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Charging Up Massachusetts
There's lots of energy at work in Massachusetts. I have to admit, I'm a little surprised—after a stunningly high-stakes legislative session and two huge Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decisions ( Case 1: kids sue state to win climate regulation; Case 2: unlikely allies team up to tell the Governor he can't tax us for new fracked gas pipelines) I was expecting things to slow down a little. I was wrong. Here’s a quick review of one energy initiative that’s moving—actually, it’s more about energy staying in place.
Energy Storage –
The Baker administration recently released a detailed, 200
Manatees in Massachusetts???
Well, Labor Day is behind us and fall is here, unofficially. What stands out for me this summer is the weirdness of the weather and...manatees! It is official: we have just experienced the warmest summer yet -- NASA has confirmed that and is predicting that 2016 will be the warmest year on record, on track to surpass 2015 which previously held the title.
Additionally, this summer was the driest on record for Boston, with under 4" of rain in June, July and August. And my poor garden is hurting, as are our region's farmers.
The weather definitely has me off-balance and concerned, but what really
Start Oyster Creek cleanup as soon as plant closes
By Janet Tauro, Clean Water Action, NJ Board Chair - Follow on Twitter @CleanWaterNJ
The situation continues to deteriorate at the Oyster Creek nuclear plant in Lacey Township, New Jersey.
Federal regulators are moving toward increased oversight following an unplanned, emergency shutdown this month after valves that control steam pressure malfunctioned . It was the fifth unplanned shutdown since 2013, and as time goes by for the corroding dinosaur plant, mechanical problems continue to mount. Investigators are looking for the cause, and also determining if plant owners, Exelon, are skipping
The Horrors of Sulfur Dioxide
I imagine that reading about “Sulfur Dioxide” may, at first, sound about as interesting as reading through your old high school science homework, and nowhere nearly as interesting as say, a good Stephen King thriller. But what if I told you that Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) was even scarier than the books in your typical Horror section . . . and posed a far more realistic threat than vampires and haunted cars? Exposure to SO2— in even just a few minutes—can have significant impacts to human health, including aggravating asthma and other respiratory illnesses. It can even exacerbate existing heart