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Mass pension system blows $500 million by ignoring collapse in fossil fuel stocks

September 21, 2015 By bmass 9 Comments

The Massachusetts public pension system -- with $61 billion -- has been refusing for years to look at the question of fossil fuel divestment on the grounds that selling fossil fuel stock would be a violation of fiduciary duty. Now it turns … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, coal, Divestment, oil, pension, PRIM, stock

Will the Next Major Tar Sands Spill be in New England?

April 11, 2013 By thegreenmiles Leave a Comment

Homes evacuated. Chemicals fouling the air. Wildlife soaked in tar sands oil. Could it happen in New England? I traveled to Arkansas last week to monitor wildlife impacts of the Exxon Mobil Pegasus tar sands pipeline rupture for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, Keystone XL, maine, new-hampshire, oil, tar-sands, Trailbreaker, vermont

Another Reason To Support Markey: Stop the KXL.

March 31, 2013 By joeltpatterson 6 Comments

Canadian crude spilling in America Exxon's Pegasus pipeline delivers Canadian tar sands to Texas for processing.  It has sprung a leak in a nice little neighborhood called Mayflower, south of Conway, Arkansas.  Noxious fumes make the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: exxon, Keystone, markey, oil

Why Do Reporters Repeat Deceptive RomneySpeak on Energy?

August 22, 2012 By thegreenmiles Leave a Comment

Mitt Romney is beholden to Big Oil but knows oil drilling is much less popular than clean energy, so he uses the deceptive "energy development" and "energy production" when he really just means drilling for oil & gas and digging up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-oil, energy, environment, media, mitt-romney, oil

All on the Jolly Trolley

October 5, 2010 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

Lind likes to portray himself as a bit of a crank and anachronism. That would be don't use computers, bring back street cars, and even joking about being a monarchist who doesn't care much about democracy. In reality, he has a clear vision … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: conservatives, highways, lind, mass-transit, oil, public-transit, trains, trolleys

On Avoiding Blame, Part One, Or, Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Drill No Evil.

September 2, 2010 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

When I talk on the stage, people often have the impression that I make up things as I go along. That isn't true. I know a lot of things I want to say, I'm just not sure exactly when I'll say them. --From Lenny Bruce's book "How to Talk … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bp, coast-guard, deepwater-horizon, economics, gulf-of-mexico, halliburton, hearings, national, oil, teansocean

Edward James Olmos on the Definition of “Insanity”

July 9, 2010 By heather-taylormiesle-nrdc-action-fund Leave a Comment

Yesterday, the NRDC Action Fund launched a campaign featuring a powerful new ad by renowned environmental activist and celebrated actor, Edward James Olmos. In the video, which you can view here, Olmos explains what makes people - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, climate-bill, climate-change, edward-olmos, energy, nrdc-action-fund, oil

Republicans Intervene In Traffic Accident, Call Settlement “Shakedown”

June 24, 2010 By fake-consultant 5 Comments

The facts of the case are as follows: Ms. Maya Normousbutt, a resident of Brighton, was taking her kids to the corn maze and haunted house at Murray Farms, also located in Brighton, when her parked vehicle was struck by another car driven … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bp, comedy, dick-timoneous, environment, humor, joe-barton, john-boehner, law-and-lawyers, oil, politics, republican-study-group, republicans, satire, snark

At Black Tie Ceremony, Feith Passes Torch To Barton

June 21, 2010 By fake-consultant 7 Comments

Respect to your great place! and let the devil Be sometime honour'd for his burning throne. -- Duke Vincentio, from William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure". There are probably some of you who are thinking: "That Feith name is familiar, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bp, carl-henric-svanberg, comedy, environment, gulf-of-mexico, humor, national, oil, satire, snark, tony-hayward

Maddow rocks; the oil industry sucks

May 29, 2010 By David 14 Comments

Indications are that the "top kill" is not working.  Surprise surprise.  Meanwhile, just watch this astounding piece from Rachel Maddow.  It tells you pretty much all you need to know about the oil industry. Profoundly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gulf, oil

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bluemassgroupBlue Mass. Group@bluemassgroup·
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This won't do at all.

John Lerner 🌲❄️🌎🌹🗽⚖️🌲@johnflerner

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This is horrible

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/national-guard-troops-vacate-capitol-461220

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They did the same with Obama and the economy in January '09.

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Yesterday Hannity was ranting about how it’s awful that Biden hadn’t solved the COVID crisis yet, hours after he was inaugurated https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-attacks-president-biden-not-having-covid-pandemic-under-control

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amywesterveltAmy Westervelt@amywestervelt·
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My mother is very proud that I’m the one dropping an f bomb in this bitch. Seriously though, it’s time to widen the lens of climate accountability. Big Oil relies on enablers, and they shouldn’t escape scrutiny https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/1352389540334481410

Bill McKibben@billmckibben

Ad agencies and PR agencies are renting themselves to the fossil fuel industry, supplying the creative juice necessary to wreck the planet. Please--do something different with your talents!

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brianr2600Brian RIstuccia@brianr2600·
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@BostonDotCom Seventeen speeding tickets, at least 7 wrecks, and 6 license suspensions. Why do we need to wait until someone dies before permanently revoking the license of a driver who has repeatedly demonstrated that they can't be trusted to operate an automobile safely? #mapoli #ZeroVision

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@bluemassgroup @BostonGlobe More details not behind a paywall:

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