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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

EVERSOURCE SCREWS MASS CONSUMERS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 5, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

EVERSOURCE SCREWS MASS CONSUMERS

 

With a little help from its friends, the “regulators” at the Department of Public Utilities

It is perhaps understandable that one of the most important Massachusetts news stories of the year was buried in the avalanche of reports coming out of Washington last week. But Eversource Energy, a large investor-owned utility serving much of Connecticut, New ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AG, Apparent Horizon, attorney general, Avangrid, Boston, choice, Column, corporation, Department of Public Utilities, economy, electricity, energy, Eversource, hike, investor-owned, Jason Pramas, MAMEC, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, muni, municipal, news, Politics, power, rate, regulation, regulatory capture, utilities, utility

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