furnace, the @boston.gov's #BostonHomeCenter’s Seniors Save Program can help you replace or repair your furnace so you stay safe and warm this winter. Learn more about the Seniors Save Program and apply here: ow.ly/py1Q50X8uJJ
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Winter is coming! If you’re an older Bostonian with a faulty furnace, the @boston.gov's #BostonHomeCenter’s Seniors Save Program can help you replace or repair your furnace so you stay safe and warm this winter. Learn more about the Seniors Save Program and apply here: ow.ly/py1Q50X8uJJ
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✨🎄 It’s the most magical time of the year in Boston’s Parks. Join us to celebrate the season!
Check out boston.gov/holiday-lights for details. 💙
#BostonHolidayLights #BostonParks
Check out boston.gov/holiday-lights for details. 💙
#BostonHolidayLights #BostonParks
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
✨🎄 It’s the most magical time of the year in Boston’s Parks. Join us to celebrate the season!
Check out boston.gov/holiday-lights for details. 💙
#BostonHolidayLights #BostonParks
Check out boston.gov/holiday-lights for details. 💙
#BostonHolidayLights #BostonParks
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The Mattahunt Woods Urban Wild is restored and open!
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Mattahunt Woods Urban Wild is restored and open!
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🌻Our Sunflower Beautification Grant supports community-led projects that bring color, creativity, and sustainability to Boston’s neighborhoods through sunflower plantings and other beautification efforts.
Learn more and apply before Jan 14, 2026: boston.gov/sunflower-grant
Learn more and apply before Jan 14, 2026: boston.gov/sunflower-grant
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🌻Our Sunflower Beautification Grant supports community-led projects that bring color, creativity, and sustainability to Boston’s neighborhoods through sunflower plantings and other beautification efforts.
Learn more and apply before Jan 14, 2026: boston.gov/sunflower-grant
Learn more and apply before Jan 14, 2026: boston.gov/sunflower-grant
Our November Newsletter is out! We share new grants and funding opportunities, upcoming public meetings for coastal resilience plans for Downtown, and the impactful work of a Community Clean Air Grant awardee.
Read it here: link.hello.boston.gov/share/443/2e...
Read it here: link.hello.boston.gov/share/443/2e...
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Our November Newsletter is out! We share new grants and funding opportunities, upcoming public meetings for coastal resilience plans for Downtown, and the impactful work of a Community Clean Air Grant awardee.
Read it here: link.hello.boston.gov/share/443/2e...
Read it here: link.hello.boston.gov/share/443/2e...
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Today’s the day! Join us TODAY at 11:00 a.m. to watch the Tree for Boston roll onto the Boston Common all the way from Nova Scotia.
The 2025 #TreeForBoston is on its way! 🌲
This week, @mayorwu.boston.gov and Interim Parks & Recreation Commissioner Cathy Baker-Eclipse joined Nova Scotia officials and the Feener family in Lunenburg to help cut the 45-foot white spruce now bound for Boston Common. (1/3)
This week, @mayorwu.boston.gov and Interim Parks & Recreation Commissioner Cathy Baker-Eclipse joined Nova Scotia officials and the Feener family in Lunenburg to help cut the 45-foot white spruce now bound for Boston Common. (1/3)
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Today’s the day! Join us TODAY at 11:00 a.m. to watch the Tree for Boston roll onto the Boston Common all the way from Nova Scotia.
On December 8th, the City of Boston’s BERDO Review Board is hosting a public meeting dedicated to residential tenants of multifamily buildings that are subject to BERDO (buildings with 15 or more units). Register: Boston.gov/berdo-tenants/meeting
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November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
On December 8th, the City of Boston’s BERDO Review Board is hosting a public meeting dedicated to residential tenants of multifamily buildings that are subject to BERDO (buildings with 15 or more units). Register: Boston.gov/berdo-tenants/meeting
@boston.gov
@boston.gov
Want to save big on your energy bill this winter? Tune-in to a Boston Energy Saver webinar tomorrow, 11/13, at 6 PM. We'll discuss how heat pumps can make your home or business more comfortable, and the available rebates and incentives for you to get them. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Want to save big on your energy bill this winter? Tune-in to a Boston Energy Saver webinar tomorrow, 11/13, at 6 PM. We'll discuss how heat pumps can make your home or business more comfortable, and the available rebates and incentives for you to get them. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Thank you to @environment.boston.gov, @parks.boston.gov, the Urban Wilds Program and the incredible Boston PowerCorps team for your hard work on this historic restoration, and thank you to all the residents who advocated to preserve this beautiful space.
October 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Thank you to @environment.boston.gov, @parks.boston.gov, the Urban Wilds Program and the incredible Boston PowerCorps team for your hard work on this historic restoration, and thank you to all the residents who advocated to preserve this beautiful space.
"Last year, [buildings in the Seaport] generated $343 million in property taxes for Boston. However, that cash cow is increasingly at risk. 99 percent of what’s been built in the Seaport in the last quarter-century is at risk of flooding by 2050." @bostonglobe.com
A rising flood zone risk is affecting the Seaport, 10 percent of Boston's tax base
Buildings in the Seaport fund one-tenth of Boston’s property-tax base. Flood waters and sea level rise will soon put that at risk.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Last year, [buildings in the Seaport] generated $343 million in property taxes for Boston. However, that cash cow is increasingly at risk. 99 percent of what’s been built in the Seaport in the last quarter-century is at risk of flooding by 2050." @bostonglobe.com
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Go to boston.gov/save, get connected with Boston Energy Saver, and save money on your energy bills. ⚡
October 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Go to boston.gov/save, get connected with Boston Energy Saver, and save money on your energy bills. ⚡