I saw this "Perspective" piece in the New England Journal of Medicine ... and I thought I recognized one of the authors' names. Dr. Philip Landrigan is the Director of the Global Health program at Harvard's School of Public Health; but he's … [Read more...]
Weymouth gas compressor: This could blow up
With all permits in hand, construction on Enbridge's Weymouth gas compressor is set to begin tomorrow. This is the result of a rigged, heads-we-win-tails-you-lose process that has ignored near-unanimous community opposition, and the … [Read more...]
Cough-cough-Kafka: The #WeymouthCompressor runs out of gas?
The Weymouth Compressor case added a few new wild plot twists in the last fortnight. On substantive, process, and political grounds, this is a growing embarrassment for MassDEP — and for Baker himself. This case is a big deal, for a … [Read more...]
Baker spins on helicopters
Charlie Baker has now rescinded his offer of a couple of helicopters to assist in Donald Trump’s/Stephen Miller’s torment of immigrants and asylum seekers. The Boston Globe refers to his “change of heart” after hearing of the tearing away … [Read more...]
ICE has *lost* 1,475 children; Baker threatens veto of Safe Communities Act amendment
This is, bar none, the worst scandal of the Trump administration: That is what happened to 1,475 minors swept up at the border and taken into custody by the federal government. Gone. The Office of Refugee Resettlement reported at the … [Read more...]
Prediction: Scott Lively Will Win the MA GOP Gubernatorial Primary
Don’t you dare assume it can’t happen. I could not believe that Frank Phillips of the Boston Globe dismissed the viciously antigay Scott Lively’s chances of an upset victory in the September 4 Massachusetts GOP gubernatorial primary by … [Read more...]
Baker’s MBTA derailed, battered by on-the-nose metaphors
[with apologies to the Onion] As we round into the election season, we get to appraise the success of Governor Baker's reforms at the MBTA. Are things better, three years after inheriting a weather-exacerbated crisis in early 2015? We … [Read more...]
Baker loses 20% of solar jobs; AG’s clean energy defense; the Senate’s boffo energy bill
Globe's Jon Chesto reports: "Massachusetts lost more than 20% of its solar jobs last year" Possible factors in Massachusetts include: uncertainty about changes in solar incentives; caps in some parts of the state on new net metering … [Read more...]
On Tuesday, Charlie Baker Won’t Be Able to “Target Trump Without Saying His Name”
The wind beneath Charlie Baker's wings blew again in his State of the Commonwealth address on Tuesday evening, which the assembled members of the Legislature received with standing ovations too numerous to mention. The Governor's poll … [Read more...]
Oh, That’s What He Meant
Arising this morning to find half the commuter rail stuck in its tracks again and the GM's thoughts off in Siberia, we are reminded that our Governor promised us "a state government that gets out of the way." … [Read more...]
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