With the Baker administration announcing new listening sessions to reduce pollution from transportation I wanted to cross-post this blog post from UCS' The Equation on the need for a cap and invest program covering transportation in … [Read more...]
“Enron-style” gas pipeline scandal in MA
How much natural gas do we need? Regional grid operator ISO-New England's CEO has long warned of insufficient gas pipeline capacity, while enviros (like me) have scoffed, pushed for more renewables in place of leaky, climate-hazardous, and … [Read more...]
September Was Miserably Hot. Blame Carbon Pollution.
Thankfully, our late September heat wave is finally ending. I woke up at 5:45am today and it was still 73 degrees and humid. Just miserable. Check out these incredible September temperatures compared to normal at stations across New … [Read more...]
The Northeast Should Limit Pollution from Transportation
Cross-posted from UCS blog The Equation. Over the past decade, the Northeast region of the United States has helped lead the country—and the world—in supporting and developing clean, renewable sources of electricity. Taken together, the … [Read more...]
Climate Ride recap — 390+ miles later
The big project of my year came to an end on Monday. From this past Wednesday through Monday, I rode 410 miles -- give or take -- from Bar Harbor ME into Boston Common, along with 50+ Climate Riders. (I was a little tardy, having suffered a … [Read more...]
Asked About Climate Risks, Trump is on to Cincinnati
Donald Trump sat down with the Washington Post editorial board and revealed that you don't need to know anything about anything to win the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Trump talked about how if sanctions don't work, you just … [Read more...]
The Old Yankees Were Right: Payback Coming Due for December’s Warmth
Lifelong New Englanders will often lament during exceptionally pleasant weather that we shouldn't enjoy it too much because we'll be punished for it later. There's no reason to believe Mother Nature keeps a Puritanical ledger ensuring that … [Read more...]
CA Geyser Shows Why Fracked Gas Is a Climate Killer
A massive gas well leak in California northwest of Los Angeles has sickened dozens, forced the relocation of thousands of residents and two schools, and caused untold damage to our climate. As Massachusetts lawmakers consider subsidizing … [Read more...]
Demonstrate Solar IS Civil Defense at the Boston Climate Defense Carnival
Update: This event has been cancelled as of November 30, 2015. 350 Maine, 350 Vermont, 350 Massachusetts, 350 New Hampshire & 350 Connecticut are organizing a Boston Climate Defense Carnival on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 3:30pm … [Read more...]
Mass pension system blows $500 million by ignoring collapse in fossil fuel stocks
The Massachusetts public pension system -- with $61 billion -- has been refusing for years to look at the question of fossil fuel divestment on the grounds that selling fossil fuel stock would be a violation of fiduciary duty. Now it turns … [Read more...]
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