Local wind energy is on a year-long winning streak at the ballot box in Massachusetts, extended on Monday by the re-elections of pro-wind Fairhaven Selectman Charlie Murphy and Board of Health Member Jeannine Lopes: With 19 percent voter … [Read more...]
34 Years Ago Today, Walter Cronkite & Paul Tsongas Warned of Climate Change
On April 3, 1980, Walter Cronkite introduced this report on climate change featuring Sen. Paul Tsongas. With the benefit of hindsight, the only thing that seems inaccurate is the time-frame. While the reporter warns a climate crisis could … [Read more...]
Fairhaven Wind Turbines Make Kids Smarter. April Fool’s … ?
Local anti-wind turbine agitator and non-bird decapitator Louise Barteau is running for Fairhaven Board of Health against incumbent and wind turbine supporter Jeannine Lopes. An op-ed in support of Lopes by Fairhaven resident Mary Fortin in … [Read more...]
Paul Ryan, Shameless Liar: School Lunch Edition
For someone with a reputation in Washington as a teller of hard truths, no one tells more obvious lies than Paul Ryan. When he went on national television to accept the GOP vice presidential nomination in 2012, his speech was loaded with … [Read more...]
Austerity for Little Kids’ Brains: Boston School Budget Cuts Mean Mass Layoffs
Boston is the 26th-wealthiest city on the entire planet, according to a Brookings Institution report, yet it is declaring it can't afford to invest in its future. The city is slashing its school budget, laying off hundreds of teachers and … [Read more...]
On Keystone XL, Will Obama & Kerry Follow Bush-Cheney Path?
President Obama talks a lot about standing up to the industrial carbon polluters disrupting our climate. So why does he act like the decision on Keystone XL tar sands pipeline - a carbon bomb & one he doesn't have to beg Congress to … [Read more...]
Why GOP Loses Elections: The GOP Platform
Republicans like to blame the EVIL DEMOCRATIC MACHINE for their near constant string of electoral failures in Massachusetts. They prefer not to talk about how their state party platform is better aligned with views in Arizona than in … [Read more...]
Plan to “Fix” High Natural Gas Prices: You Pay Twice
With New England once again wracked by high natural gas prices this winter, Massachusetts' plan to "fix" it involves building a new gas pipeline to deliver fracked gas from Appalachia (but not from the neighborhood of ExxonMobil's CEO). … [Read more...]
Littleton & MassDOT Complete Streets Policies Win National Recognition
Congratulations to the town of Littleton and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, both of which have earned recognition from Smart Growth America for their complete streets policies. First: Exactly what are complete streets … [Read more...]
Immigration, Transit Policies Fail New Bedford Workers
New Bedford's fish processing plants pay workers low wages for dangerous work, employing many undocumented workers. The plants are located on the waterfront downtown, but there's little housing there, so many workers live in the … [Read more...]
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