Environmental activists in Rhode Island are suing to try to get the state's courts to force the state's environmental agency to take actions against climate change that the activists think the state should take.
A state superior court judge in Providence wasn't immediately impressed by the legal case, wondering if the courts have jurisdiction.
The Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne has launched a training facility on its campus for building offshore wind turbines with about $1.73 million in grants from the state and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
The training platform at the end of a pier on the Cape Cod Canal includes rails and ladders descending into the water designed to help train cadets at the academy as well as current professional welders, divers, and electricians, according to The Cape Cod Times.
