New Bedford officials are announcing massive layoffs across the already-troubled school system, reports Natalie Sherman of the Standard Times: School officials, describing a "large and painful" reduction, said Tuesday they need to cut 250 … [Read more...]
Don’t Back Down to Anti-Wind Bullies
Longtime Cape Wind opponent Peter Kenney has an op-ed in today's New Bedford Standard Times attacking me personally. It's part of a broader strategy by wind opponents to bully clean energy supporters into silence. Will Massachusetts leaders … [Read more...]
Gomez Puts Personal Profit Over Protecting Massachusetts
Gabriel Gomez's incoherence on climate science and energy policy makes a lot more sense once you take a deeper dive into his personal finances, as Joshua Israel did at ThinkProgress: A ThinkProgress review of Gomez’s personal financial … [Read more...]
Gabriel Gomez is Completely Incoherent on Climate & Energy
Gabriel Gomez, the Republican opponent of Democrat Ed Markey in the U.S. Senate special election to fill John Kerry's seat in Massachusetts, is working hard to be all things to all people, and nowhere is that more evident than his positions … [Read more...]
Quick Note to Boston TV Stations on Bombing Replays
I was eating breakfast today while watching NECN's morning show and all of the sudden the Marathon bombings were happening again in my living room in full surround sound. Quite a way to start the day. After 9/11, television news outlets … [Read more...]
Former Celtic Jason Collins Comes Out
In an essay for Sports Illustrated, former Celtics player Jason Collins has become the first major American team sport athlete to come out while an active player, and he's citing a Massachusetts congressman as inspiration: I realized I … [Read more...]
No One Cares About Poor Kids: Parker School Edition
We let our children grow up in communities with high unemployment, low-paying jobs and high crime rates, then when they don't do well on tests, we declare the school, principal & teachers "failing." Here in Massachusetts, our "failing" … [Read more...]
The Polluter Conspiracy to Delay Cape Wind, Massachusetts Jobs
With Cape Wind finally on the verge of construction, I have an op-ed in today's New Bedford Standard-Times pointing out that the years-long wait has unnecessarily delayed hiring thousands of workers here in southeastern Massachusetts: What … [Read more...]
Will the Next Major Tar Sands Spill be in New England?
Homes evacuated. Chemicals fouling the air. Wildlife soaked in tar sands oil. Could it happen in New England? I traveled to Arkansas last week to monitor wildlife impacts of the Exxon Mobil Pegasus tar sands pipeline rupture for the … [Read more...]
No-Brainer of the Century: Solar on Old Landfills
A new solar farm has gone up on the old town dump in Dartmouth in just five months: The capped Russells Mills Road Landfill has a new lease on life after Borrego Solar Systems Inc. quietly topped the former dump with a solar farm, a … [Read more...]
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