“Should a corporation poison your family for money?” Steyer asked the crowd. “Climate is the number one priority … not because we want it to be, but because it has to be.”
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A CHARLIE HORSE FROM BAKER DOWN IN WEYMOUTH
It’s time to call the governor out for being a shameless business-assist monkey right now, because later’s always too damn late.
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE MOST DANGEROUS SQUARE MILE
The centuries-long relationship with Boston that made Chelsea a frontline community for environmental justice ...
BOSTON’S CLIMATE STRIKE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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.
WEYMOUTH ACTIVISTS CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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.
BOSTON FIDDLES WHILE THE WORLD BURNS
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 ...
PRESSURE FROM BELOW
“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.”
THE MERRIMACK VALLEY DISASTER: IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT OLD PIPES
THE IMPORTANT STORY LEADING UP TO BILL MCKIBBEN’S VIRAL TWEET ABOUT THE BOSTON PIPELINE PROTESTERS
Residents in Dedham and West Roxbury are up in arms about what many see as a legitimate threat to their health and safety. Beyond the possibility of an explosion, there are other terrifying potential side effects of having the line run through a residential area.
PIPE SCHEMES: RESEARCHERS WORRY GAS LEAKS LEFT UNREPAIRED. GAS COMPANY SAYS KEEP CALM, CARRY ON.
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.