As Massachusetts keeps pursuing casinos as a magic salve for neglected areas, officials keep ignoring that America's casino explosion has made each new casino far less profitable. Take Pennsylvania: Nine of the 11 Pennsylvania casinos … [Read more...]
Mass Layoffs to Hit Already-Struggling New Bedford Schools
New Bedford officials are announcing massive layoffs across the already-troubled school system, reports Natalie Sherman of the Standard Times: School officials, describing a "large and painful" reduction, said Tuesday they need to cut 250 … [Read more...]
Don’t Back Down to Anti-Wind Bullies
Longtime Cape Wind opponent Peter Kenney has an op-ed in today's New Bedford Standard Times attacking me personally. It's part of a broader strategy by wind opponents to bully clean energy supporters into silence. Will Massachusetts leaders … [Read more...]
No One Cares About Poor Kids: Parker School Edition
We let our children grow up in communities with high unemployment, low-paying jobs and high crime rates, then when they don't do well on tests, we declare the school, principal & teachers "failing." Here in Massachusetts, our "failing" … [Read more...]
The Polluter Conspiracy to Delay Cape Wind, Massachusetts Jobs
With Cape Wind finally on the verge of construction, I have an op-ed in today's New Bedford Standard-Times pointing out that the years-long wait has unnecessarily delayed hiring thousands of workers here in southeastern Massachusetts: What … [Read more...]
Cod Fishermen Are Even More Screwed Than You Thought
After months of contentious debate, New Bedford Standard Times reporter Steve Urbon says the New England Fishery Management Council finalized deep cuts to cod fishing quotas yesterday: The final vote cut the available catch of Gulf of … [Read more...]
Stephen Colbert Blows Away “Wind Turbine Syndrome”
The New Bedford Standard-Times splashed a study on its front page this weekend claiming to find evidence of health effects from wind turbines ... from as far as 4,500 feet away! Wind turbines are barely audible at 900 feet and at 1,500 feet … [Read more...]
Scott the Fishermen: Did Brown’s Ad Pay Off?
One of the ads I saw most this summer in New Bedford was Scott Brown's ad claiming to be a champion of fishermen. It was classic Scott Brown - clubbing you over the head with his one-of-youness, male model masculinity & love of the … [Read more...]
Is PEER’s New England Chapter Lost in the Woods?
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility does some great work nationally, but the PEER New England Chapter's strong opposition to Cape Wind has split the group from many of its traditional allies in the conservation community, with … [Read more...]
BP Seeks Sweetheart Oil Spill Deal
I spent weeks covering the Gulf oil disaster for the National Wildlife Federation, so to hear that BP thinks it can bully the Justice Department into giving it a sweetheart settlement deal? What's the word I'm looking for? Malarkey. I … [Read more...]
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