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‘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

TOWNIE: CITY ON A HILL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 23, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

 

Global warming will flood Boston. Why not move the state capital to Worcester?

 

Many small American cities have boosterish metro research organizations that look like a cross between a public policy outfit and a chamber of commerce, and the Bay State’s second biggest urban area is no exception. The Worcester Regional ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Activism, agency, Boston, Climate Change, Column, crisis, disaster, economy, Environment, flooding, future, global warming, government, heat wave, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, news, office, planning, Politics, Real Estate, sea level rise, state, Townie, Worcester

THERE WILL BE NO OUTSIDE WORLD TO HELP US

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 28, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Boston’s global warming plans must prepare region for worst case scenarios

 

In a couple of recent columns—and several others over the years—I’ve looked at some of the specific ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Climate Change, Column, crisis, disaster, economy, Environment, flooding, future, global warming, government, heat wave, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, news, planning, Politics, sea level rise

SEA LEVEL RISE IS JUST ONE OF BOSTON’S WORRIES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 24, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image via Environmental Defense Fund

As Earth approaches several catastrophic global warming “tipping points”

 

Before writing more columns examining Boston city government’s emerging plans to cope with the effects of global warming, I think a quick review of what area residents are likely to face in the coming decades is in order. Because it’s important to disabuse ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Antarctica, Apparent Horizon, Boston, budget, Climate Change, Climate Ready Boston, Column, coral, criticism, economy, flood, flooding, global warming, Greenland, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, news, ocean, Politics, science, sea level rise, technology, tipping point

THE SEAPORT FLOOD IS JUST THE BEGINNING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 17, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

THE SEAPORT FLOOD IS JUST THE BEGINNING

 

Unless Boston builds proper defenses against global warming-driven sea level rise

 

So, Boston’s Seaport District flooded early this month during a bad snowstorm in the midst of several days of arctic temperatures. And nobody could be less surprised than me. Because I’ve spent a lot of the last quarter century  ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, barrier, Boston, budget, Climate Change, Climate Ready Boston, Column, criticism, dam, defense, dike, economy, flood, flooding, global warming, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, news, Politics, report, science, sea level rise, technology, wall

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