Any time you wonder about whether Obama has been not the most romantic progressive boyfriend, please ponder how we'd be doing on climate issues with President Romney. This is a BFD: WASHINGTON — In President Barack Obama’s latest move … [Read more...]
Fact-Checking Baker’s Inaugural on Energy Prices
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...]
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...]
Methane Management: Crowdfunding Natural Gas Leak Monitoring
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...]
Plan to “Fix” High Natural Gas Prices: You Pay Twice
With New England once again wracked by high natural gas prices this winter, Massachusetts' plan to "fix" it involves building a new gas pipeline to deliver fracked gas from Appalachia (but not from the neighborhood of ExxonMobil's CEO). … [Read more...]
Do We Really Want More Natural Gas Pipelines?
ThinkProgress today provides a reminder that, like any form of fossil fuels, natural gas pipelines come with big risks: A little after 11 p.m. local time in the western Illinois town of Erie, residents heard a massive blast and then … [Read more...]
Overreliance on Gas, Offshore Wind Delay Burning New England
Natural gas has been pitched as a "bridge fuel" by those who don't want to transition New England's electricity supply from dirty fossil fuels like coal and oil to clean energy sources like solar and wind right away. But the toll on the … [Read more...]