WHEN THE STATE legislature withdrew its longstanding support for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth lease of the Star Store building in New Bedford in August, necessitating the university’s departure from the facility, it was a shock to many. This historic building has hosted several fine arts programs of the university’s College of Visual & Performing Arts, […]
Michael Goodman
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3 Massachusetts myths about offshore wind
MASSACHUSETTS MADE headlines a few years ago when it secured the nation’s first large-scale procurement of offshore wind, the 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind project. The Commonwealth was leading the way, planning on developing 3,200 megawatts in total, recognizing the potential of offshore wind to address its carbon reduction goals while catalyzing a new industry and growing […]
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Mass. coastal property owners beware
HOW FAR CAN GOVERNMENT go in regulating private property when protecting us from common threats? Since a seminal 1922 US Supreme Court opinion, Pennsylvania Coal Company v. Mahon, a debate has raged about when government regulation crosses a line too far into private property rights, and thereby constitutes a taking of that property requiring just […]