Cambridge, MA has been debating a net zero energy and/or emissions standard (http://www.netzerocambridge.org) for new buildings over 25,000 square feet since the Spring of 2013, partially because of an ecodistrict plan with MIT and others … [Read more...]
MA Voters Keep Rejecting Wind Turbine Restrictions
Once again, voters have rejected new local restrictions on wind turbines. The latest landslide in favor of clean energy came at Saturday's Plymouth Town Meeting: If approved, this article would have limited the construction of wind … [Read more...]
What I Do and Why I Do It
I publish a weekly listing of Energy (and Other) Events at the colleges, universities, and in the community around Cambridge, MA (http://hubevents.blogspot.com) and have been doing it consistently since the end of January, 2010 … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Needs an Experienced, Professional AG
This morning, I launched my campaign for Massachusetts Attorney General. I’m the first announced candidate in the race and a first-time candidate so I know I have my work cut out for me over the next 13 months. But the conversation … [Read more...]
Air Pollution Now Officially a Carcinogen, But Some Towns Still Fighting Clean Energy
As the World Health Organization declares definitively that air pollution causes cancer, the Massachusetts town of Shelburne has declared the real threat to the public is looking at wind turbines. Shelburne is just a few miles up the … [Read more...]
Resilience and Climate Change
Recently, I've noticed there has been a shift from talking about mitigation to adaptation to resilience when dealing with climate change. From my perspective, this is not a bad development as resilience focuses on practical preparedness for … [Read more...]
Big New England Wind Contract Much Cheaper Than Coal, Nuclear
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...]
MA Senate Bill 177: Fueling Jobs Through Energy Efficiency
Just went to an all morning meeting on PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy), a means of financing energy efficiency and renewables through property taxes, a method that has been successful for commercial and industrial buildings in … [Read more...]
Energy Upgrade Parties at the Sustainable Houses of Worship
For the last few years, I've been publishing a weekly listing service on Energy (and Other) Events that happen around Cambridge, MA in the colleges, universities, and the community. This week, I noticed that there is a lot of practical … [Read more...]
Sierra Club Green Schools in Massachusetts
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201309/coolschools/complete-rankings.aspx 7 of the 162 Sierra Club "Green Schools" were in MA, in order of standing: Harvard 16 UMass Amherst 27 BU 88 Hampshire 89 Mount Holyoke 124 Worcester … [Read more...]
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