Power Lines: News from the Mass climate movement

Mar 01, 2022

Bill McKibben on the Fight to Fix the Grid

We’re entering the less glamorous phase of the global warming fight—and perhaps the most important one. You can help, come to the rally on Wednesday, March 16 at the State...

Feb 09, 2022

Out in the Streets Again for a REAL Energy Transition

The Tide is Rising and So Are We* On February 2 the North Shore Chamber of Commerce held their annual Business Insight Breakfast: Energy Forum, which focuses on...

Feb 02, 2022

Hours before Joint Rule 10 deadline, Massachusetts activists push for the favorable reporting of key environmental justice bills whose fates are still unknown

Watch the full recording here. MA – Next month marks a year since the Massachusetts legislature passed the Next-Generation Roadmap...

Jan 21, 2022

Clean, green electric truck rules proposed for Massachusetts

Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks account for only 7% of the vehicles in Massachusetts, but 20% of MA’s transportation greenhouse gas emissions and 46% of nitrogen oxides emissions. ...

Nov 13, 2021

Utilities Forced to Change Mass Save Program

In August of this year, the utility-run Mass Save program said it was impossible to create a housing weatherization and electrification program that would meet the state's climate...

Nov 02, 2021

The Fair Share Amendment Campaign: Transportation, Climate, and Justice

Most of us in 350 Mass would like to see a more progressive model of taxation in MA, so the Fair Share Amendment (FSA), or millionaires’ tax, which...

Oct 21, 2021

ISO-NE Muffles Potential for Wind and Solar Energy

The non-profit known as ISO-NE, which regulates the electric energy market in New England, has resisted starting the transition from fossil fuels to wind and solar energy. While ISO...

Sep 30, 2021

Building Jobs with Justice builds wide support

On Wednesday, September 29th, the Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (TUE) committee heard testimony on a number of bills related to decarbonizing the Commonwealth or otherwise improving environmental quality....

Sep 13, 2021

IPCC Speaks Truth to the World

The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a valuable wake-up call. While the climate community finds few breakout...

Aug 03, 2021

2021 Mass Democratic Party Platform

The Democratic Party is starting its platform writing process this summer in anticipation of next year’s 2022 nominating convention and primaries and state elections. It is a chance...

Aug 02, 2021

Recess & Reconciliation

These days, it is tempting to be pessimistic about the future, especially when you spend every day contemplating the worsening climate. The CO2 concentration in the atmosphere was...

July Environmental Roundtable: Under the Radar with Callie Crossley

Jul 23, 2021

Environmental Roundtable: Climate Change Fuels Extreme Weather, Shutting Down Oil Pipelines, And The Country's First Black Chief Of US Forest Service

Last week I had the pleasure of joining Dr. Aaron Bernstein and Dr. Heather Goldstone on WGBH's Under the Radar with Callie Crossley. You can listen to the program here, or...

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