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RGGI’s Results: Good For Our Climate, Economy And Consumers
Photo courtesy of kriswho @ flickr. Creative Commons. If you listen to the word on street, or read the headlines, you’ll have heard that our times are hard times. Joblessness remains stubbornly high,...
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Clean Energy: A Key Ingredient in the Recipe for a Thriving New England Economy
An incisive and clear essay by Peter Rothstein, President of the New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC), published on the Commonwealth Magazine website makes powerful and accurate points about the...
View ArticleWhen a Fact Check Goes Wrong and Misses the (Clean Energy) Point
The rise of dedicated public fact checking services like PolitiFact, FactCheck.org and the Washington Post Fact Checker has been a generally good thing. However, these services can go astray when they...
View ArticleDoing The Math, Boston style
The unique combination of lecture, rally, music show and secular revival known as the 350.org Do The Math tour came to Boston last night. As has been documented in coverage of earlier stops in the...
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The Pursuit of Clean, Renewable Energy: The “North Atlantic” Right Way
Yesterday, the North Atlantic right whale was only an historical symbol of one consequence associated with the relentless and unsustainable pursuit of energy. Today, it is also a new symbol of...
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“Forward on Climate” Movement, Fully Ready, Leaves Station
New England, I'm pleased to say, was well represented at the climate rally in DC this weekend. “People get ready, there’s a train a-comin’.” Curtis Mayfield. Before 50,000 committed supporters, from...
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Forward on Climate Rally: We’re Strong Together
The National Mall was quiet when I stepped off the 350 Massachusetts bus last Sunday. As the sun rose over the Washington Monument and I was tasked with finding breakfast for eleven of my very hungry...
View ArticleTar Sands Oil Seen As Bad News All Around
Vermont has a key role to play in keeping tar sands oil where it belongs — in the ground. The increasingly imminent proposal to move tar sands oil from Canada through an existing pipeline in the...
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Vermont Gas Pipeline: A Bridge to Nowhere?
Photo: DWeller88 @ flickr It is important to build bridges, but we need to make sure they get us where we need to go. The proposed expansion of the Vermont Gas pipeline may be more a minefield than a...
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Tar Sands Coming Soon, to a Pump Near You?
Could this be a scene in the US soon, bringing tar sands gas to tanks in New England? Today the US State Department announced in its final supplemental environmental impact statement that the Keystone...
View ArticleTake Action to Prevent Oil Drilling in New England’s Ocean!
Georges Bank is the underwater icon of New England – a place of legendary bounty for those fishermen willing to brave dangerous storms in search of Atlantic cod. But, the Bank has always been more than...
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Activists block tar sands mining operation.
Tar sands activists unveil massive banner in Alberta, Canada Pop quiz: Which country is the biggest exporter of oil to the United States? Venezuela? Mexico? Saudi Arabia? None of the above. The correct...
View ArticleFor Energy Independence, Offshore Drilling Is Not The Answer
Since 1977, CLF has led efforts to block offshore drilling in the North Atlantic, particularly in the area of Georges Bank. CLF’s efforts were instrumental in winning drilling moratoria in Georges Bank...
View ArticleNew England led the way on clean cars; finally, the rest of the country follows
The average American spends 2 ½ hours a day in the car. That’s about 73,000 hours in a lifetime—and tons of havoc wreaked on the environment. The transportation sector is the fastest growing single...
View ArticleThe (oil) empire strikes back
While the oil continues to gush out of the wounded well on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico a group is gathered here in Boston today to try to head off development of an important tool that would help...
View ArticleBig Oil – losing grip on politicians at last . . .
U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) issued a statement about President Obama’s speech calling for a complete clean up of the oil spill and enactment of comprehensive energy and climate legislation that...
View ArticleACTION ALERT: Tell the EPA you support new fuel economy and pollutions...
With just one click of your mouse, you can help save 500 million barrels of oil, cut 250 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution, and produce $41 billion in net economic benefits. Please take...
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Mandated Oil Drilling in New England?
Recovered Oil Sample from Spill in Buzzard's Bay CONGRESS VOTING TODAY ON BILL TO MANDATE OIL DRILLING ON EAST COAST Congress will vote today on a highly flawed bill which will require oil and gas...
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TIME’S RUNNING OUT! Tell your senators to protect our oceans and coasts, not...
Another important Senate vote comes today around 2:30ish when the pro-drilling bill S.953, introduced by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, is scheduled to be voted on. This bill hides behind a...
View ArticleCLF and NRDC Take Scott Brown to Task in New Radio Ads
Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown has been striking a defensive pose in recent weeks as non-profit groups and the thousands of Massachusetts voters they count as members called him out about his votes...
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