Let me admit up front I just don’t get it. In fact, until this whole charter school “ed reform” mess, I have come to realize that I have walked through most of my life oblivious to what has been going on politically. Forty years ago … [Read more...]
Through MIT’s Nuclear Goggles
Switzerland came to the Boston area a week or so ago. There was a conversation with one of the political leaders of the country, Doris Leuthard, Councillor of the Swiss Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy, and … [Read more...]
Natural Gas Leaks: Methane Management
This summer, the Squeaky Leak Project (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/squeaky-leak--2#home) will drive down every street in Cambridge and Somerville, MA with a high-precision methane analyzer and map all the natural gas leaks in these … [Read more...]
Why Isn’t Drunk Driving Prevention Used to Back Late-Night T Service?
One of the best ways to prevent drunk driving is to give people transit options so they don't need to drive at all, argues Sommer Mathis at The Atlantic City Lab. But she says the benefits of avoiding drunk driving crashes is rarely cited … [Read more...]
Tito Jackson Talks Black Men and Boys in Boston
The numbers can be grim — longevity, disease outcomes, death by violence, absent fathers, unemployment, imprisonment... Being a Black male, man or boy, in Boston is rough. Tito Jackson is working on that complex status. He came on Left … [Read more...]
MIT at Flood Level
On Friday, May 2, 2014 FossilFreeMIT (http://www.fossilfreemit.org) declared a flood zone all around their campus at Hurricane Sandy strength plus projected 2050 sea level rise to publicize their divestment campaign. It was also a good … [Read more...]
New disclosures on spy centers lead to protests in Boston, nationwide today
Looks like the surveillance state has put its foot in it again. The New York Times has revealed that since "early 2012", the National Counterterrorism Center now has access to all data, not minimized for privacy in any way, that was … [Read more...]
Let’s end child poverty
We are a wealthy state in a wealthy nation, and yet one out of every seven people in Massachusetts lives in poverty. And even that doesn’t tell the true story. The number is 29% among African Americans here; 40% among Latinos. … [Read more...]
Methane Management: Crowdfunding Natural Gas Leak Monitoring
HEET [Home Energy Efficiency Team http://www.heetma.com ], a Cambridge, MA nonprofit which organizes public weatherization parties and barnraisings, is crowd funding a natural gas leak monitoring project in Cambridge and Somerville. Boston … [Read more...]
Building Energy Trade Show
Building Energy March 4-6 2014 Seaport WTC, Boston RSVP at https://events.thepulsenetwork.com/Attendee/Default.aspx?C=70000145&M=20000005&Mode=HTML Cost: $49 to $649 Free Trade Show pass with promo code: BASEAATBE14 (courtesy … [Read more...]
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