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NUCLEAR DECISIONS: THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DON’T ALL AGREE ON

Written by ERIN NOLAN Posted February 11, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Right now, we just don’t know what to do with nuclear waste. It lasts 100,000 years ... It’s shockingly toxic. We’re going to have to figure out what to do with that waste for sure. I mean, 100,000 years."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2020 Election, Activism, ADA, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, AOC, Bernie Sanders, campaign finance, candidates, cannabis, Cape Cod, caregiving, Citizens Agenda, Citizens United, criminal justice, death penalty, Deval Patrick, disability rights, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, engagement, firearms, gig economy, Granite State Organizing Project, Granny D, gun control, gun rights, guns, immigration, income inequality, Iowa, Joe Biden, law enforcement, Life Without Parole, local media, Londonderry, LWOP, MAGA, Manchester Divided, merch, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Moore, money in politics, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Interfaith Action Fund, New Hampshire Rebellion, nuclear energy, ocasio-cortez, Pete Buttigieg, Pilgrim Power Plant, police brutality, Politics, primaries, Primary, rally, ranked choice voting, ranked-choice, religion, religious left, SCOTUS, Seabrook, Shaskeen Pub, socialism, Strokes, taxes, Tom Steyer, town halls, voter rights

STATE WIRE: THE TRUMP EFFECT ON THE MASS CRANBERRY INDUSTRY

Written by LAURA ROSBROW-TELEM Posted November 13, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Based on the USDA numbers nationally, we have lost a little over $50 million so far, since the tariffs have gone into place,” Wick says. “So, that’s a significant impact.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Cape Cod, cranberries, Donald Trump, tariffs

REVISITING ‘PILGRIMS’: THE CLEANUP ON CAPE COD

Written by BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM Posted August 30, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

To understand the current controversy over the decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, you have to understand its past

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cape Cod, Cape Downwinders, Congress, Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Entergy, Holtec, Miriam Wasser, no nukes, NRC, nuclear, nuclear reactor, pilgrims, Plymouth, radiation

THIS YEAR’S TOP NEW ENGLAND ROUTES FOR FALL FOOD AND FOLIAGE

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted October 22, 2018 Filed Under: Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE

Sure, the Greater Boston area is a great place to be in October, but sometimes it’s nice to get out of town and experience what the rest of the region has to offer. Since there are so many options, the burning question is, where to go?

Filed Under: Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: 2018, best leaf viewing, Boston, Cape Cod, Connecticut, driving, foliage, GTFO, Massachusetts, new england, New Hampshire, south shore, Vermont

BACKGROUND CHECK: THIN BLUE LINEAGE

Written by BRIAN Z. ZAYATZ Posted October 2, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

What’s up with all those flags lining the roads outside of Boston?

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Blue Line Identifier, Blue Lives Matter, Cape Cod, Donald J. Metcalfe, flag, LAPD, Police, police flag, Ronald Reagan, Thin Blue Line, William Parker

NUCLEAR DISASTER: WITH CONTROVERSIAL REACTOR DOWN SINCE STORMS, TENSIONS RUN EXTREMELY HIGH IN PLYMOUTH

Written by MIRIAM WASSER Posted March 28, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

This year’s meeting was particularly fraught because a series of strong winter storms forced the plant to shut down—or scram—twice in the last three months. Pilgrim remains offline as plant workers attempt to fix a transformer located between the electrical switchyard and the reactor.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cape Cod, Congress, Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Miriam Wasser, no nukes, NRC, nuclear, nuclear reactor, pilgrims, Plymouth, radiation

CAPE FEAR: SHERIFF SIDES WITH TRUMP AND ICE, AGAINST CONSTITUENTS AND IMMIGRANTS

Written by EOIN HIGGINS Posted February 6, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

As the debate over immigration increases in urgency, the Massachusetts sheriff and his department are about to enter into a cooperation agreement with ICE, which would operationalize local forces to assist Trump’s regime in deporting undocumented people on the Cape.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: 287(g), ACLU, Barnstable, Cape Cod, cooperation, deportation, ice, immigration, jails, Massachusetts, raids, Sheriff James Cummings, Trump

BOOKS: THE ULTIMATE BOND

Written by KATIE MARTIN Posted July 25, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Books

A Q+A with David Gessner about his high-flying Frisbee tome

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: Boston, Cape Cod, David Gessner, harvard, Suzanne Fields, Ultimate Frisbee, Ultimate Glory

POWER STRUGGLE: REGULATORS INFURIATE ACTIVISTS WITH ANNOUNCEMENT THAT POWER PLANT WILL STAY OPEN

Written by MIRIAM WASSER Posted February 7, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Why Mass residents are furious at regulators who say they won’t shut Pilgrim

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, Boston, Cape Cod, Cape Downwinders, Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Entergy, Environment, Massachusetts, NRC, nuclear energy, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant

SHARK WEEK SPECIAL: RIDING WITH THE RESEARCHERS ON CAPE COD IN THE MIDDLE OF AMERICA’S SHARK OBSESSION

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted August 6, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“With sharks in general, we're starting to scratch the surface.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: @maryleeshark, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, Betsy, Brett McBride, Cape Cod, captain, Captain Bill Chaprales, CBS News, Chris Fischer, co-captain, Discovery Channel, Division of Marine Fisheries, dorsal fin, Dr. Greg Skomal, Genie, great white, Harpoon, Hyannis, Jeff Glor, Katherine, Large Marge, Mary Lee, Michalove, National Geographic, Nick Chaprales, North Atlantic Ocean, OCEARCH, Orlando, port royal sound, PSAT, shark fin soup, Shark Tracker, Shark Week, Sharkhunters, south carolina, SPOT tagging, tagging, Tiger Shark, Twitter, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

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