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NY Mayor gives $50 million to close coal plants!
New York Mayor and Medford native Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that he will donate $50 million to the Sierra Club to support its nationwide campaign to eliminate coal-fired power plants. Sierra...
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Join MCAN Contingent at “Encircle the White House,” Nov 6
Over 3,000 people have already signed up, so there will be enough to fully encircle the White House! Here’s the info from Tar Sands Action: On Sunday November 6 the Tar Sands Action will return to...
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Now is the time to think about a solar system for your home.
MCAN and many of our member chapters have established excellent partnerships with Next Step Living (NSL), which has put money back into the pockets of thousands by lowering their energy bills. Now NSL...
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Pulling Cape Wind over the finish line
Fresh from reading the wonderful Slate article reminding us just how wonderful and nation-leading Massachusetts is (not to mention this map which reminds us of Boston’s relative sporting dominance —...
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What Does the DEP Findings at Falmouth 1 Mean For Wind?
The Mass Department of Environmental Protection has announced the results of their study of the noise produced by the Falmouth 1 turbine. The study found that in one of their sampling sites, a private...
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Happy (Energy) Independence Day!
The future of energy independence is in your hands! In honor of Independence Day tomorrow, here’s a picture of energy independence: Say hello to the Constellation Norfolk solar facility. This 1.6mw...
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Time Lapse Solar
I’m a sucker for time-lapse photography. Makes me feel like I’m 13 again and playing Sim City and can just turn the game speed up… The Globe has a neat video up showing the construction of a roof-top...
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Palmer Renewable Energy sets a bad precedent.
Sue Reid at CLF has a great blog post raising a concern that the state isn’t exactly living up to their obligations under the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA). At issue is the decision to allow the...
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Natick Issues the challenge — is your town ready?
Natick has been working with our good friends at Next Step Living since last March getting folks to sign up for home energy assessments. Since that time they’ve gotten 381 folks to sign up for...
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The Climate Minute – Spring brings…?
Spring officially showed up last week, and spring in Massachusetts means: Lilac Sunday? Maple sugaring? Yes… and town meeting! Rob and Ted talk a little about town meeting, a little about Keystone...
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What now for Falmouth?
Falmouth Town Meeting voted not to spend $14 million to dismantle the two turbines based on abutter’s complaints about noise. This is possibly not the end of the story, with a potential vote at town...
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Mass Doings
It’s been an interesting week in Massachusetts on a number of fronts. Here’s a little taste of climate action throughout the Commonwealth as spring makes its first sustained appearance of the year. On...
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Climate Hawk’s Companion: Voices From the Energy Exodus march.
Ted McIntyre, MCAN’s Board President, took part in the first day of the Energy Exodus march yesterday, and talked to a number of people during the 10 mile first leg. His first discussion is with Mike,...
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The Climate Minute – What’s With Those Tinfoil Hats Anyway?
Welcome to the links n’ stuff version of The Climate Minute, MCAN’s weekly climate news and views podcast. This week Rob and Ted talk about the IPCC report, the new EPA regs released moments,...
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The Climate Minute – No One Shuts Us Down! Edition
It’s Climate Minute time, and here’s the links version of the podcast. Grab a cuppa’ and listen while we talk shutdowns, IPCC report, Koch Daycare, and just what the heck the discount rate means for...
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The Climate Minute – The End of Coal in New England is in Sight…
It’s Climate Minute time, here’s your weekly smorgasbord of links you can read while avoiding “real work.” This week we talk about the surprise (to some) announcement that the Brayton Point coal plant...
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Can’t Beat Somebody With Nobody…
For climate activists, the world’s reliance on fossil fuels is a destructive death spiral of a practice which leads only to catastrophic climate change. Renewable power has been with us for thousands...
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A Climate Hawk’s Companion: Protests in Salem
This edition of “A Climate Hawk’s Companion” documents a protest rally against the proposed construction of a natural-gas-powered plant intended to replace a coal plant in Salem Massachusetts. There...
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