ANNIE HAWKINS has a message you don’t hear very often in Massachusetts these days. The executive director of the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, a national group of fishing interests, Hawkins […]
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Vineyard Wind completes $2.3b bank financing
VINEYARD WIND said it will begin construction of the nation’s first commercial-scale wind farm as soon as Thursday now that nine banks have agreed to put up $2.3 billion in […]
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A 2d lawsuit in works against Vineyard Wind
A GROUP REPRESENTING US fishing interests is suing to block the federal government’s approval of Vineyard Wind, becoming the second organization to file a legal challenge to the nation’s first […]
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It’s now or never on addressing climate crisis
FOR MOST OF US, September signals the end of summer and a time to reflect and reset. This year’s need to reboot is historic as President Biden justifiably declared September […]
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Baker aide tells Somerset she wants to work with town
This story has been updated. A TOP AIDE to Gov. Charlie Baker sent a letter to town officials in Somerset indicating the administration is interested in working with them to […]
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Key breakthrough in fusion energy production
A CAMBRIDGE STARTUP working with officials at MIT said on Wednesday that it has achieved a major breakthrough in fusion technology that could begin revolutionizing the way energy is produced […]
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Curtatone to head Northeast Clean Energy Council
SOMERVILLE MAYOR Joe Curtatone announced on Wednesday that he is taking over as president of the Northeast Clean Energy Council when his current term ends in January. Curtatone, who is […]
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Ida renews calls for decentralizing grid
Hurricane Ida delivered a knockout punch to the power grid in New Orleans on Sunday, plunging the city into darkness and renewing a long-running national debate about the best way […]
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Ida renews calls for decentralizing grid
HURRICANE IDA delivered a knockout punch to the power grid in New Orleans on Sunday, plunging the city into darkness and renewing a long-running national debate about the best way […]
Posted inOpinion
Climate change is fundamentally a health issue
AS THE WILDFIRES raged out west on July 26, we woke up to a hazy sky that was uncharacteristic of the Boston area. The usual clear and clean skies of […]
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Is it Cape Wind all over again?
TWO NANTUCKET RESIDENTS, backed by a network of think tanks and beachfront property owners along the East Coast, set in motion what appears to be a Cape Wind strategy for […]
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Clean Energy Center offers help on Brayton Point
THE MASSACHUSETTS Clean Energy Center is putting up some grant money to help the town of Somerset build consensus around the development of offshore wind at Brayton Point, but the […]
Posted inOpinion
EJ communities finally get a say
FOR DECADES, low-income, immigrant, Indigenous, and communities of color across Massachusetts have been overburdened by air pollution from power plants, congested highways, and industrial facilities. Known as environmental justice populations, […]
Posted inPolitics
Somerset seeing exodus of town officials
SOMERSET, a South Coast town caught in the spin cycle of a national debate over energy and climate, is now facing an exodus of municipal officials. Over the last three […]
Posted inOpinion
Taking a new approach to solar grid connections
IT’S CLEAR that our current electric grid interconnection model is unsustainable if Massachusetts is to build the amount of renewable energy that will be required for the coming years and […]
Posted inTransportation
Biden proposes ambitious electric vehicle plan
THE BIDEN administration announced a series of policy measures on Thursday designed to accelerate the country’s embrace of electric vehicles, a move that should make it easier for states like […]
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Lessons from early days of EV charging
ELECTRIC VEHICLES are crucial to reducing carbon emissions and fighting climate change. That’s why governors from coast to coast have announced that they will ban the sale of new gas-powered […]
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Environmental justice designation coming under scrutiny
Environmental justice communities, marginalized areas of the state overburdened with pollution from power plants, industrial facilities, and highways, are turning out to be more commonplace in Massachusetts than you might […]
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Environmental justice designation coming under scrutiny
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE communities, marginalized areas of the state overburdened with pollution from power plants, industrial facilities, and highways, are turning out to be more commonplace in Massachusetts than you might […]
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Proposed biomass limits restrict new plants in 90 percent of state
MONTHS AFTER THE Baker administration pulled the plug on plans for a controversial new biomass plant in Springfield, state environmental officials proposed new regulations that would drastically limit where biomass […]
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Emissions pact opponents predict fuel shortages by 2023
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE OPPONENTS OF THE regional effort to wring carbon emission reductions from cars, trucks and other forms of transportation predicted Thursday that Massachusetts residents could face fuel […]
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Green infrastructure needs diverse workforce
GREEN JOBS are our future. There is no denying it. In addition to helping us recover from the economic devastation of COVID-19, jobs in clean energy are poised to help […]
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Here are some words that bug me
EVEN IF YOU are not a student of Shakespeare, you’ve probably heard this one: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as […]
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Salem newcomer to offshore wind conversation
SALEM IS NOW in the conversation as one of a handful of Massachusetts communities that could be key players as the state vies to become a hub for offshore wind […]