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Confronting Inequality on MLK Day & Beyond

January 20, 2014 By maurahealey 2 Comments

Martin Luther King Jr. Day challenges each of us to confront the racial and economic inequality of our time. Geography, income, and race stubbornly and persistently shape opportunities for too many Massachusetts families. The census tract … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: affordable-housing, attorney-general, civil-rights, economic-inequality, equality, justice, mlk, mlk-day, poverty, sub-prime-lending, transportation

40B — Love it or smother it

June 15, 2010 By massmarrier 36 Comments

Lynch has had considerable experience with affordable-housing issues and 40B specifically for a couple of decades. His city has successfully added to the stock of middle-class and lower affordable units. Yet, he doesn't see 40B as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 40b, affordable-housing, ballot-question, bernard-lynch, election, lowell, massachusetts, repeal

Repealing Chapter 40B: Why it’s the only way to create real affordable housing!

December 16, 2009 By slow-growth-initiative 13 Comments

The developers have good reason to spend so much money protecting 40B, it is their cash cow.  Inspector General Gregory Sullivan estimated that more than $100,000,000 was owed back to cities and towns in 40B fraud.  In order to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 40b, affordable-housing, democratic-process, repeal

Developer halts projects – shovel ready but no shovels digging in Arlington

March 14, 2009 By AmberPaw 8 Comments

JPI of Texas, whose local office is in Southboro, had 1000 apartments scheduled to be built in Massachusetts; a good chunk were "affordable housing." In Arlington, the Town bought the land and buildings of the former Symmes Hospital, which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: affordable-housing, arlington, credit-crunch, jpi, project, symmes

Trouble for Dianne Wilkerson?

October 22, 2008 By peter_kadzis 11 Comments

The Boston Phoenix will Thursday publish a piece by contributor Ted Siefer raising questions about an unusual mortgage received by State Senator Wilkerson. Siefer's Phoenix story also suggests that Wilkerson may be in for another round of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: affordable-housing, dianne-wilkerson, sonia-chang-diaz, taxes

Sen. Wilkerson’s on the wrong side of the Forest Hills development initiative

July 30, 2008 By annem 3 Comments

As a long-standing supporter of affordable housing and a Jamaica Plain resident, the BRA proposed goal of 50% affordable housing units for the Forest Hills Initiative seems reasonable to me. (BRA=Boston Redevelopment Authority). The 50% … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: affordable-housing, ma-politics, state-senate-race

Immigrant impact on the US housing market

July 31, 2007 By state-of-grace 7 Comments

One of the many things missing from the right's discussion of immigration is the tremendous, quiet presence of immigrants (legal and not) in the American economy.  Particularly in the current housing downturn, it's telling to see the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: affordable-housing, california, conservative, economy, housing, immigrants, immigration, massachusetts

Massachusetts Community Preservation Act: A New Study

July 27, 2007 By david-eisenthal 4 Comments

Funds raised under CPA have often been used to leverage borrowing to acquire open space, promote historic preservation, or create affordable housing. For example, a community that raises $100,000 in Community Preservation Act funds annually … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: affordable-housing, conservation, economy, massachusetts, open-space, public-policy

Zoning 101, first class

June 27, 2006 By jane 14 Comments

One town says you can't have 2 front doors and the apt. must be within the footprint of the original house. This town is a mill town with lots of large old houses.One town required a doctor's note that your in-law  needs your help - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: affordable-housing, random, zoning

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Every time we hear about methane the story gets a little worse, which means the truth will be a lot worse, which is why the industry is pushing hard on natgas now. Recently they’ve taken to calling it “low carbon gas” to keep the focus on CO2. https://twitter.com/GlobalEcoGuy/status/1380914220150181897

Dr. Jonathan Foley@GlobalEcoGuy

Methane has risen by *over 150%* and is accelerating.

For reference, CO2 has risen 50%.

We need to *dramatically* reduce methane emissions to have a chance of keeping the planet below 1.5-2 C. This includes methane from animals, rice, landfills, and the energy industry. https://twitter.com/robbie_andrew/status/1380788370771750913

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MOF_MassMothers Out Front Massachusetts@MOF_Mass·
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Methane is increasing at a rate 3 x more than CO2 and will cause 80 x more warming in the next 20 years! Our children are depending on us to act.

We need all-electric buildings
gas transition plans, and
to stop dirty energy infrustructure.
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Amy Westervelt@amywestervelt

Every time we hear about methane the story gets a little worse, which means the truth will be a lot worse, which is why the industry is pushing hard on natgas now. Recently they’ve taken to calling it “low carbon gas” to keep the focus on CO2. https://twitter.com/GlobalEcoGuy/status/1380914220150181897

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ofsevitAri Ofsevit@ofsevit·
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Welcome back to normal.

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shaneharrisShane Harris@shaneharris·
8 Apr

New: Intelligence forecast sees a post-coronavirus world upended by climate change and splintering societies https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/intelligence-globe-future-crises-/2021/04/08/303c350e-97df-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html

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MiriamWasserMiriam Wasser@MiriamWasser·
8 Apr

Update from Enbridge: "The Weymouth Compressor Station’s compressor unit is not currently operating at this time. We will return the Weymouth Compressor Station’s compressor unit to service once we have further verified its continued ability to safely and reliably operate." https://twitter.com/MiriamWasser/status/1379517153783779336

Miriam Wasser@MiriamWasser

Here's what we know so far about today's unplanned gas release at the Weymouth Compressor -- which, unfortunately, isn't much.

I will update as more information becomes available #mapoli

https://www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2021/04/06/weymouth-compressor-gas-release

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