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Mass pension system blows $500 million by ignoring collapse in fossil fuel stocks

September 21, 2015 By bmass 9 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, coal, Divestment, oil, pension, PRIM, stock

Will You Feel Safer if MA Imprisons Anti-Coal Activists? (UPDATED)

September 1, 2014 By thegreenmiles 12 Comments

Authorities wants to put two anti-coal activists in prison for the crime of trying to stop climate change, reports the AP's Philip Marcelo: Environmental activists Ken Ward and Jonathan ‘‘Jay’’ O’Hara say they don’t intend to dispute many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Brayton-Point, bristol-county, climate-change, coal, environment, global-warming, samuel-sutter, Somerset

A New Surprise Benefit of Cutting Lead Pollution

August 14, 2014 By thegreenmiles 5 Comments

Studies have shown a strong connection between the phase-out of lead in gasoline starting in the mid-1970s and a plunge in violent crime in the following decades. As Kevin Drum reports at Mother Jones, a new study is connecting lower levels … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: coal, energy, environment, lead

Big New England Wind Contract Much Cheaper Than Coal, Nuclear

September 23, 2013 By thegreenmiles 8 Comments

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

Will Gov. Patrick Listen to Anti-Coal Protesters and Shut Down Brayton Point?

August 1, 2013 By thegreenmiles 19 Comments

Protesters delivered a powerful message to Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) on Sunday, asking him to shut down the coal-fired Brayton Point power plant: Organized by 350 Massachusetts Action and Better Future Action, protestors carrying mini wind … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 350.org, Better Future Project, Brayton-Point, coal, deval-patrick, energy, environment, Somerset

Somerset Police Chief Ready to Crack Skulls at Peaceful Coal Protest

July 27, 2013 By thegreenmiles 48 Comments

Ahead of a peaceful anti-coal protest planned Sunday at Massachusetts' Brayton Point power plant, Somerset Police Chief Joseph Ferreira has invested $30,000 of town funds in full riot gear. Click the link so you can see the accompanying … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Brayton-Point, coal, energy, Somerset

Dominion Dumps Brayton Point Coal Plant

March 11, 2013 By thegreenmiles Leave a Comment

Big news today as Dominion announced it's selling 3 power plants including Somerset's controverisal Brayton Point - and the price-tag is eye-popping: The power stations are: Brayton Point Power Station, a 1,528-megawatt power station … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Brayton-Point, coal, energy, Somerset

More Coal Closures in Midwest – When Will MA Go Coal-Free?

February 25, 2013 By thegreenmiles 12 Comments

The Sierra Club is announcing a big victory for clean air and climate action in the Midwest today: Today a coalition of citizen groups, states and U.S. EPA announced a landmark settlement agreement with American Electric Power (AEP) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: coal, energy, fall-river, holyoke, sierra-club

Why Won’t Inhofe’s Pro-Pollution, Anti-Women Tour Stop in MA for Scott Brown?

October 23, 2012 By thegreenmiles 1 Comment

Hey, Sen. Jim Inhofe! You forgot to include Scott Brown in your "give me a Republican Senate so I can let Big Oil and Big Coal murder the Environmental Protection Agency" tour! Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) is hitting the road to fire up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: coal, Jim-Inhofe, rape, Todd-Akin, womens-rights

Wanna Buy a Wildly Expensive, Dirty Coal Plant?

September 8, 2012 By thegreenmiles 11 Comments

In a surprise move, Dominion has put its controversial & ginormous Brayton Point coal-fired power plant in Somerset up for sale. No immediate word on any potential buyer or what it means for the plant's future. The most comical part … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: air-pollution, coal, dominion, energy, Somerset

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travtuftsTravis@travtufts·
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Hey #mapoli please tell me come 2022 we are going to remember how Charlie Baker mismanaged the COVID vaccine rollout, vetoed the consensus police reform bill, vetoed abortion access, vetoed the consensus climate bill, didn’t fund the SOA, and slashed transit. Please.

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cdempcChris Dempsey@cdempc·
23 Jan

The New York Times Editorial Board(!) writes that @MassGovernor's push for @MBTA cuts in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic is "small-minded and shortsighted".

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/public-transit-funding.html

#mapoli #mbta #TransitisEssential #TransitisEssentialMA

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BenjaminDowningBenjamin Downing@BenjaminDowning·
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"Service cuts punish those who need public transit the most ... Policymakers need to make choices now that will serve the public interest in the long term. They need to ensure the trains & buses keep running." #mapoli https://twitter.com/cdempc/status/1353002390560141318

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The New York Times Editorial Board(!) writes that @MassGovernor's push for @MBTA cuts in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic is "small-minded and shortsighted".

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/public-transit-funding.html

#mapoli #mbta #TransitisEssential #TransitisEssentialMA

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BenjaminDowningBenjamin Downing@BenjaminDowning·
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Focus on the record - "small minded and shortsighted" justification for transit cuts that make it tougher to reduce emissions, harm those in need and hold back our recovery #mapoli https://twitter.com/cdempc/status/1353002390560141318?s=20

Chris Dempsey@cdempc

The New York Times Editorial Board(!) writes that @MassGovernor's push for @MBTA cuts in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic is "small-minded and shortsighted".

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/public-transit-funding.html

#mapoli #mbta #TransitisEssential #TransitisEssentialMA

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BenjaminDowningBenjamin Downing@BenjaminDowning·
21 Jan

Focus on the record - vetoing proposals that would break MA out of our failed transportation status quo https://twitter.com/BenjaminDowning/status/1352325656076541958?s=20

Benjamin Downing@BenjaminDowning

"Many of the vetoes represent missed opportunities for building a more equitable transportation system for all residents" - well said @MonicaTibbitsN - a thread on how @MassGovernor 's vetoes lock in failed transportation status quo #mapoli https://twitter.com/MonicaTibbitsN/status/1351658881341136900

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