One of the ads I saw most this summer in New Bedford was Scott Brown's ad claiming to be a champion of fishermen. It was classic Scott Brown - clubbing you over the head with his one-of-youness, male model masculinity & love of the … [Read more...]
A True Change Election
If Republicans can't get enough old white dudes to support their extremist policies, they have to cheat by trying to prevent young & brown people from voting - and even that doesn't work anymore. That's what I'll remember most about … [Read more...]
Bill Koch Lashes Out: Why Won’t You Sacrifice Your Health to Protect My View?
Bill Koch is finally speaking out about his opposition to Cape Wind, and he has a question Massachusetts residents: Why do you jerks keep prioritizing clean air, clean water, and a stable climate over the luxurious views of a handful of … [Read more...]
Why Won’t Inhofe’s Pro-Pollution, Anti-Women Tour Stop in MA for Scott Brown?
Hey, Sen. Jim Inhofe! You forgot to include Scott Brown in your "give me a Republican Senate so I can let Big Oil and Big Coal murder the Environmental Protection Agency" tour! Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) is hitting the road to fire up … [Read more...]
Is PEER’s New England Chapter Lost in the Woods?
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility does some great work nationally, but the PEER New England Chapter's strong opposition to Cape Wind has split the group from many of its traditional allies in the conservation community, with … [Read more...]
BP Seeks Sweetheart Oil Spill Deal
I spent weeks covering the Gulf oil disaster for the National Wildlife Federation, so to hear that BP thinks it can bully the Justice Department into giving it a sweetheart settlement deal? What's the word I'm looking for? Malarkey. I … [Read more...]
Shocking: Proposal to Limit Wind Energy Fails to Appease Fairhaven’s Wind Opponents
Two new Fairhaven wind turbines have been menacing 2nd Amendment rights forcing people to gay marry quietly collecting free electricity, saving the town $45,000 in just their first three months of operation. Despite a NIMBY group called … [Read more...]
Stage Set for Biden to Steal Show at VP Debate?
Republicans have spent weeks trying to lower expectations for Paul Ryan tonight, but it hasn't worked - you can't spend years hyping Ryan as a Boy Genius, then suddenly expect us to believe he'll be lucky to string together a sentence … [Read more...]
Cutting Lead Exposure Even More Beneficial to MA Kids Than We Thought
As fears of childhood lead poisoning swept Boston in the 1980s, The Green Miles distinctly remembers being dragged to the doctor by The Green Mom to have his blood tested for lead poisoning, despite my protestations that no kid so wicked … [Read more...]
New Walking Safety Project Blamed for 40 Years of Car-Centric Decline
From wasting prime real estate by paving it over for parking to funding expensive road-widening projects, some communities are realizing that taking a step back from the car culture is good for business. But much like parts of Appalachia … [Read more...]