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Addressing The Aftermath Of February’s Clean Harbors Chemical Fire

Written by JON LAMSON Posted April 4, 2023 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

State’s response follows long history of environmental injustice around the Fore River Basin

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Braintree, Clean harbors, Environment, fire, Fore River Basin, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, news, Quincy, south shore, Weymouth

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

RESOLUTION #19: HOW WE PLEDGE TO BE BETTER BOSTONIANS IN THE NEW YEAR

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 27, 2018 Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, FEATURES, GTFO, LIFESTYLE, Non-fiction

Instead of trying to get ripped next year, we have some far more sensible ideas for how to improve our city, selves, and community while having loads of fun.

Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, FEATURES, GTFO, LIFESTYLE, Non-fiction Tagged With: Bates Bar & Grill, Beer, beer hall, Blue Hills, Boston, Braintree, Brookline, Brother Brookline, Cambridge, cannabis, Chili Square, corn, eats, elote, Grape Leaf, Harpoon, Hilltop, Italo, jp, Medford, newton, North Shore, Quincy, Route 1, Saugus, SOMERVILLE, Weymouth

NOT ALL SHOPPING CENTER RESTAURANTS ARE CREATED EQUAL

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted June 14, 2018 Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE

This generic retail space just off Route 3 is actually home to a sleek new(ish) restaurant called Precinct 10 that wouldn’t be all that out of place in downtown Boston and is run by a group that also operates a few highly rated dining and drinking spots south of the city.

Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: eats, Hurwitz, precinct 10, south shore, Weymouth

AMAZON OCTAGON

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 10, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass pols stand ready to fight each other for the right to bribe a multinational

 

At least 17 Massachusetts cities and towns are now preparing to do battle with each other—and hundreds more municipalities nationwide—for the dubious “honor” ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Abington, Amazon, Apparent Horizon, Billerica, Boston, bribe, capitalism, corporation, criticism, deal, Fall River, General Electric, Giveaway, Haverhill, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Lawrence, Lowell, Massachusetts, Methuen, multinational, New Bedford, North Andover, public, Revere, Rockland, SOMERVILLE, Springfield, subcontracting, taxes, Tewksbury, Weymouth, Worcester

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