Guest Blog: On Earth Day, Gloucester Resident Donates $1,000 of Renewable Electricity to Two Local Families
May 2, 2016
(Gloucester, MA) Senator Bruce Tarr joined the Earth Day event on April 22nd at the Cape Ann Community Cinema. Gloucester resident John Livermore presented Action, Inc. with a donation of $1,000 of clean solar electricity for two of their clients....
Step one to make politicians care about climate change - VOTE!
April 8, 2016
Change doesn’t happen unless people vote for it — and the changes needed to expedite our country’s shift away from fossil fuels won’t occur on a scale dramatic enough to avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis unless legions of voters focused...
Riding Electric in Worcester
March 28, 2016
Roughly two years ago, the Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) replaced six of its city buses with all electric plug-in equivalents.
According to the MassDOT website, the new buses reduce WRTA emissions by over 50 tons and cost the city $...
A Democracy Awakening
March 4, 2016
April 16th through 18th, thousands of people from over 170 organizations are mobilizing in Washington, DC for Democracy Awakening to demand a democracy where every vote is heard and counted, all Americans have an equal voice and money doesn’t buy...
The Utilities are Shortchanging Our Energy Future and Eclipsing Massachusetts Solar Jobs and Projects
March 3, 2016
The utilities are foisting on the Baker Administration an energy policy that shortchanges the Commonwealth’s clean energy future by promoting H.3854, legislation that would gut the solar industry.
Massachusetts Senate saves solar from House bill, but net metering caps remain in place
February 9, 2016
The legislature adjourned on Wednesday evening without agreeing to compromise solar legislation. This is both good news and bad news. The good news is that the extreme policy measures in the House bill won’t become law any time soon. The bad news is...
Guest Blog: Board of Building Regulations and Standards (BBRS) Meeting
January 25, 2016
On January 12th, 2016, the Board of Building Regulations and Standards (BBRS) held their monthly meeting. The BBRS has authority over building codes and regulations under Massachusetts General Laws, thus giving the board great influence over the...
Guest Blog: A Reality Check on the Massachusetts Clean Energy & Climate Plan
January 25, 2016
The Baker Administration just released its Clean Energy & Climate Plan (CECP) as required by the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA). They claim that the Commonwealth is on pace to meet our GWSA requirement of reducing...
Guest Blog: Senate saves solar from House bill, but net metering caps remain in place
November 20, 2015
Guest blog post by Emily Rochon, MassSolar
The legislature adjourned on Wednesday evening without agreeing to compromise solar legislation. This is both good news and bad news. The good news is that the extreme policy measures in the House bill...
Guest Blog: Fuel Tracking Makes Sense for Massachusetts
September 11, 2015
What is fuel tracking and why is it important? David Babson, senior engineer for Union of Concerned Scientists’ Clean Vehicles Program explains:
I have been traveling to Massachusetts a lot lately. I like Massachusetts, I attended college there,...