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.
Healey sounds alarm on energy costs — but a legislative solution remains elusive for now
Governor pushes lawmakers for election-year energy affordability legislation amid deep divisions
An effort to boost nature, backed by big-money donors, lands in the middle of Mass. ballot question mania
‘Yes on 6’ campaign launches amid questions over the effectiveness of the measure and broader ballot scrutiny from Beacon Hill
A proposed moratorium on data centers hits resistance in Mass. Senate
An amendment to a massive economic development bill that would have put the brakes on data centers for one year was withdrawn
Wu, feds unveil plan to tackle sea level rise in Boston
Planned projects are estimated to prevent more than $40B in projected losses through end of century, though questions loom over who pays
A Mass Save reform generating consensus among lawmakers is drawing blowback from advocates
Plan would impose new income verification requirements for moderate-income customers – but only those in poorer communities
SJC sides with solar developer in dispute with Petersham officials
The decision paves the way for a large solar project to potentially move forward in the rural Central Mass. town
Ten communities in Massachusetts went ‘fossil fuel free.’ Then utilities spent $100M on natural gas infrastructure there.
Regulators have approved the spending, but the work locks in pipelines for years to come as the municipalities try to move off gas
Senate energy bill seeks to end contentious gas pipe replacement program
The Senate diverges dramatically from House legislators on how to achieve energy affordability
A climate chief in an era of Trump and energy affordability: Does Melissa Hoffer still get a say?
How a second Trump term, bureaucratic inertia, and affordability challenges have collided with a governor’s reelection bid to shape the work of the state’s groundbreaking climate chief
At Massport’s urging, Healey signs tax break for sustainable aviation fuel
Airlines will be able to take advantage of a new $10 million tax credit in each of the next three years
Two-week pause of Canadian hydropower exposes frailty of Mass. plan to wean off natural gas
Disruptions to the New England Clean Energy Connect hydropower transmission line from Québec and Vineyard Wind are reducing their electricity production
Massachusetts’s slow adoption of EV chargers through federal program is ‘mystifying’ to transit advocates
Nearly four years after receiving $64 million through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, the state still hasn’t built a single charger
Political Notebook: A notable absence in the ‘Nature for Massachusetts’ coalition
Plus, AG Campbell tweaks lawmakers and ballot process, and the Healey administration wades into the Mass Save debate
State regulators are weighing how much to crack down on leaky gas pipes
A complicated regulatory review process is taking shape that could prove pivotal in the state’s ability to meet aggressive climate targets
Controversial private jet expansion proposal at Hanscom faces setbacks as developers look to move project ahead
The regulatory filings required to move the project forward appear poised to be delayed again
Enbridge proposes new gas pipeline expansion in New England, placing Mass. in the crosshairs
The move is sure to shake up the energy debate in the region, landing in the middle of Gov. Maura Healey’s reelection bid
Healey’s reelection bid confronts volatile energy politics
Some environmental advocates are expressing frustration toward the governor’s team, others are jumping on board the campaign, and a natural gas group is purporting to wield access
Political Notebook: Data centers get their tax breaks, taxpayer group side-eyes ballot measures
Plus, a new poll illuminates child care woes, and a voter survey finds support for a few controversial ballot measures
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
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