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Planning the Energy Transition

December 23, 2020 By gmoke Leave a Comment

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve run across what might be a few really useful reports on the energy transition. The Lancet is doing an annual climate countdown report to monitor our progress. Here is this year’s edition: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, climate-change, co2, ecology, electricity, energy, environment, greenhouse-gases, infrastructure, sustainability

McKinsey and Company Talks Energy and Climate at MIT

December 6, 2016 By gmoke Leave a Comment

On November 21, 2016 Scott Nyquist of McKinsey & Company (http://www.mckinsey.com) spoke to the public at MIT's Sloan School. Over the next 20 years, there are projections for 80% more demand on resources as a result of growing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, ecology, energy, environment, greenhouse-gases, McKinsey and Company, mit

Zero Emissions Economy to Reversing Global Warming

October 1, 2015 By gmoke Leave a Comment

Meteor Blades recently (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/28/1425368/-Open-thread-for-night-owls-Mobilizing-for-the-climate-crisis) wrote about The Climate Mobilization (http://www.theclimatemobilization.org) which is asking people to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: carbon farming, climate-change, economics, greenhouse-gases, politics, Rescued, zero-emissions

Methane Management: Crowdfunding Natural Gas Leak Monitoring

March 10, 2014 By gmoke 2 Comments

HEET [Home Energy Efficiency Team http://www.heetma.com ], a Cambridge, MA nonprofit which organizes public weatherization parties and barnraisings, is crowd funding a natural gas leak monitoring project in Cambridge and Somerville. Boston … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, bu, cambridge, climate-change, ecology, efficiency, energy, environment, greenhouse-gases, heat, heet, massachusetts, methane, Nathan Phillips, natural-gas, somerville

atmospheric carbon dioxide at a maximum of 350 ppm

June 9, 2009 By arkmundi 11 Comments

Massachusetts is a state already known for its leadership on the climate change front.  Its progressive leaders, including Congressman Markey, are working on new federal energy legislation - the American Clean Energy and Security Act … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 350-ppm, climate-change, convention, cop15, greenhouse-gases, markey, platform

On platforms and paper footballs

April 22, 2009 By arkmundi 3 Comments

But a process of true transparency would have provided a version of the platform for consideration by all who participated, including those who posted language. I am one of those who did participate, wrote language, showed up to my City … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 350, april-25, carbon-footprint, committee, democratic-party, greenhouse-gases, platform

The Great Transformation

December 11, 2008 By skifree_99 1 Comment

We are on the cusp of a dramatic transformation of our economy caused by energy security concerns, past and future oil shocks, and imminent and dramatic climatic disruptions caused by greenhouse gases. Take a look at the 2025 Global Trends … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cap-and-trade, greenhouse-gases, redd

CO2 emissions: Why can’t we do that?

August 1, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 2 Comments

Andy points us to Nick Kristof's column in the Times Sunday (yeah, yeah, TimesSelect bleccch), which suggests that arguments that dealing with global warming will hurt the economy are so much Chicken Littling:But all across the country, … [Read more...]

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The Norman Caucus is gonna replace the Anglo-Saxon caucus and then you can just kiss your freedom fries goodbye forever

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Announcing a new Mansard Caucus, promoting the global tradition of funny hats on buildings https://twitter.com/PunchbowlNews/status/1383104228256837637

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This guy was released? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/15/metro/holbrook-man-charged-after-allegedly-trying-run-over-black-children/

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The GOP-Big Business Divorce Goes Deeper Than You Think https://politi.co/3uTzdsa via @politico

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Massachusetts angle #mapoli

Moe Davis@ColMorrisDavis

.@RepCawthorn helped recruit and incite the mob that attacked the Capitol. You know who supports this #MountainMoron seditionist? Las Vegas casino billionaire Stephen Wynn who is also alleged to be a sexual predator like @CawthornforNC. Republican family values?

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honestly, though, I'm just so dang tired of this.
We fought to get the foundation budget studied (for years).
We fought to ensure the foundation budget study was complete (for a year and a half).
We fought to get the foundation budget study implemented (for years).

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