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Zero Net Energy – March 31, 2022

March 31, 2022 By gmoke Leave a Comment

Treehouse with "green walls, facades and rooftops, plus water features, natural light, and ventilation strategies to green the traditional office building,” winning an award from the World Green Building … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, ecology, energy, environment, housing, net zero, net zero emissions, net zero energy, real-estate, renewables, solar, sustainability

Zero Net Energy – March 24, 2021

March 24, 2021 By gmoke 2 Comments

Making a wooden solar insolation visualization https://youtu.be/PvcvY4ToFaQ https://www.makingdatatangible.com/solar/ - program to help you make your own https://pysolar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ - a collection of Python libraries for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: building codes, buildings, construction, ecology, efficiency, energy, environment, housing, renewables, solar, sustainability

Rep. Connolly puts together a housing agenda

April 9, 2020 By Charley on the MTA Leave a Comment

I mentioned the other day the foreclosure and eviction moratorium legislation that has passed the House. State Rep. Mike Connolly is putting together a coalition for a whole host of actions, at https://rentfreeze.org. ProgressiveMass is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: COVID-19, COVID19, housing, mortgage, renters

Genuinely hopeful news on housing

December 19, 2017 By Charley on the MTA 15 Comments

We've been writing here about the cost and shortage of housing in Greater Boston for over a decade. This actually sounds like hopeful news: Aiming for the construction of 135,000 new housing units by 2025, the Baker administration on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, housing, smart-growth

New Leadership For Boston: Tito Jackson For Mayor

November 4, 2017 By jamaicaplainiac 22 Comments

(While I’m promoting this post as being of general interest, this shouldn’t be seen as a BMG endorsement in this race - Charley) Boston is at a crossroads. Tuesday's election is fundamentally about what kind of city we want this to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: bospoli, boston, BPS, education, election, housing, marty-walsh, mbta, Tito Jackson

Can’t Solve Transportation Without Addressing Housing

April 27, 2016 By thegreenmiles 64 Comments

Charley already wrote up WBUR's transportation poll, but WBUR did a sidebar story on some non-highway transportation ideas. Reporter Steve Brown talked to State Sen. Tom McGee about his idea to relieve traffic & help people get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: development, environment, housing, smart-growth, transportation, urban-density, urban-sprawl

Getting to Net Zero: Cambridge, MA

March 26, 2015 By gmoke Leave a Comment

For the past year, the Cambridge, MA city government has had a Getting to Net Zero Task Force studying the implications of a net zero energy building requirement. They finished the draft report on March 16, 2015 and will have an open forum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: architecture, cambridge, construction, district heating, ecology, electricity, energy, energy efficiency, environment, housing, ma, municipal government, net zero emissions, net zero energy, renewable, solar

Governor candidates on transportation and smart growth

August 13, 2014 By joshostroff 6 Comments

Transportation for Massachusetts and the MA Smart Growth Alliance asked the Democratic, Republican and Independent candidates for governor to respond to ten questions.  The questions were submitted in late May, and received in June/July.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: environment, governor, housing, massachusetts, smart-growth, transportation

Weatherization Barnraising: Cambridge, MA on April 10

March 22, 2010 By gmoke 2 Comments

Weatherization Barnraising Saturday, April 10th 12:30-5:00 p.m. Cambridge YWCA Emergency Family Shelter 3 Bigelow Street, Cambridge Pitch in to help 10 homeless families who live at the shelter Lower vast energy bills for the shelter so it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, energy, heat, heet, housing, jobs, solar, somerville, weatherization

Weatherization Party

January 24, 2010 By gmoke 5 Comments

Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative in NH has done 115 solar installations in the last few years. Seacoast Area Renewable Energy Initiative in the Piscataqua region on Maine and NH has begun doing solar barnraisings. Coop Power in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, energy, heat, heet, housing, jobs, massachusetts, solar, somerville, weatherization

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jimaloisi Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi ·
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This story of obfuscation & political interference points to the failure of #mapoli’s approach to MBTA governance. The T should not be governed by the Executive branch; a different more inclusive approach is needed to restore quality & confidence. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/06/metro/three-t-derailments-three-days-lots-questions-curious-delay/

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pirate5911 Pirate59 @pirate5911 ·
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Now we need @POTUS @VP @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer to resign. 👏👏👏👏👏#mapoli @MSNBC

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mysteriousrook Ed Lyons @mysteriousrook ·
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My goodness, Boston Globe. It was a tool cart. You even called it a "relatively unserious mishap" but then gave it the Watergate tick-tock treatment. and wrote "Three Derailments in Three Day" and put it on the front page.

It was a tool cart. #mapoli
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/06/metro/three-t-derailments-three-days-lots-questions-curious-delay/

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rhamenator Griffin @rhamenator ·
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Police: July 4th mass shooting by two illegal aliens thwarted in Virginia's capital - The Washington Post #BidenBorderCrisis #mapoli #nhpolitcs #Driverslicensesfornoncitizens #Democrats https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/police-july-4-mass-shooting-thwarted-in-virginias-capital/2022/07/06/641fa1fa-fd3a-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html

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rwwatchma Trump's election fraud hoax undermines democracy @rwwatchma ·
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Dozen's of senior cabinet members resigned yesterday. PM Boris Johnson lost the confidence of his own team.

The threat of DOJ doing the same thing made Trump re-think his plan to overturn the election #mapoli #nhpolitics

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legislataapp Legislata @legislataapp ·
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Tweet summary for MA State House for 2022-07-06: 204 tweets from 52 legislators. Top words: women, support, massachusetts, public, care, abortion, families, time, community, free. #mapoli

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