Massachusetts
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Here are the carbon pricing battles to watch right now
A look at the big state-level climate efforts from Massachusetts to Washington state.
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A zombie garbage incinerator divides a working-class town in Massachusetts.
For two decades, residents in Revere, Massachusetts, have seemingly had to choose between jobs and their health.
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Mass. Transit bans ad on Scott Brown’s vote to gut Clean Air Act
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ruled an ad highlighting Scott Brown's vote to gut the Clean Air Act is too controversial for riders.
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Critical List: Biofuels kinda suck, biomass kinda sucks, Toys ‘R’ Us embraces solar
The Fish and Wildlife Service has promised to evaluate the endangered status of 251 species in the next six years, if only so those pesky enviros will be quiet for a bit. The country's largest rooftop solar-energy field will be installed in New Jersey, at a Toys "R" Us distribution center. No word on when […]
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New David Koch building gets energy upgrade — courtesy of the climate program he loves to hate
Image: Positioning GreenCross-posted from Positioning Green. Billionaire conservative financier David Koch doesn’t know it, but the cutting-edge energy-saving technologies included in a brand new $211 million research lab that bears his name were partly funded through a government program to reduce global warming pollution. It happens to be the very same program under a blistering […]
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Rent a stranger’s car (or rent out yours) with RelayRides
Think ZipCar minus the communal cars, and you've got RelayRides. You can rent out your vehicle for an hour or find a ride nearby if you're carless.
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Massachusetts governor’s race: Patrick vs. Cahill vs. Baker vs. Stein
Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick adopted a forward-looking energy plan, but it's been constrained by economic calamity set in motion before he took office.
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Republican governor candidates deny climate change
Republican gubernatorial candidates in many states deny climate science. Check out these quotes.
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Cape Wind offshore project approved by Obama admin after nine-year battle
Turbines like these will likely be coming to Cape Cod.Photo: Andjohan via Flickr It’s been the mother of all NIMBY battles, but now it’s closer to resolution: The Obama administration OK’d the nation’s first offshore wind farm in the Nantucket Sound today, with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar making the announcement in Boston. “I am approving […]
