Environment
Canadian Ice Seals Are Vacationing on the North and South Shores
Ice seals are swimming down from Nova Scotia and turning up on the Massachusetts coastline. They are, by all accounts, adorable. The New England Aquarium’s marine […]
General Electric, EPA Tussle over Long-Polluted Western Mass. River
Update: Tuesday, 9:45 p.m. GE spokesman Dave Lurie has provided the following statement: GE is committed to a common-sense solution for the Housatonic that is […]
UMass Foundation to Divest $770 Million Endowment from Coal Companies
Climate change activists scored a major victory Thursday, as the UMass Foundation announced it would divest its UMass Foundation to Divest $770 Million Endowment From […]
How MIT’S Divestment Protesters Spent Thanksgiving
On Thanksgiving, they ate pie in MIT’s corridor of power. They greeted supporters from Seattle, welcomed parents from San Francisco, and exchanged pleasantries with university […]
All About Superfund Sites in Massachusetts
Everything you need to know about Superfunds in Mass.
Report from AG Healey Finds No Need for Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion
Attorney General Maura Healey struck at energy giant Kinder Morgan in the escalating battle over the company’s plan to aggressively expand natural gas pipelines throughout […]
MIT Will Not Divest from Fossil Fuels
On Wednesday, MIT President Rafael Reif released details on the institution’s highly anticipated five-year plan to address climate change. Perhaps the biggest surprise among climate […]
This Is What Boston Might Look Like After 2100 at Varying Carbon Pollution Levels
To be quite frank, we’re in a lot of trouble. Earlier this week, nonprofit news organization Climate Central released a new map tool, accompanied by a […]
Fossil Fuel Holdings Cost State Pension Fund Half a Billion Dollars
Investments in coal, oil, and gas companies cost the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Trust $521 million last year, or nearly $10 million a week, according […]
Hey Mayor Walsh: Put a Few of These in City Hall Plaza
Mayor Marty Walsh has spent his first two years in office tinkering with City Hall Plaza, a polarizing monument to brutalism that runneth over with […]
Ahead of MIT Climate Change Plan, Activists Appeal One More Time
With the fall semester officially underway, environmental activists have their eyes set on MIT. In the coming weeks, university president Rafael Reif is poised to […]
Harvard, Ye Hypocrites
On the global issue that matters most, Harvard is losing credibility—not to mention money.
BMC Resident, URI Professor Arrested Over Spectra Energy Protests
A Boston Medical Center resident and a prominent University of Rhode Island professor were arrested Thursday morning after locking themselves to the front gate at […]
Unions Ask State Pension Board to Consider Divesting from Fossil Fuels
The Massachusetts Nursing Association and the Massachusetts Union for Human Service Workers jointly delivered a letter Tuesday morning asking state pension administrators to determine the […]
Majority of MIT Climate Change Committee Supports Divestment from Coal and Tar Sands
The spring 2015 semester closed out with a flurry of fossil fuel divestment activity. Students at Tufts took over the president’s office for nearly three […]