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Big New England Wind Contract Much Cheaper Than Coal, Nuclear

September 23, 2013 By thegreenmiles

What if the debate about Environmental Protection Agency limits on climate-disrupting carbon pollution was all hot air? What if the falling cost of clean energy has already planted a stake in coal's polluting heart? As Erin Ailsworth of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, coal, energy, environment, wind-energy

Gomez Puts Personal Profit Over Protecting Massachusetts

May 13, 2013 By thegreenmiles

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, ed-markey, environment, Gabriel Gomez

Two More Studies Show “Wind Turbine Syndrome” Caused by Anti-Wind Groups

March 15, 2013 By thegreenmiles

The biggest factor in whether you say wind turbines make you sick is someone telling you wind turbines will make you sick. That's the result of two new studies on so-called "wind turbine syndrome," reports DeSmogBlog's Graham … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, fairhaven, wind-energy, wind-farms, Wind-Turbine-Syndrome, Windwise

SUNDAY Climate Change Event at Faneuil Hall: What if Superstorm Sandy Hit Boston?

November 24, 2012 By rep-ed-markey-d-ma

Families in the New York/New Jersey area are still suffering from the impact of superstorm Sandy. Lives were lost, homes were destroyed, and many are still fighting to stay warm without power. Since Sandy, my office has received calls … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, climate-change, climatechange, ed-markey, environment, faneuil-hall, global, global-warming, Hurricane Sandy

Stephen Colbert Blows Away “Wind Turbine Syndrome”

November 13, 2012 By thegreenmiles

The New Bedford Standard-Times splashed a study on its front page this weekend claiming to find evidence of health effects from wind turbines ... from as far as 4,500 feet away! Wind turbines are barely audible at 900 feet and at 1,500 feet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, new-bedford, stephen-colbert, wind-energy, wind-power, Wind-Turbine-Syndrome

5 Ways Scott Brown’s Climate & Energy Debate Answer Was Wrong

September 21, 2012 By David

A viewer question focused on climate change in last night's U.S. Senate debate between Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren. Watch it in part 2 starting at 22:25. The question: Do you believe climate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cape-wind, clean-energy, climate-change, Elizabeth Warren, energy, scott-brown, U.S. Senate 2012 election

Will GOP Let Petty Politics Kill Clean Energy Jobs?

September 5, 2012 By thegreenmiles

The New Bedford Standard Times today calls on Congress to extend incentives for wind energy: The tax credit works by giving wind farm owners 2.2 cents for every kilowatt-hour of power they produce. It is expected to cost the federal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, fairhaven, new-bedford, scott-brown, southcoast, wind-energy

Competing in a global economy

January 12, 2011 By eohed

I agree with Senator Eldridge's statement that Evergreen Solar's announcement is deeply disappointing. The Marlboro-based company has worked hard to compete against heavily subsidized foreign competition in China and, as the Senator points … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, evergreen, incentive, innovation

Changing the World (Right Now)

September 24, 2010 By desa-vanlaarhoven

If you had a magic wand, and you could wave it and create a world full of light, love, justice and peace, when do you think you would choose to use it? Would you get around to it as soon as you were done with your education? Would you do it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: annie-leonard, anya-kamenetz, clean-energy, climate-change, connecting-for-change, green-economy, green-jobs, greg-mortenson, homesteading, marion-institute, new-england, sustainability, van-jones

Don’t Do as the Senate Does – Act Now on Climate Change

September 23, 2010 By jamesboyce

2010 has been a year of missed opportunities for the environment. From no progress or worse on the international climate action stage, to a clean energy bill in the U.S. Senate that is still on ice despite the worst environmental disaster … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: annie-leonard, clean-energy, climate-change, connecting-for-change, greg-mortenson, marion-institute, sustainability, the-story-of-stuff, three-cups-of-tea, van-ones

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