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Kirby Lee/Getty Images (EAST LANSING, Mich.) Researchers from Michigan State University and Rutgers University say they will lead the first nationally funded study on the effects of structural racism on housing, aging and health. The research – funded by an expected $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Aging […]

Getty Images – STOCK (FRAMINGHAM, Mass.) — A Massachusetts neighborhood could be the envy of sustainability enthusiasts in the state after it was picked by an energy provider as the location to install the first-ever utility-run geothermal network in the country. Geothermal energy itself — the process of using gravity and water to power buildings […]