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Nathan Phillips hunger strike, day 7 — please make the calls

February 4, 2020 By Charley on the MTA 1 Comment

Why does a man have to starve himself, just to get the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to protect the public in the most basic way? When you really think about it ... you wonder how it's ever come to this. As I mentioned nearly a week ago, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: climate, climate-change, enbridge, environment, environmental-justice, FRRACS, gas, gas pipelines, global-warming, Nathan Phillips, natural-gas, pipelines, weymouth, Weymouth compressor

Weymouth compressor: MassDEP’s Chewbacca Kafka Humpty-Dumpty Up-Is-Down Catch-22

January 19, 2020 By Charley on the MTA 3 Comments

Added: Nice story and interview by CBS-4 with Alice Arena of FRRACS, one of the compressor station resistance leaders: They're down to this: Physical blockades of the gas compressor construction site in Weymouth. Nine folks from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, climate, FRRACS, gas, massdep, nocompressor, pollution, weymouth, Weymouth compressor

Finish What We Started, with Cape Wind & Deval!

August 25, 2010 By joeltpatterson 27 Comments

*Each well has 80,000 pounds of chemical pumped into it, and 70% of this fluid stays underground, poisoning well water.  The rest goes into the rivers cities drink from, and the grasses our beef cattle eat. You can help take away the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cape-wind, energy, gas, gasland, massachusetts

3rd Suffolk Podcast: Susan Passoni

March 10, 2009 By Ryan 1 Comment

One of six vying for Sal DiMasi's old seat is candidate Susan Passoni. She was today's special guest on this week's Left Ahead. In the 30 minute show, Mike, Lynne and I asked plenty of questions on everything from the gas tax to casinos to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 09, 2009, 3rd-suffolk, beacon-hill, boston, education, gas, house, massachusetts, sal-dimasi, schools, state-legislature, susan-passoni, taxes

Today’s Podcast: Lynne’s Having a Gas Problem (eww!)

February 10, 2009 By Ryan Leave a Comment

Today's LeftAhead podcast, on the gas tax: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deval-patrick, gas, governor, leftahead, podcast, taxes, tolls

Why are brown eggs more expensive?

May 18, 2008 By warrior02131 29 Comments

Hi All: I have noticed that white eggs are substantially less expensive than brown eggs. Why is this true if brown eggs are local eggs? Shouldn't they be less expensive if they are not shipped long distances? Those of us who have been in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, gas, oil, prices

Gas Guzzler tax passes… in Israel

January 13, 2008 By political-inaction 42 Comments

Israel's parliament passed a Hummer of an auto tax that essentially charges excise taxes on a sliding scale depending on how efficient your auto is. While I would never dare suggest to John Kerry that he propose such a daring yet common … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, gas

Every Plastic Gas Tank You Own

April 1, 2007 By lasthorseman 2 Comments

Unconfirmed internet reports put the date of a US attack on Iran at Friday April 6 2007 at 4 AM local Tehran time.  Other internet reports put gas at $4.00 per gallon in San Fransisco merely because the thought of an attack on Iran … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: armageddon, gas, iran, wwiii

Reilly on gas prices-he don’t get it

June 13, 2006 By political-inaction 28 Comments

1. If you truly believe that price gouging is happening, you should notify the state's lead attorney or something. Maybe they could do something about it.2. Perhaps rather than accusing others of not acting, you should take action yourself. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gas, reilly

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This old quote from Hank Aaron in The NY Times obituary just left me speechless. I had not seen this before.

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I am once again asking you to write to @FERC
Pls urge FERC to approve @FRRACS_MA's request for a rehearing on their decision to grant Enbridge’s certificate of operation. Go here for instructions & short talking points: https://www.nocompressor.com/news/2021/1/20/take-action-submit-a-comment-to-ferc https://twitter.com/bluemassgroup/status/1352636948385574916

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Flashback Friday to something that happened, and something that didn't happen but it would have been EPIC.

@SenSanders, ask @SenMarkey what this mishigas is all about.

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jglarussoJoe LaRusso 🔌 🕳🐇 😷@jglarusso·
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1/3 NY awarded contracts for 2.5 GW of OSW the day before @MassGovernor vetoed the #NextGenClimate bill, which included 2.4 GW of OSW for MA. The result? NY is now positioned as the “undeniable center of gravity” for the E. Coast OSW industry.

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