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Bay State Gas Providers Pay Up

Written by JON LAMSON Posted August 2, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Campaign contributions surged from the state's gas providers to a key legislator amid climate negotiations. Plus, Eversource enters the governor's race.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Charlie Baker, energy, Environment, Eversource, news

EVERSOURCE’S EAST BOSTON SUBSTATION: “THIS IS A POWER PLAY”

Written by JON LAMSON Posted March 21, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

City councilor and state Sen. Lydia Edwards on the planned electrical substation in East Boston and the proposal to halt its construction

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, City Council, east boston, Eversource

JANEY CALLS ON EVERSOURE TO CANCEL A SUBSTATION IN EAST BOSTON

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted May 8, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The proposal would make an already at risk community environmentally unsafe.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: east boston, Environment, Eversource, Kim Janey

FATE OF THE CITY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 14, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

What Mayor Walsh’s annual address didn’t say about global warming

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACEEE, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Climate Change, Climate Ready Boston, Column, criticism, Democracy, economics, energy efficiency, Eversource, global warming, GoBoston 2030, IPCC, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, National Grid, Politics, speech, State of the City, UN

20/2018 VISION: REVISITING OUR AWESOME HELLISH YEAR ONE FINAL TIME

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 26, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

No outlet can cover everything. It’s not worth trying. But in reading back through several hundred pieces that we published in the past 12 months, I’m more than satisfied to say that we hit hard and often on a range of topics

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, BPDA, Capuano, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, Congress, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Geoff Diehl, hospitals, Housing, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Massachusetts, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, money in politics, NiSource, no on 1, North Andover, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Republicans, Safe Patient Limits, Scott Lively, Southie, staffing, transgender, US Senate, yes on 1

’18 AND LIFE TO GO: OUR YEAR IN ALTERNATIVE MASS MEDIA

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 19, 2018 Filed Under: Analysis, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s anybody’s guess why cheeseball mainstream outlets tend to ignore topics such as poverty, surveillance, and climate change. Whatever the reason, we don’t spend too much time worrying about them; as you’ll see below, we had our hands full all year covering the stuff that they missed.

Filed Under: Analysis, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, BPDA, Capuano, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, Congress, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Geoff Diehl, hospitals, Housing, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Massachusetts, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, money in politics, NiSource, no on 1, North Andover, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Republicans, Safe Patient Limits, Scott Lively, Southie, staffing, transgender, US Senate, yes on 1

DRINKING WITH THE MERRIMACK VALLEY RECOVERY WORKERS WHO LIVE ON AN OLD CRUISE SHIP IN SOUTHIE

Written by DANIEL KAUFMAN Posted November 7, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Overall, these cruise ship tenants seem exhausted, both physically and emotionally. There are perks, and decent pay, but there are also sleepless nights and more work the next morning. Not to mention what they call a shitty breakfast buffet.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, NiSource, North Andover

HERE’S WHY WE’RE COMMITTED TO LONG-TERM COVERAGE OF THE MERRIMACK EXPLOSIONS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 19, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Columbia has spent in excess of half a million dollars lobbying in Mass over the past five years, while execs at Eversource, which Baker tapped to save the day, have pumped more than $40,000 into Baker and Polito’s war chests since 2015.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, NiSource, North Andover

THE CITY OF LAWRENCE CAN’T BREATHE

Written by BEYAZMIN JIMENEZ Posted September 19, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Environmental justice must be at the center of recovery efforts

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, NiSource, North Andover

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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