Jordan Wolman is a senior reporter at CommonWealth Beacon covering climate and energy issues in Massachusetts.
Before joining CommonWealth Beacon, Jordan spent four years at POLITICO in Washington, DC, where he covered the intersection of climate policy and business. His reporting took him from international UN plastic pollution negotiations in Ottawa, Canada, to beneath the spinning turbines of an offshore wind farm 27 miles off the coast of Virginia. Jordan focused on taking POLITICO subscribers inside the biggest climate policy debates, including breaking the news that President Joe Biden was planning to take executive action to significantly boost data center construction and that California air regulators were not planning to enforce a landmark state climate law in its first year in effect.
A New Jersey native, Jordan graduated from Lehigh University and launched the first investigative team at the school’s paper, The Brown and White.
Lowell residents sue data center, state over air quality permit
The lawsuit, a first-of-its-kind in Massachusetts, alleges ‘undisclosed agreement’ between state regulators and data center owner and speaks to a larger backlash brewing nationwide
One year after implementing new system, Mass. continues to struggle in issuing unemployment benefits
Signs of progress are nestled within persistent troubling data points as Beacon Hill proves slow to act
Boston, in new climate plan, opens up possibility of delaying flood insurance discounts
Citing a messy federal landscape, Boston’s chief climate officer hopes to apply to FEMA program this year but says it could slip to 2030 – nine years after initial goal
Senate energy chair signals departure from House on $1B cut to Mass Save
Sen. Michael Barrett says he “can’t find any serious waste” in the program, which has emerged as a focal point of debate as residents grapple with high energy prices
AG Campbell: Mass. gas companies need to overhaul their climate plans — or face penalties
The Department of Public Utilities will weigh in on a battle that’s heating up over whether the state’s gas companies are complying with climate requirements
Massachusetts continues to flout a nearly decade-old climate regulation to track state vehicle emissions
How much the state’s vehicles are polluting and whether Massachusetts is meeting those emissions reduction requirements remains an open question
Senate passes $3.6 billion environmental bond bill in bipartisan vote
The bill, which now includes a plastic bag ban, is meant to serve as a down payment on the Bay State’s climate resilience needs
Political Notebook: South Hadley voters reject controversial Proposition 2½ override
Plus: auditor intrigue, a big Senate vote, and more data center concerns
Gasoline price spike bears down on Massachusetts
Rising oil prices, fueled by the war in Iran, are squeezing residents and prompting even more hand-wringing over the cost of energy in Massachusetts
‘It’s like Russian roulette’: A Bellingham man’s plan to add solar and battery storage to his home meets a nearly $12K utility price tag
The process to connect residential solar projects to the grid sticks some with dramatic costs as Massachusetts regulators eye a fix
Should a community be able to reject a solar project to protect its trees? The SJC wades into the controversy in central Mass.
Justices weigh local authority as state officials look to fast-track new energy projects
Climate reckoning: Mass. communities stare down the prospect — and complications — of a retreat from rising waters
The state is exploring what a voluntary buyout program could look like as residents along the coast and beyond grapple with a changing reality
Mass. bottle deposit system continues nosedive, hitting new low last year
Legislative reforms struggle to gain traction as advocates point fingers
‘Blunt optimist’: Mass. insurance commissioner Michael Caljouw tries to manage sea change in the industry
The veteran insurance insider talks affordability, climate change, and the state’s role in confronting the shifts brought by the Trump administration
Political Notebook: Eager to be counted — on largely symbolic vote
Plus: Lawmakers lean on IG, Raise Up back in action, and the prospect of ‘Tarr and Tarr’
Tucked in House energy bill, a ‘big breakthrough’ on competitive electric suppliers
Long-awaited reforms targeting controversial companies clear critical hurdle
Shifting politics around data centers scramble Healey AI push
A planned tax exemption remains in limbo while backlash grows
Healey’s shift toward nuclear energy raises affordability, feasibility questions
To find the right mix of power sources that can both quell soaring electricity prices and meet rising demand, the governor is looking to squeeze out every last electron possible – and betting that nuclear can help
‘Frustration’ remains among lawmakers despite shrinking unemployment delays
Several legislators recount surge in constituent calls due to UI upheaval
House passes landmark energy bill with deep cuts to Mass Save, sending it to Senate
Democrats backed sweeping package that supporters say will stem soaring electric and gas prices
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