On Tuesday night, the Governor set a goal of the Commonwealth reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 -- without proposing many specifics, including interim goals to get us there. We and others have noted that that's a little bit slippery -- … [Read more...]

I don't have much to say that hasn't been said elsewhere; it just seems important to witness and mark this moment. This is pretty much it: "If the truth doesn't matter, we're lost." Schiff's case is that everything that incriminates the … [Read more...]

(I was a little late finishing this post, but perhaps it's not bad to keep MLK Day going all week. -- Charley) I'm used to hearing on MLK day, especially from white politicians, that we've made a lot of progress, but there's still much … [Read more...]

In Tuesday night's State of the Commonwealth speech, Governor Baker made a pledge, and used some well-framed and welcome language on the urgency of climate change (my emphasis): “From fishing and farming to critical public infrastructure … [Read more...]

Tell me something I don't know. I'm dividing my attention between impeachment and Governor Baker's State of the Commonwealth, which generated more questions than answers in my mind ... There is one conclusion that is a certainty: The … [Read more...]

I gather the site was down for much of yesterday, and I was not attentive to my emails. My apologies. It's an easy fix when I can get to it. Our hosting company's tech support is very friendly, but they don't seem to know any better than I … [Read more...]

I thought this was popular? There are many competing agendas when it comes to the Governor's Transportation Climate Initiative. Based on the actions of the governors of New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut, there is a big gap between … [Read more...]

We used to lead in Massachusetts. But as we charge headlong into a legislative session that -- at least in the Senate -- promises some serious steps towards clean energy and climate action, we can now look to the example of other … [Read more...]

I was happy to see that action on climate change is finally taking center stage, according to State House News Service's "2020 State House outlook: Seven issues to watch over seven months". Transit funding also makes the list, which is of … [Read more...]