Berkshire Environmental Action Team has partnered with Food & Water Watch to bring the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The case has already been getting national attention, and if we win, and…
On Wednesday, May 27th, Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) and the City of Pittsfield found and fixed a major source of sewage contamination in the southwest branch of the Housatonic River. During a regularly scheduled sampling event, BEAT staff discovered…
In February of 2020, a Settlement Agreement was reached among stakeholders including BEAT, the EPA, and the General Electric Company and others involved with the appeal of the 2016 permit. Our decision to sign this agreement was not taken lightly.…
The Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) received a financial boost with a $35,000 grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust. This funding will enable BEAT to continue their work surveying and sampling stormwater outfalls (e.g. pipes emptying into our rivers) in Berkshire…
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In the winter of 2013-2014 BEAT collaborated with it's affiliate the Berkshire Wildlife Trackers BWT and it's partners The Nature Conservancy TNC and Wild and Scenic Westfield River WSWR to conduct one of the most ambitious tracking projects ever endeavored in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Over…
Coming in August 2014 - Beats 4 BEAT Celebration and Fundraiser! On Sunday, August 17th, at First Church of Pittsfield. Pastor James Lumsden is organizing another wonderful afternoon of blues, jazz, rock, and soul music to benefit BEAT. Last year,…
We have the most wonderful volunteers! Thank you all for helping cleanup the river! We could not do nearly so much without you as part of the Team. You can see photos from this year's cleanups on BEAT's Facebook…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGTiJYez2OA BEAT was one of many partners who came together, lead by Julia Blatt of Massachusetts Rivers Alliance, to organize three Improving Stream Crossings workshops for western Massachusetts. Statewide experts from all sectors covered the following topics: The Value of…
Connecting for Wildlife, funded by the William P Wharton Trust, strives to improve habitat connectivity and motorist safety in Western Massachusetts.