The world is at a crossroads. Now is the time to meet our greatest global threat with renewed courage and new ways of thinking. We must work together and take local action on the ground.
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It’s time to talk about what decarbonization will cost
We know how much carbon we emit, with reasonable accuracy. We know how much carbon we need to stop emitting. We know much about the carbon-free resources we need to procure. Now we just need to know the cost to the Commonwealth.
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Legalizing project labor agreements would be huge step backward
NO ONE WOULD tolerate a law that bans union labor from public construction. So why is it OK to shut out non-union workers? The House of Representatives has voted to do just that. A trained and licensed construction worker could be excluded from public construction for choosing not to join organized labor, under the House’s […]
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Biden’s candidacy has to end
The only way the Democratic Party can win the upcoming elections is to be perceived as fresh, new, dynamic.
Is this fair? When has politics ever been fair? This is not about fairness but about reality.
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Don’t penalize people for being poor and lacking housing
The US Supreme Court ruled that a community may ban people from sleeping outside even when there is no adequate shelter or housing available. People may be fined or arrested for sleeping in a tent, on a bench, or even in their own cars.
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State’s aging gas infrastructure has to go
The majority of Massachusetts residents — 54 percent — would rather invest in new clean energy infrastructure than patch up the old gas system, according to a new poll commissioned by Rewiring America and Green Energy Consumers Alliance.
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Municipal light plants want a piece of offshore wind, too
In Massachusetts, there are 41 municipal utilities serving customers in a total of 50 cities and towns and accounting for just over 13 percent of electricity usage.
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How ‘right to shelter’ in Mass. differs from NYC
The widely different degrees of policy-making freedom in Massachusetts and New York provide a bracing lesson about the dangerous limits on state and local policymaking placed by consented-to judicial decrees.Â
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Mass. failing on the marijuana equity front
I spent my life focused on improving the lives of Black residents of our state, helping people who don’t have the same opportunities as others. I’ve always believed the best way to do this is through building wealth in our communities, and so economics has always been a major part of my life.
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How a state commission could help ease the local news crisis
The local news crisis has become so acute that it’s time to consider some unconventional approaches, including a limited role for government in providing indirect support to outlets.