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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

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

Baker on fracked gas: He has to choose.

November 22, 2017 By Charley on the MTA 1 Comment

To follow up on the press release from the pipeline protestors at the State House ... The vastness of the climate issue really requires us to organize our thoughts a bit. Some things are more important than others; there is a hierarchy of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, climate, pipelines

“Enron-style” gas pipeline scandal in MA

October 13, 2017 By Charley on the MTA 2 Comments

How much natural gas do we need? Regional grid operator ISO-New England's CEO has long warned of insufficient gas pipeline capacity, while enviros (like me) have scoffed, pushed for more renewables in place of leaky, climate-hazardous, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: climate, Eversource, ISO-NE, Maura Healey, pipelines, utilities

Do We Really Want More Natural Gas Pipelines?

August 13, 2013 By thegreenmiles 4 Comments

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...]

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

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This old quote from Hank Aaron in The NY Times obituary just left me speechless. I had not seen this before.

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Flashback Friday to something that happened, and something that didn't happen but it would have been EPIC.

@SenSanders, ask @SenMarkey what this mishigas is all about.

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jglarussoJoe LaRusso 🔌 🕳🐇 😷@jglarusso·
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1/3 NY awarded contracts for 2.5 GW of OSW the day before @MassGovernor vetoed the #NextGenClimate bill, which included 2.4 GW of OSW for MA. The result? NY is now positioned as the “undeniable center of gravity” for the E. Coast OSW industry.

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