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“Breaking our will” — or finding it?

February 17, 2021 By Charley on the MTA 12 Comments

Gov. Baker essentially pushed out his undersecretary for Climate Affairs, David Ismay, over some comments he made to a group of Vermont community leaders working on climate change. In talking about the inherent difficulties in changing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, David Ismay, global-warming, Mass Fiscal Alliance

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

Healing Earth (Through the Waters)

March 18, 2019 By gmoke Leave a Comment

John Todd, author of Healing Earth: An Ecologist’s Journey of Innovation and Environmental Stewardship (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2019 ISBN 9781623172985) (https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/healing-earth/), has spent his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: biology, climate-change, ecology, environment, global-warming, green, sustainability, waterquality

Another Record-Setting Heat Wave, More Boston Media Climate Silence

August 30, 2018 By thegreenmiles 10 Comments

As meteorologists forecast this week's sweltering heat and humidity to finally break tonight, here's a recap of this week's late-summer heat wave: Boston had its second-hottest night ever, never going below 81 in the early morning of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: boston-globe, climate, climate-change, climate-crisis, environment, global-warming, heat wave, media

A Demand for Progress on Climate

April 1, 2018 By drtucker 6 Comments

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

Holding out for better things in the pipeline

January 19, 2018 By Charley on the MTA 7 Comments

ISO-NE, our regional power grid managers, issued a new report warning of dire consequences unless we build out for MOAR GAS. Rolling blackouts! "Appeals to the public to reduce energy usage" ... horrors. I suspect we'll get full scrutiny of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: global-warming, ISO-NE, natural-gas, pipelines

Globe blows it on gas

January 11, 2018 By Charley on the MTA 3 Comments

Apparently we used more oil and coal in the cold snap. That's bad. The Globe's unsigned editorial has identified exactly the wrong culprit, and the wrong solution: Two culprits stand out. First, efforts by some environmental activists … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: boston-globe, Eversource, global-warming, ISO-NE, natural-gas, pipelines

Asked About Climate Risks, Trump is on to Cincinnati

March 22, 2016 By thegreenmiles 1 Comment

Donald Trump sat down with the Washington Post editorial board and revealed that you don't need to know anything about anything to win the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Trump talked about how if sanctions don't work, you just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, climate-change, Donald Trump, global-warming

The Old Yankees Were Right: Payback Coming Due for December’s Warmth

January 20, 2016 By thegreenmiles Leave a Comment

Lifelong New Englanders will often lament during exceptionally pleasant weather that we shouldn't enjoy it too much because we'll be punished for it later. There's no reason to believe Mother Nature keeps a Puritanical ledger ensuring that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, climate-change, environment, global-warming, weather, winter

Big Oil’s Big Gift

December 18, 2015 By senedmarkey 15 Comments

In the final actions of the year, the House and Senate passed a spending bill with a big gift for Big Oil. By permanently lifting the longstanding crude oil export ban, Congressional Republicans made sure it will be Christmas all year round … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-oil, budget, clean-energy, climate-change, economy, ed-markey, energy, environment, global-warming, jobs, massachusetts, senate, us-senate

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Sydney Rachael Levin-Epstein@SYDNEYRACHAEL_

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“Utter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

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Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
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What conditions accounts for this?

H/T @carboncounts

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These process-oriented votes do indeed have a profound effect on the substance.

If your rep isn’t progressive on transparency and process, then they’re not that progressive.

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36 reps voted in favor of transparency today, with 122 reps opposed. Roll call below:

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