NOT JUST A LOCAL ISSUE
Enbridge continues to send out trucks full of suspected arsenic and asbestos-laden coal ash. It presents an ongoing, unacceptable risk[…]
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Month: January 2020
SOAKING IT UP
Photo Credit: John Turnbull The bad news is that ocean warming and acidification are pushing seaweed into decline. The good[…]
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ONCE UPON A TIME…
A photo taken in 1854. In the 19th century ice was cut into huge blocks and shipped from Spy Pond[…]
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A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME
Confused? Ground source heat isn’t geothermal. Geothermal energy production taps into heat at the Earth’s core. Ground source heat pumps[…]
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HUNG OUT TO DRY
The average household could save about $200 a year using a clothesline (or drying rack) instead of an electric dryer[…]
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A MONSTROSITY
Enbridge continues to work on construction of a compressor station in Weymouth that will enable transportation of fracked gas to[…]
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HERE COMES THE SUN
Bifacial modules produce solar power from both sides of the panel and might produce 30% more energy. They can be[…]
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BOILED LOBSTER ANYONE?
The highest ocean temperatures ever recorded occurred in 2019. Our oceans absorb 93% of the extra heat trapped by greenhouse[…]
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