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A Demand for Progress on Climate

April 1, 2018 By drtucker

Like gun violence, chronic poverty and unequal health care coverage, the problem of unchecked greenhouse gas pollution won’t solve itself. As important as local and state efforts to reduce the emissions imperiling our planet are, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: #exxonknew, Attleboro Sun-Chronicle, boston-globe, Citizens Climate Lobby, Committee for a Green Economy, Department of the Interior, Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency, Eric Schneiderman, fracking, Gary Rucinski, global-warming, gun-control, human-caused climate change, income-inequality, Joseph Kennedy III, March for Our Lives, Maura Healey, medicare-for-all, natural-gas, Ryan Zinke, Scott Pruitt, second-amendment, Taunton Daily Gazette

Herald Still Shilling for Fracked Gas Pipeline Subsidies

March 10, 2017 By thegreenmiles

Even though there's absolutely no evidence they're needed, some people just don't know how to quit shilling for new or expanded fracked gas pipelines. This week in the Boston Herald, Republican consultant and columnist Holly Robichaud once … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, fracking

11 Reasons We Must Say No to New Fracked Gas Infrastructure

April 5, 2016 By thegreenmiles

With the Massachusetts legislature preparing to take up comprehensive energy legislation, Wall Street-controlled energy companies are pushing hard to include a pipeline tax, allowing them to charge all ratepayers a fee to build new & … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, fracking, natural-gas

CA Geyser Shows Why Fracked Gas Is a Climate Killer

December 29, 2015 By thegreenmiles

A massive gas well leak in California northwest of Los Angeles has sickened dozens, forced the relocation of thousands of residents and two schools, and caused untold damage to our climate. As Massachusetts lawmakers consider subsidizing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, energy, environment, fracking

Nothing Natural About Fracked Gas

August 26, 2015 By thegreenmiles

We don't call it "natural oil" or "natural coal." So why do we refer to methane gas - especially the gas that's been fracked - as "natural"? Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, fracking, natural-gas

Kinder Morgan CEO Compares Gas Pipelines to Cigarettes

April 22, 2015 By thegreenmiles

Kinder Morgan's proposed Northeast Energy Direct fracked gas pipeline has hit all kinds of trouble, with nearby residents saying it's not worth the risk, and folks all over Massachusetts saying its $2.7 billion cost is far too high and that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, fracking, Kinder-Morgan, natural-gas

Plan to “Fix” High Natural Gas Prices: You Pay Twice

February 23, 2014 By thegreenmiles

With New England once again wracked by high natural gas prices this winter, Massachusetts' plan to "fix" it involves building a new gas pipeline to deliver fracked gas from Appalachia (but not from the neighborhood of ExxonMobil's CEO). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cape-wind, energy, fracking, natural-gas

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rwwatchma Trump's election fraud hoax undermines democracy @rwwatchma ·
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What this means is that the Manhattan DAs office has found corroborating evidence for key parts of Michael Cohen's testimony. And it means, even if convicted, Trump could be out in time to run for president in 2028. Silver lining playbook #mapoli

Erica Marsh @ericareport

BREAKING: Rolling Stone is reporting that Donald Trump’s attorneys are telling Trump that he will lose the Manhattan DA’s hush money case and that he should be prepared to serve 1-4 years in NY state prison.

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maltschlitzmann Malt Schlitzmann @maltschlitzmann ·
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oh worcester, you are the perpetual shame of #mapoli

So the city straight up retconned a policy in order to prevent a cop's killer dog from having to get murdered because it ate a smaller dog.

Johanna @Johanna_508

ALAS!!! If you visit the city website today- less than 24 hours after the story broke and less than 24 hours after I took the above screen shot- the city’s website has REMOVED and REPLACED the policy. See below

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wombatofevil Pete Septoff @wombatofevil@mastodon.social @wombatofevil ·
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Supreme dictator of the MA house doesn’t think anyone can question his authority. Shocking #mapoli https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/24/metro/wholly-unnecessary-mass-house-speaker-says-he-will-not-comply-with-state-auditors-legislative-probe/

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📛Breaking- Multiple homes on fire at Minot Beach in Scituate, Massachusetts--Patriot Ledger 35 min ago #mapoli #breakingnews #mepolitics #massachusetts
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📛Breaking- Multiple homes on fire at Minot Beach in Scituate, Massachusetts--Patriot Ledger 35 min ago #mapoli #breakingnews #mepolitics #massachusetts

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rwwatchma Trump's election fraud hoax undermines democracy @rwwatchma ·
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I feel you @Mike_Pence and Ima let you finish but @realDonaldTrump is maga's retribution according to him. And he's threatening public officials like DA Bragg, Is there one elected/unelected @GOP official speaking up against Trump's unhinged threats of violence? #MaPoli @NYCMayor

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