All in the 112th Congress (i.e. the last two years): Voted for HR 4348, to authorize Keystone XL pipeline. Voted for HR 6213, to kill loan guarantees for renewable energy. As noted below, this is a big blow to Massachusetts. Cleantech … [Read more...]
Archives for February 17, 2013
Forward on climate, fighting the future
Today DC expects the largest climate rally ever. This is another step as the climate movement moves towards more vigorous activism, towards actual civil disobedience. The leaders of the Sierra Club are expecting to be arrested for the first … [Read more...]
MADOE Commissioner Mitchell Chester…Listen Up!
Boston Public Schools is the Number 1 urban school district in the Nation! Michael Casserly, Executive Director of the Council of the Great City Schools said, “the district’s many excellent teachers to guide classroom instruction have … [Read more...]
Overreliance on Gas, Offshore Wind Delay Burning New England
Natural gas has been pitched as a "bridge fuel" by those who don't want to transition New England's electricity supply from dirty fossil fuels like coal and oil to clean energy sources like solar and wind right away. But the toll on the … [Read more...]
The Gun Report: reality-based reporting on guns
Joe Nocera has created a blog at NYTimes.com The Gun Report that has quickly become required reading for those interested in gun safety and putting an end to the murderous tyranny of the NRA. Today's evisceration of the latest … [Read more...]