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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

Ann Berwick states the obvious: “Natural gas is not a clean fuel”

May 23, 2018 By Charley on the MTA 1 Comment

Just to amplify another experienced, reality-based voice calling out the Boston Globe for its series (!) of pro-pipeline editorials. This time it's former Department of Public Utilities chair Ann Berwick -- but stop me if you've heard this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: electricity, energy, natural-gas, pipelines, renewables

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

11 Reasons We Must Say No to New Fracked Gas Infrastructure

April 5, 2016 By thegreenmiles 10 Comments

With the Massachusetts legislature preparing to take up comprehensive energy legislation, Wall Street-controlled energy companies are pushing hard to include a pipeline tax, allowing them to charge all ratepayers a fee to build new & … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, fracking, natural-gas

Nothing Natural About Fracked Gas

August 26, 2015 By thegreenmiles 3 Comments

We don't call it "natural oil" or "natural coal." So why do we refer to methane gas - especially the gas that's been fracked - as "natural"? Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, fracking, natural-gas

Kinder Morgan CEO Compares Gas Pipelines to Cigarettes

April 22, 2015 By thegreenmiles 10 Comments

Kinder Morgan's proposed Northeast Energy Direct fracked gas pipeline has hit all kinds of trouble, with nearby residents saying it's not worth the risk, and folks all over Massachusetts saying its $2.7 billion cost is far too high and that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, fracking, Kinder-Morgan, natural-gas

Fact-Checking Baker’s Inaugural on Energy Prices

January 8, 2015 By thegreenmiles 36 Comments

From Gov. Charlie Baker's inaugural address: There’s also a direct link between economic growth and a sustainable and affordable supply of energy. But as we begin the New Year, families and businesses across New England are being hit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charlie-baker, electricity, energy, natural-gas, solar, solar-energy, wind, wind-energy

Natural Gas Leaks: Methane Management

June 13, 2014 By gmoke 5 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, cambridge, greenhouse-gas, heet, ma, methane, natural-gas, somerville

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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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