Environment

Eversource electric vehicle proposal worth pursuing

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Eversource electric vehicle proposal worth pursuing

Unfortunately, it’s being overshadowed by rate hike request

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RECENT ACCOUNTS OF THE EVERSOURCE rate case have understandably focused on the utility’s request for a controversial rate increase. However, at risk of getting lost in the shuffle is a modest proposal within the larger rate case for electric vehicle infrastructure that, if further refined, could be a win-win-win for the environment, consumers, and utilities.(...)

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Judy Grinnell’s river rehab

Spring 2017

Judy Grinnell’s river rehab

After a decade overseeing Hoosic River Revival, she is stepping away

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Photograph by Frank Curran What’s the Hoosic River Revival all about? The Hoosic River trickles through downtown North Adams within old, concrete, inaccessible flood control chutes that protect the city but don’t provide any other advantages. Our goal is to create a 21st century system that restores the river to a more natural state and(...)

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MA should finance climate change projects abroad

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MA should finance climate change projects abroad

Barrett bill would allow tax refunds to go to UN fund

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BY PROPOSING TO SLASH FEDERAL SPENDING to combat climate change, President Trump has declared war on our ability to deal with a very real, existential global problem that cannot be solved by building walls.  As Washington abrogates its leadership both at home and abroad, states and cities must step up on both.  Globally, the poorest(...)

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Natural gas shouldn’t be the boogie man

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Natural gas shouldn’t be the boogie man

Gas is the reason emissions and costs are down

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IT’S IRONIC THAT SEVERAL DAYS after Emily Norton’s op-ed in CommonWealth (“Kill the Northeast pipeline“), the Department of Environmental Protectiion announced that greenhouse gas emissions in Massachusetts decreased from 2013 to 2014, continuing a downward trend that began nearly a decade ago. Why are greenhouse gases down? Why do state officials say Massachusetts is on-track to(...)

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MA emissions continue decline

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MA emissions continue decline

Economy keeps growing as state curbs greenhouse gases

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STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS in Massachusetts decreased from 2013 to 2014, continuing a decade-long trend, according to the latest state data. State law requires emissions by 2020 that are 25 percent lower than 1990 levels, and emissions in 2014 were 21 percent below 1990 levels, according to the Department of Environmental Protection(...)

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Kill the Access Northeast pipeline

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Kill the Access Northeast pipeline

We don't need it and can't afford it

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LAST MONTH, 74 conservation commissions across Massachusetts sent Gov. Charlie Baker a letter asking him to drop his support for new natural gas pipelines, and over 450 small business owners petitioned the governor to say no to new pipelines. Massachusetts does not want more fossil fuel pipelines. We don’t need them and we can’t afford(...)

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Preparing for a shrinking Boston

Modernizing Mobility

Preparing for a shrinking Boston

Resilience should be goal; resistance is futile

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SETTLED BY EUROPEAN COLONISTS in 1630, Boston was founded on the narrow Shawmut Peninsula behind the protective landforms of what are today Stellwagen Bank, Winthrop, Hull, and the 34 Boston Harbor Islands. Our ancestors sited Boston well. In addition to protecting the city from sea-based attacks, Boston Harbor’s natural topography limits extreme storm surges to(...)

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Don’t forget about transmission

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Don’t forget about transmission

Rick Perry had the right idea in Texas

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EARLIER THIS MONTH my company, Anbaric, announced a new partnership with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan that enables funding to create up to $2 billion in renewable energy transmission and microgrid projects. At first glance, we make an unusual team – a transmission company and a reputable institutional investor with $171 billion in assets. But(...)

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Trump’s attack on environment is attack on communities of color

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Trump’s attack on environment is attack on communities of color

Minorities will pay heaviest price from gutting of EPA and rollback of environmental protections

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TWO WEEKS BEFORE the commencement of President Trump’s reign of error, the New York Times reported that in an effort to undermine strong public support for policies to prevent climate chaos, an organization financed by Charles and David Koch had launched an effort to convince nonwhite voters in particular that they are not at risk(...)

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Offshore wind firms split on size of initial contract

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Offshore wind firms split on size of initial contract

Big disagreement on whether bigger is better

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THE THREE COMPANIES vying for Massachusetts offshore wind contracts sharply disagree on how big the initial procurement should be, but they are united in their belief that electricity generation and transmission should be handled by them and them alone. The companies spelled out their positions in responses to a Baker administration request for ideas on(...)

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