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A 700-WORD ANALYSIS OF THE COP 26 AGREEMENT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 14, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Read on ...

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: 2021 Climate Change Conference, agreement, Apparent Horizon, carbon, china, Climate Change, coal, Column, COP 25, corporations, Democracy, Doom, EU, European Union, Failure, france, gas, Germany, global warming, India!, Italy, Jason Pramas, oil, Saudi Arabia, UK, UN, United Kingdom, united nations, United States, US

A CHARLIE HORSE FROM BAKER DOWN IN WEYMOUTH

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 3, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s time to call the governor out for being a shameless business-assist monkey right now, because later’s always too damn late.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #CoveringClimateNow, Alternatives for Community and Environment, Bill McKibben, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, climate crisis, climate crisis issue, Columbia Journalism Review, compressor station, Covering Climate Now, Democracy Denied, energy, Environment, environmental reporting, Falter, Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, fracking, FRRACS, gas, global warming, Green New Deal, Jason Pramas, Koch brothers, Logan Airport, Lyft, Mass Department of Public Utilities, natural gas, pollution, Red-Green Revolution, Special Climate Crisis Issue, spectra, The Nation, Uber, Victor Wallis, Weymouth, Weymouth Compressor Station

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE MOST DANGEROUS SQUARE MILE

Written by SUREN MOODLIAR Posted September 18, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

The centuries-long relationship with Boston that made Chelsea a frontline community for environmental justice ...

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: #CoveringClimateNow, Alternatives for Community and Environment, Bill McKibben, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, chelsea, climate crisis, climate crisis issue, Columbia Journalism Review, compressor station, Covering Climate Now, Democracy Denied, Encore Casino, energy, Environment, environmental reporting, Everett, Falter, Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, fracking, FRRACS, gas, global warming, Green New Deal, Jason Pramas, Koch brothers, Langone Park, LNG, LNG Plant, Logan Airport, Lyft, Mass Department of Public Utilities, Most Dangerous Square Mile, natural gas, pollution, Red-Green Revolution, Revere, Special Climate Crisis Issue, spectra, The Nation, Uber, Victor Wallis, Weymouth, Weymouth Compressor Station

BOSTON’S CLIMATE STRIKE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Written by Posted September 18, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Gov Baker has failed to lead on climate change, so it’s time for him to come face to face with the climate catastrophes around the state he is ignoring.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #CoveringClimateNow, Alternatives for Community and Environment, Beacon Hill, Bill McKibben, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Charlie Baker, climate crisis, climate crisis issue, Columbia Journalism Review, compressor station, Covering Climate Now, Democracy Denied, energy, Environment, environmental reporting, Falter, Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, fracking, FRRACS, gas, global warming, Governor Baker, Green New Deal, Jason Pramas, Koch brothers, Logan Airport, Lyft, Mass Department of Public Utilities, Massachusetts, natural gas, pollution, Red-Green Revolution, Special Climate Crisis Issue, spectra, The Nation, Uber, Victor Wallis, Weymouth, Weymouth Compressor Station

WEYMOUTH ACTIVISTS CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Written by Posted September 18, 2019 Filed Under: Analysis, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Against all odds, a dogged group of Fore River Basin residents decided to put up a fight, the ferocity of which Enbridge never saw coming.

Filed Under: Analysis, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: #CoveringClimateNow, Alternatives for Community and Environment, Bill McKibben, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, climate crisis, climate crisis issue, Columbia Journalism Review, compressor station, Covering Climate Now, Democracy Denied, energy, Environment, environmental reporting, Falter, Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, fracking, FRRACS, gas, global warming, Green New Deal, Jason Pramas, Koch brothers, Logan Airport, Lyft, Mass Department of Public Utilities, natural gas, pollution, Red-Green Revolution, Special Climate Crisis Issue, spectra, The Nation, Uber, Victor Wallis, Weymouth, Weymouth Compressor Station

2019: WE HAVE 11 YEARS TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 26, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

In last week’s column looking back at “2018: The Year in Global Warming,”  I reviewed the dire threat posed to humanity and our environment by climate change, and concluded with the following:

 

The big question for Bostonians and anyone ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2030, adaptation, Apparent Horizon, Boston, china, Climate Change, coal, Column, development, Fourth National Climate Assessment, france, gas, Germany, global warming, IPCC, japan, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, migration, new england, news, oil, Paris Agreement, Politics, poor, survival, third world, UK, united nations, United States, US

PRESSURE FROM BELOW

Written by JOE RAMSEY Posted October 10, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“People in this country are being taught to think that they don’t deserve pensions, that they don’t deserve good health care coverage ... But it doesn’t have to be this way.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Charlie Baker, explosion, gas, Lawrence, Local 12003, lockout, Massachusetts, natural gas, Politics, union, worksite

‘WALK THE TALK’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 13, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Climate protest outside June 8 US Conference of Mayors meeting in Boston. Photo courtesy Mass Sierra Club.

 

Mayor Walsh needs to act faster to mitigate regional global warming threats

 

Environmental groups protested Mayor Marty Walsh last week during the International Mayors ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 350Mass, Activism, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Boston Clean Energy Coalition, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, CO2, coal, Column, Community Choice Energy, crisis, disaster, economy, emissions, energy, Environment, flooding, fossil fuel, future, gas, global warming, government, heat wave, Jason Pramas, Mass Sierra Club, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, news, oil, planning, Politics, Real Estate, sea level rise

THE OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL STORM FRONT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 24, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Harvard in court, a rally for Cape Wind, and fossil fuel chicanery on campus

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Better Future Project, Cape Wind, Climate Change, Divestment, environmentalism, fossil fuel, gas, harvard, Harvard Climate Justice Coalition, Harvard College, Harvard Corporation, oil

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