Friday, December 31, 2021

"The Biosphere Does Not Belong to Us; We Belong to It."

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SECOND OF 2 PARTS Almost exactly two years ago, environmentalists were making a push for the Massachusetts legislature to advance a bill tha...
Thursday, December 30, 2021

Preserve MA Forests to Fight Global Warming, Bill Advocates Urge

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FIRST OF 2 PARTS We should find out fairly soon if there's a chance the legislature will enact some major-impact environmental bills in ...
Monday, December 20, 2021

Different Kind of Candidate, in a Familiar Lane, Could Shake Up Guv Race

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The next election for governor is almost a year away. Announced candidates include three Democrats, Harvard professor Danielle Allen, state ...
Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Charlie Baker: Last Republican Governor of Massachusetts

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As long as the Jim Lyonses of the world are in the driver's seat at MassGOP, it is hard to see how another Republican gets elected gover...
Monday, November 15, 2021

Higher Natural Gas Prices Can't Be Separated from Old Battles over Pipeline

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Remember that company from Texas, Kinder Morgan, that proposed in 2014 to bring bountiful Marcellus Shale gas from Pennsylvania to New Engla...
Saturday, November 6, 2021

Best Contact Tracing Tool Was Out of Bounds. What About in Next Pandemic?

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The administration of Governor Charlie Baker has decided to shut down the Massachusetts Community Tracing Collaborative the end of this year...
Thursday, October 28, 2021

Over the Mystic: Baker's All In on This Project

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The Baker administration anticipated the grumbling that would follow in the wake of its announcement last week that it was going forward wit...