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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

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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

FIRST LOOK (VIDEO): COMMCAN IN MILLIS

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 6, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, GTFO, LIFESTYLE, Shop, Talking Joints Memo

An actual family-run dispensary opens pretty darn close to Boston

Filed Under: COLUMNS, GTFO, LIFESTYLE, Shop, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: cannabis, CCC, CommCan, dispensary, edibles, flower, Millis, oil, recreational, Talking Joints Memo

YOUR FUTURE IS BEING WRITTEN IN VENEZUELA

Written by SUREN MOODLIAR Posted March 7, 2019 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Boston, carbon, Chavez, Climate Change, Democracy, ecology, Environment, global warming, Maduro, oil, socialism, Venezuela

MAGNUS OPUS: A BOSTON COUNTER CULTURE ICON FINALLY GETS OVERDUE PROPS FOR HIS OIL ORGIES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 6, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

“A lot of the early punk scene in Boston was started in art galleries ... That was no coincidence—these galleries could see that a lot of cool stuff was going on.”

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, Brian Coleman, hip hop, Lecco's Lemma, Magnus Johnstone, oil, paint

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

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

‘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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