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EDITORIAL: DIGBOSTON SEEKS CLIMATE IDEAS FOR MAYOR KIM JANEY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 5, 2021 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Environmental organizations and individual activists invited to submit opinion articles for publication

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Boston, climate, Climate Change, Democracy, DigBoston, ecology, editorial, Environment, global warming, idea, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Massachusetts, Mayor Kim Janey, policy, Politics, Vision

GLOBAL WARMING NEEDS FRONT PAGE COVERAGE

Written by Posted April 17, 2019 Filed Under: Op-Ed

Filed Under: Op-Ed Tagged With: Boston Globe, criticism, ecology, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, global warming, Journalism, media, news, Politics, Protest

ON THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN AN AGE OF EXISTENTIAL THREATS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 13, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Climate Change, Column, Councilor Michelle Wu, Democracy, ecology, Environment, existential threat, global warming, Housing, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, MBTA, Noam Chomsky, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, Occupy, political activism, Politics, Ralph Nader, Rep. Mike Connolly, transportation

YOUR FUTURE IS BEING WRITTEN IN VENEZUELA

Written by SUREN MOODLIAR Posted March 7, 2019 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Boston, carbon, Chavez, Climate Change, Democracy, ecology, Environment, global warming, Maduro, oil, socialism, Venezuela

BOSTON FIDDLES WHILE THE WORLD BURNS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 24, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

City government continues issuing reports while UN calls for immediate action

 

When writing about human-induced global warming on a regular basis, it’s a good idea to pace oneself. Because it’s such a relentlessly depressing topic that highlighting it too often can backfire. Faced with an existential threat of such magnitude that ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, carbon dioxide, chelsea, Climate Change, coal, Columbia Gas, Column, east boston, ecology, economy, electricity, Environment, Eversource Energy, fossil fuel, global warming, greenhouse gas, GreenRoots, IPCC, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, National Grid, natural gas, news, NiSource, oil, Politics, regulation, united nations, utility

THE MERRIMACK VALLEY DISASTER: IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT OLD PIPES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 18, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

The events of last week in the Merrimack Valley were unfortunate by any measure. Something bad happened to the natural gas distribution system in parts of Lawrence, North Andover, and Andover that resulted in dozens of homes being damaged or destroyed by explosions ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Andover, Apparent Horizon, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Columbia Gas, Column, corruption, disaster, DPU, ecology, economy, Environment, Eversource Energy, explosion, fire, fossil fuel, global warming, Gov Charlie Baker, greenhouse gas, Jason Pramas, Lawrence, legislature, malfeasance, Massachusetts, methane, National Grid, natural gas, news, NiSource, North Andover, politician, Politics, regulation, utility

SOME THOUGHTS ON TRANSPORTATION POLICY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 16, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image courtesy of pxshare.com. Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain.

 

Transportation is a subject I address frequently in my columns. But, as is often the case in journalism, it’s usually necessary to write about it piecemeal given various editorial constraints. So I might cover flooding ...  read more

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