BOSTON, July 10, 2017- Sheila Decter, Founder and Executive Director of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (JALSA), and a tireless advocate for social and economic justice, civil rights and constitutional liberties in a career … [Read more...]
Getting to Net Zero: Cambridge, MA
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...]
Why Partners Healthcare’s Market Power (and Proposed Expansion) is bad for MA
It is time for Massachusetts to lead the nation, once again, on healthcare. An “historic” opportunity to address provider pricing power, in a period of market consolidation, should not be overlooked. The governor-elect and attorney … [Read more...]
Here is the 2nd Reason why the Disclosure Bill Rocks. (You know the first).
As all you readers of Blue Mass Group know, anonymous big money in politics is a major problem. Luckily, today or tomorrow, if all goes well, the Legislature will finalize a bill to clamp down on anonymous SuperPac spending. That's good … [Read more...]
Natural Gas Leaks: Methane Management
This summer, the Squeaky Leak Project (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/squeaky-leak--2#home) will drive down every street in Cambridge and Somerville, MA with a high-precision methane analyzer and map all the natural gas leaks in these … [Read more...]
Let’s end child poverty
We are a wealthy state in a wealthy nation, and yet one out of every seven people in Massachusetts lives in poverty. And even that doesn’t tell the true story. The number is 29% among African Americans here; 40% among Latinos. … [Read more...]
Retiring NE’s Coal and Oil Electric Plants
The Restructuring Roundtable is a mostly monthly (it takes the summer months off) meeting of the energy sector in Boston that takes a morning to discuss energy issues in depth with the major players from all around NE. There is also much … [Read more...]
Reversing Global Warming while Meeting Human Needs
Reversing Global Warming while Meeting Human Needs: An Urgently Needed Land-Based Option Friday, January 25, 2013 2:00 - 4:00 PM, ASEAN Auditorium The Fletcher School, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA Reception to follow RSVP at … [Read more...]
The Next Industrial Revolution Is Ecological
John Todd could be considered one of the founders of ecological design. For the past forty years or so, he has been building enclosed ecologies, first, for growing fish, John was one of the original growers of tilapia in the USA, and later … [Read more...]
We are all equal under the law. Or…?
I made this last night and posted it on Facebook. Several friends have shared it as well. I thought I might post it here for the same reason... … [Read more...]
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