Winger Note: Right-wing commentators and bloggers deserve some sort of doggedness award for their recurring attacks on Ted for the 40-year-old Chappaquiddick wreck that caused the death of campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne. As the driver, he … [Read more...]
Cape Wind passes yet still another test — the last?
The federal government's Minerals Management Service did the entirely expected today, and passed Cape Wind in its environmental impact statement:Analysis finds impacts are expected to be mostly negligible or minor; some moderate … [Read more...]
House Marks Economic Recovery with Shades of Green
Boston, MA - Environment Massachusetts praised the economic recovery proposal released by the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations and Ways and Means committees today as making bold investments in clean energy and energy … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Has a Bright Future in Clean Energy
Washington, DC - America can reduce global warming pollution by nearly 10 percent annually, replace the power equivalent of 170 coal fired power plants, and create or sustain more than 3 million jobs by making investment in clean energy and … [Read more...]
The future of power: Small, dumb, everywhere
This really is a pretty cool story in the Globe magazine on small-time wind power, now growing in Massachusetts one turbine at a time. The state is indeed subsidizing the heck out of the industry, but at least it seems to be making the … [Read more...]
For Thanksgiving weekend… what will our great-grandchildren give thanks for?
Zamore explains: Well, yes, you are right that this is not a turkey. This is a young California brown pelican who lives happily in the twin Ports of San Pedro. The twin ports -- the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach -- handle 40 percent … [Read more...]
Be Careful What You Wish For, or, How Mass-Transit Victories Are Killing Mass Transit
Environmental remediation is called for because the Big Dig, by increasing traffic, has many adverse environmental effects. So CLF went to court and got legally binding commitments for the Silver Line, the Green Line extension, and the … [Read more...]
The mandate and Gore’s 10-year plan
Al Gore had an op-ed in the Times Sunday, laying out a five-point plan for 100% carbon-free electricity in 10 years: Big solar and wind projects from Texas to the Dakotas, and new geothermal plants. A "unified national smart grid for the … [Read more...]
Green the auto bailout
UPDATE: Looks like pretty much everyone else has had the same thought. Well, this time it's the auto industry with hat in hand, asking for a gov't bailout. And Dems are inclined to give it to them. Automakers already want an … [Read more...]
100th Anniversary of Water Chlorination
Activist organizations like Greenpeace have access to a full century of observations on the results of water chlorination in the US, all the way back to September 26, 1908 when Jersey City, NJ became the first US city to chlorinate its … [Read more...]
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