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April 4, 2024 | What is Vermont’s Flood Safety Act and Why Does It Matter?In early February, I was headed home with our children from school pick-up. Several feet of snow covered the ground, but an eerie spring-like fog surrounded us. The unseasonably warm air smelled of the ocean. Several days of downpours were causing rising floodwaters, and we could hear each passing waterway raging. It was too close… Continue reading What is Vermont’s Flood Safety Act and Why Does It Matter? |  |
March 29, 2024 | A Podcast on Gentrification Creates and Strengthens a CommunityA local podcast on gentrification is starting conversations and building community in Brockton. |  |
March 28, 2024 | Say Goodbye to New England’s Last Two Coal-Fired Power PlantsNew England’s last two coal-fired power plants will close by 2028 and the region will finally be free of this polluting, toxic, climate-changing fuel. |  |
March 18, 2024 | The Truth About Carbon FootprintsThe carbon footprint concept was a clever marketing tool used by fossil fuel companies to spread the blame on carbon pollution. |  |
March 15, 2024 | Why Are New England’s Electricity Prices So Expensive?The answer boils down to our over-dependence on fossil fuels. |  |
March 14, 2024 | Here’s What the Project Maple Gas Pipeline Means for New EnglandEnbridge, a fossil fuel company, wants to build polluting gas infrastructure when we should be upgrading to clean energy like solar and wind. |  |
March 11, 2024 | Dirty, Unregulated Industrial Salmon Farms Put Our Waters at RiskMaine’s coastal waters need more protection from polluting industrial fish farms. |  |
March 1, 2024 | Fossil Fuel Interests and Dark Money Donors Are Behind Opposition to Offshore WindClimate deniers and fossil fuel interests are quietly fueling an anti-offshore wind misinformation campaign |  |
March 1, 2024 | Wine Bottles: The Case to Include Them in Bottle Return ProgramsIn most states, bottle return programs don’t cover wine bottles. So, our options for recycling them are limited. That means they end up mixed with trash or littering our communities. But there’s a simple solution: expand bottle bills. |  |
February 23, 2024 | Five Things to Know About the New Nine-State Heat Pump PledgeMaine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island join six other states in promising to cut climate pollution from buildings via electric heating. |  |