Environment

Why is the US locking down for climate change?

Why is the US locking down for climate change?

Instead, we should be practicing planetary CPR

By Brita Lundberg Climate change, Energy, Environment 0 Comments Sep 27, 2023

AMERICANS REALLY hated locking down for COVID-19, so why does the US keep locking down for climate change? Sometimes we are locked in, due to wildfire smoke and heat; and sometimes we are locked out, with homes leveled due to flooding and fire; but the bottom line is–we keep locking down. Our children aren’t playing(...)

Healey: State agencies to stop buying plastic bottles

Symbolic move could kickstart a broader debate about plastic waste

Building resilience into built environment no easy task

Keys are local solidarity, public investments, nature-based solutions

All-electric homes are cheaper to build than fossil fuel residences

Report from home builders, MIT, and Wentworth reaches misleading conclusions

Lindsay Sabadosa

Avangrid resuming construction of Mass.-financed hydro line

CEO says Maine project expected to cost $1.5 billion

A game plan for bridging the coming energy divide

Without serious intervention, those most in the need of help will fall further behind

What you need to know about heat pumps

Shift in refrigerant chemicals is coming

William Brownsberger

Final regulations target nitrogen pollution on Cape

Propose watershed permits with 20-year timeline

As strandings of sea turtles rise, voluntary rescue efforts won’t cut it

Federal funding needed, just like it is for whales and dolphins

Lawmakers should back Make Polluters Pay bill

Measure would raise $75b over 25 years

Sabine von Mering

Weymouth compressor fight has implications for Pilgrim

Full transparency a must with decommissioning of nuclear plant

Patrick O'Connor

Braintree chemical fire leaves behind a lot of questions

Clean Harbors has not been cited for negligence

Elizabeth Maglio

AG reaches $300,000 Brayton Point settlement

Says land owner violated federal clean air, water laws

Lots left on the to-do list for reducing waste

Lawmakers have many potential solutions in front of them

Janet S Domenitz

Jan. 2019

Arroyo wants to ban sale of ‘nips’ in Boston

City councilor calls small liquor bottles a public health hazard and litter blight

Troubling environmental pattern emerging again in New Bedford

Residents left out of discussion concerning waste-processing facility

The dirty truth of Northfield Mountain’s ‘clean’ energy

Pumped storage facility did not save the region's power grid

Healey tax credit could help ease cost of septic system repairs

Proposal would double credit amount from $6,000 top $12,000

Pushing back against the defenders of natural gas

With energy, business as usual is a dead end road

Decarbonization road map has some gaping holes

Power reliability and cost need to be addressed

Arnold R. Wallenstein

Avangrid seeking price relief on offshore wind, hydro projects

CEO suggests future contracts should allow pricing adjustments

Is mining lithium in Maine a cost of going electric?

Electric vehicles come with their own environmental costs

Getting to yes on climate change response

Those with differing views need to listen more closely

Jerrold Oppenheim

Septic system commentary was misleading, wrong

DEP regulations create right incentives to address nitrogen

Andrew Gottlieb

Pollution inequality must stop; enforce roadmap law

Projects in East Boston, Peabody, and Weymouth are forms of racism

Everything is wrong with DEP’s Cape proposal

Septic replacement plan is too costly, ineffective, and political blackmail

Power grid put under stress over Christmas holiday

Oil became dominant fuel, reserve supplies came up short

Healey plucks AG aide as energy, environment secretary

Tepper served in similar role within attorney general's office

More permeable surfaces can help save our waterways

Stormwater runoff is choking off life in rivers, harbor

Straight talk about plastics recycling

Consumers are not helpless in the fight against waste

Claire Galkowski

Getting our state parks back on track

Recent budget is a start, but a decade of work is ahead