I've covered oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and in Arkansas, but today the oil came to me. Thursday morning a local journalist alerted me to reports of an oil spill right down the street from me in New Bedford Harbor. I headed down and … [Read more...]
Do We Really Want More Natural Gas Pipelines?
ThinkProgress today provides a reminder that, like any form of fossil fuels, natural gas pipelines come with big risks: A little after 11 p.m. local time in the western Illinois town of Erie, residents heard a massive blast and then … [Read more...]
Will Gov. Patrick Listen to Anti-Coal Protesters and Shut Down Brayton Point?
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...]
BOEM Holds MA/RI Offshore Wind Lease Sale (Update: We Have a Winner!)
UPDATE 7:26pm: Congrats to Deepwater Wind, winner of both leases! It's a big day for offshore wind far off the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding offshore wind lease … [Read more...]
Somerset Police Chief Ready to Crack Skulls at Peaceful Coal Protest
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...]
Bending to Wind Hypochondriacs Brings Fairhaven’s Democracy to Breaking Point
There's a new victim of Fairhaven's elected officials since their decision to let wind hypochondriacs call the shots: Democracy. As those officials have felt more heat from ordinary clean energy-supporting citizens, they've started abusing … [Read more...]
Billionaire Polluting Kochs: Disclosure Is For The Little People
Billionaire polluting energy kingpins the Koch brothers have taken to personally attacking journalists who report on their shady dealings, according to the Washington Post's Paul Farhi. But as the Better Future Project pointed out this … [Read more...]
World Meteorological Organization: Heatwave Decade
The World Meteorological Organization recently released their Global Climate Report: Decade of Extremes (pdf alert: http://library.wmo.int/pmb_ged/wmo_1119_en.pdf and video at http://youtu.be/qSz7U0C0bsY) looking at general weather … [Read more...]
Cape Wind Opponents Rotate in New Puppet Spokesman
Cape Wind's big money opponents like to change up the names of their front groups and the names of their spokespeople pretty regularly. By refusing to admit funding sources, they can usually sucker a few news outlets into taking the front … [Read more...]
Swiss Solar Boat (and French Polar Pod)
On June 25, the world's largest solar ship, the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar (http://www.planetsolar.org), was docked in Boston and hosted a symposium on water and climate change, "From the Alps to the Atlantic." This 35 meter by 23 meter … [Read more...]
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