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Surf’s Upcycled: Meet The Bay State Surfers Conserving The Oceans Where They Ride

Written by DELAINEY LAHOOD-BURNS Posted March 20, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“When you’re riding the wave, it all seems to go away and you’re just really connected with the ocean and the nature and the elements.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: conservation, Environment, Massachusetts, ocean, pollution, surfing, Surfriders

As Prices Soar, Fossil Fuel Industry Looks After Its Interests On Beacon Hill

Written by JON LAMSON Posted February 28, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

A Massachusetts fossil fuel lobbying review

As gas prices and heating costs skyrocket across Massachusetts, fossil fuel producers and providers are spending hundreds of thousands to promote their political agendas to state officials and lawmakers.

The state’s five for-profit utilities, which function as regulated ...  read more

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Environment, Eversource, fossil fuels, heating costs, Massachusetts, pollution

INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: ON THE I-93 SOUND WALL STUDY

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted December 7, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The new MassDOT project is seen as both a step forward and a long overdue move

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: environmental justice, Health, interstate, pollution, SOMERVILLE

FROM CENTURIES OF POLLUTION TO SUPERFUND POTENTIAL

Written by HONGYU LIU Posted September 7, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Will the Neponset River finally get the cleanup it needs?

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: cleanup, Environment, Neponset River, pollution

THE FLOOD: MASS HAS A RUNOFF PROBLEM. WHAT’S BEING DONE?

Written by EMILEE KLEIN Posted July 26, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Thanks to stormwater pollution, Dirty Water’s more than just a theme song. It’s a way of life.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ecosystem, Environment, Massachusetts, pollution, stormwater

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

INTRODUCTION: OUR SPECIAL CLIMATE CRISIS ISSUE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 18, 2019 Filed Under: Dear Reader, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Covering Climate Now now ranks as one of the most ambitious efforts ever to organize the world’s media around a single coverage topic.

Filed Under: 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, Covering Climate Now, Democracy Denied, Environment, environmental reporting, Falter, global warming, Green New Deal, Jason Pramas, Koch brothers, Logan Airport, Lyft, Mass Department of Public Utilities, pollution, Red-Green Revolution, Special Climate Crisis Issue, The Nation, Uber, Victor Wallis

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