
What Mayor Walsh’s annual address didn’t say about global warming
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Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
What Mayor Walsh’s annual address didn’t say about global warming
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
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
Written by JASON PRAMAS 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
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
Researchers say more than 4,000 mild, moderate, and severe "lost" gas leaks "vanished from public utility company data" between 2014 and 2015 despite no record of being repaired.
Written by DAN MCCARTHY Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
In 1971, artist and former activist nun Corita Kent was commissioned to tackle the largest copyrighted work in the world: the freestanding Rainbow Swash gas tank towering above the Southeast Expressway off I-93, overlooking Dorchester Bay under the Hub skyline.