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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

Methane Management: Crowdfunding Natural Gas Leak Monitoring

March 10, 2014 By gmoke 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, bu, cambridge, climate-change, ecology, efficiency, energy, environment, greenhouse-gases, heat, heet, massachusetts, methane, Nathan Phillips, natural-gas, somerville

In Big Letters, News of Markey’s Election Reaches Somerville Last Weekend

July 1, 2013 By dougdavidoff 1 Comment

Passing through Davis Square in Somerville on Saturday, I chanced to read the latest news on the ticker above Middlesex Federal Savings Bank. Powered by www.WickedLocalSomerville.com, the ticker reported that U.S. Rep. Ed Markey had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: davis-square, ed-markey, ma-sen, Middlesex-Federal-Savings-Bank, somerville, Ticker, U.S. Senate 2013 special election, WickedLocalSomerville, youtube

Somerville Democratic Caucus is Postponed

February 10, 2013 By Katie Wallace Leave a Comment

The Somerville Democratic City Committee has cancelled Monday night's caucus at Somerville High School. New date to be announced. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: caucus, democrats, somerville

Wal-Mart: Act like Costco if you want to do business in Somerville

November 9, 2011 By amfriedman 4 Comments

I just read local officials' and candidates' responses to questions about WalMart in the latest Somerville Scout and thought I would share an insight. Costco pays its workers an average wage of $17.00 per hour. Wal-Mart pays its workers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-box-ordinance, living-wage, local-politics, somerville, wal-mart

A Policy Wonk Runs for Local Office

June 1, 2011 By christinebarber 3 Comments

Greetings BMGers! My name is Christine Barber and I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself to you. I’m a candidate in the open seat race to represent Somerville’s Ward 4 on our city’s Board of Aldermen. I would love to have your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Board of Aldermen, Christine Barber, election, health-care, policy wonk, progressive, somerville

Somerville jobs rally and picket line shuts down work at MaxPac

March 4, 2011 By Rand Wilson Leave a Comment

"Support from the Board of Alderman has been strong, but we have to keep the pressure on," said Jack Lister, also from Somerville and a leader of the Heat Frost & Insulators Local 6.   "We really need more local jobs," said Roger … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: jobs, maxpac, save-our-somerville, somerville, somerville-community-corp.

Grateful for Jarrett Barrios endorsement

August 24, 2010 By tim-flaherty 4 Comments

Last week, our campaign was humbled and honored to earn the support and endorsement of former State Senator Jarrett Barrios. I'll post more on this later, but I wanted you to hear what he had to say about this campaign for state senate - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: allston, barrios, brighton, cambridge, charlestown, chelsea, everett, flaherty, ma, progressive, revere, saugus, senate, somerville

My Notes From State Senate Candidates Forum

April 12, 2010 By cos 2 Comments

In the first round, every candidate was asked what their top priority issue is, and about the #1 thing they'd do in the state senate.  The answers were quite uniform:Top issue: Jobs. What would you do in the Senate: Oppose cuts in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: allston, boston, cambridge, charlestown, chelsea, dan-hill, denise-simmons, dennis-benzan, election-2010, everett, massachusetts, michael-albano, revere, sal-didomenici, saugus, somerville, tim-flaherty

Weatherization Barnraising: Cambridge, MA on April 10

March 22, 2010 By gmoke 2 Comments

Weatherization Barnraising Saturday, April 10th 12:30-5:00 p.m. Cambridge YWCA Emergency Family Shelter 3 Bigelow Street, Cambridge Pitch in to help 10 homeless families who live at the shelter Lower vast energy bills for the shelter so it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, energy, heat, heet, housing, jobs, solar, somerville, weatherization

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

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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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@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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