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09.02.10: LCV Names Timothy Cahill to the Inaugural State-Level Dirty Dozen
Cahill Is One of 12 Dirtiest Candidates Around the Country for State Office to be Targeted for Defeat
BOSTON – Today, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), which works to turn environmental values into national priorities, announced the inaugural state-level Dirty Dozen program. Timothy Cahill is one of 12 candidates for state office from around the country named to the list for his consistent stance against clean energy and conservation initiatives. The Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters will work to defeat Cahill in the governor’s race during the remaining months of the election cycle.
08.24.10: NStar must rebid 3 wind farm contracts
The state Department of Public Utilities has ordered the utility NStar to rebid three renewable energy contracts awarded to wind farms in Western Massachusetts and include out-of-state projects that could yield cheaper prices for consumers.
08.24.10: Plastic or paper? Maybe neither
Environmental officials and the owners of hundreds of supermarkets throughout the state are expected to sign an agreement today to reduce by a third the plastic and paper bags the grocers distribute in Massachusetts.
08.24.10: Can fuel cells power the future?
An electricity-generating fuel-cell system known as the Bloom Box sparked a huge buzz in the energy debate six months ago — and since then, still more ventures have surfaced to promise better living through chemistry.
08.19.10: Unknown costs, unanswered questions
BY NOW, Governor Deval Patrick should have only good answers to tough questions about Cape Wind. He doesn’t. And, that’s no laughing matter for Massachusetts rate payers, who will be subsidizing the plan to put 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound. Patrick got off one funny line during this week’s gubernatorial debate on clean energy: “It’s amazing, only in Massachusetts would a project that has taken 10 years [to be approved] be seen as rushed,’’ he said, to appreciative audience chuckles.
08.19.10: New law boosts two solar projects
The state’s adoption of an economic development law has provided a major boost to two renewable energy projects in Salisbury. The legislation, signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick on Aug. 5, includes a provision increasing from two to six megawatts the maximum size at which a solar project is eligible for the state’s solar renewable energy credits.
08.19.10: Automaker, China partner think green
General Motors Co. and Chinese partner SAIC plan to jointly develop fuel-efficient small engines and transmissions, focusing on the fastest-growing part of China’s huge auto market. The companies will develop a 1 to 1.5 liter direct-injection, turbocharged gasoline engine to be used in China and in vehicles sold globally. The work will be done in Detroit and Shanghai.
08.19.10: Cape Cod Waterways Face Pollution Crisis
Rising nitrogen levels are suffocating the vegetation and marine life in saltwater ponds and estuaries on Cape Cod, creating an environmental and infrastructure problem that, if left unchecked, will threaten the shellfishing industry, the tourist economy and the beaches that lure so many summer visitors.
08.19.10: GOP candidates knock global warming
Fueled by anti-Obama rhetoric and news articles purportedly showing scientists manipulating their own data, Republicans running for the House, Senate and governor’s mansions have gotten bolder in stating their doubts over the well-established link between man-made greenhouse gas emissions and global warming.
08.17.10: Patrick, rivals clash over Cape wind farm, In debate, Baker calls plan a sweetheart deal
epublican gubernatorial candidate Charles D. Baker came out swinging at Governor Deval Patrick yesterday afternoon in a debate on clean energy, calling the proposed Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound “a sweetheart deal’’ among the state, Cape Wind, and the utility National Grid that is purchasing half of its power. By Beth Daley courtesy of The Boston Globe