Our nation and our world face an undeniable climate crisis. We are already experiencing firsthand the impacts. Childhood asthma rates have soared, and many of our neighbors have lost or seen significant damage to their homes from climate … [Read more...]
Governor Candidates’ Forum on Energy
These are rough notes and impressions. All mistakes and opinions are mine. 2/13/14 Sponsored by Next Step Living Design Center, Boston MA Opening statements: Joe Avellone: revenue neutral carbon tax like British Columbia, workforce … [Read more...]
Fighting For What Matters
Last June I was elected to represent the people of Massachusetts in the United States Senate. As a kid growing up in Malden, I never could have imagined that I would have such an incredible honor bestowed upon me. I am humbled by this … [Read more...]
Toilets, Stoves, and Solar
Susan Murcott, Bob Lange, and Richard Komp are three grassroots environmental activists who are changing lives all around the world. Susan is a water researcher whose work on simple water filters has benefitted the lives of hundreds of … [Read more...]
Sustainable Development and Climate Change: 2 Free Online Courses
I'd like to participate in an ongoing on and off line brainstorm using Buckminster Fuller's World Game design criteria, "How can we make the world work for 100 percent of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous … [Read more...]
7 Things Louder Than Our Nearby Wind Turbines
We recently bought a home in Fairhaven, MA about a half a mile away from the town's two wind turbines. There are homes that are closer to the Fairhaven turbines than ours and some of them have legitimate concerns. But "wind turbine … [Read more...]
Net Zero and Beyond
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...]
Climate Deniers, Super Typhoon Haiyan Is Looking At You
One year after superstorm Sandy became the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, Super Typhoon Haiyan just became the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone on record, hitting the Philippines with sustained winds of 190-195mph and gusts to … [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...]
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...]
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