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Talking with Bob Massie at #Demvention

June 4, 2018 By Charley on the MTA

Bob Massie was kind enough to give me a few minutes of time after the balloting at the convention over the weekend. On WGBH Thursday, he was pretty blunt about Charlie Baker's performance, calling him a "fraud" and an "empty suit". So with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: #demvention, #magov, bob-massie, clean-energy, wind-power

Baker loses 20% of solar jobs; AG’s clean energy defense; the Senate’s boffo energy bill

February 12, 2018 By Charley on the MTA

Globe's Jon Chesto reports: "Massachusetts lost more than 20% of its solar jobs last year" Possible factors in Massachusetts include: uncertainty about changes in solar incentives; caps in some parts of the state on new net metering … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, clean-energy, climate, DPU, energy, energy efficiency, EVs, jamie-eldridge, marc-pacheco, Maura Healey, offshore-wind, renewables, Tommy Vitolo, utilities, wind-power

Who Won Storm’s Energy Reliability Test, Wind or Nuclear?

November 3, 2017 By thegreenmiles

Former Dancin' With The Stars contestant and current U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has a bonkers plan to force ratepayers to subsidize coal and nuclear power in the name of "reliability." Not because Republicans are beholden to existing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: clean-energy, energy reliability, nuclear-power, Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station, Rick Perry, wind-power

Fairhaven Wind Turbines Make Kids Smarter. April Fool’s … ?

April 1, 2014 By thegreenmiles

Local anti-wind turbine agitator and non-bird decapitator Louise Barteau is running for Fairhaven Board of Health against incumbent and wind turbine supporter Jeannine Lopes. An op-ed in support of Lopes by Fairhaven resident Mary Fortin in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: fairhaven, wind-ener, wind-power, Wind-Turbine-Syndrome

Plymouth Zoning Board Ignores Law, Blocks Wind Turbine

September 16, 2013 By thegreenmiles

If you're going to deny a local business the right to do what it wants on its own property, shouldn't you have an actual reason? Not according to the Plymouth Zoning Board, which rejected a local Stop & Shop's request to build a wind … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station, plymouth, wind-energy, wind-power

BOEM Holds MA/RI Offshore Wind Lease Sale (Update: We Have a Winner!)

July 31, 2013 By thegreenmiles

UPDATE 7:26pm: Congrats to Deepwater Wind, winner of both leases! It's a big day for offshore wind far off the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding offshore wind lease … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, wind-energy, wind-power

Bending to Wind Hypochondriacs Brings Fairhaven’s Democracy to Breaking Point

July 26, 2013 By thegreenmiles

There's a new victim of Fairhaven's elected officials since their decision to let wind hypochondriacs call the shots: Democracy. As those officials have felt more heat from ordinary clean energy-supporting citizens, they've started abusing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, fairhaven, wind-energy, wind-power, Wind-Turbine-Syndrome

Activists Rally for Clean Energy at Cape Wind Opponent’s Boston Office

June 13, 2013 By thegreenmiles

A wealthy Cape Cod estate owner fighting Cape Wind got a big surprise today when clean energy supporters rallied at John Fish's corporate headquarters. Reports Boston Business Journal's Thomas Grillo: A dozen demonstrators showed up at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cape-wind, energy, environment, John-Fish, William-Koch, wind-energy, wind-power

Wind Hypochondriac Takeover of Fairhaven Now Complete

June 10, 2013 By thegreenmiles

Fairhaven has now joined Falmouth in having its government being taken over by wind hypochondriacs: The Fairhaven Board of Health voted unanimously to shut down the town's two wind turbines between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. beginning tonight. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, fairhaven, wind-energy, wind-farms, wind-power, Windwise

Stephen Colbert Blows Away “Wind Turbine Syndrome”

November 13, 2012 By thegreenmiles

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, new-bedford, stephen-colbert, wind-energy, wind-power, Wind-Turbine-Syndrome

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