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BIOMASS POWER LEAVES ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS WITH BURNING QUESTIONS
- State House News Service
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2009-12-01 |
| Once considered a promising source of clean, renewable fuel, biomass plants – facilities that burn wood chips and construction debris to generate power – do more harm than good, stoking health problems and requiring greenhouse gas emissions that offset their benefits, environmental advocates argued Tuesday. | |
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How are you getting to work these days?
- Boston Globe (new window)
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2009-09-23 |
| Today, Environment Massachusetts, an advocacy group, released a new report showing that Massachusetts residents' reliance on public transportation in 2008 increased by three percent over 2007 levels. | |
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Activists decry state's fossil fuel dependence
- The Herald News (new window)
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2009-07-02 |
| In the shadow of the NRG Energy power plant on Riverside Avenue, Environment Massachusetts, a citizen-funded environmental group, called for Massachusetts to refocus its efforts on clean and renewable energy for the future. | |
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Habitat’s Green Energy Initiative On Gomes Way Praised
- Cape Cod Chronicle (new window)
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2009-07-02 |
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Fossil fuels to cost Bay State billions
- WWLP Channel 22 Springfield (new window)
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2009-07-01 |
| Environment Massachusetts released a report on Tuesday that highlighted the cost of fossil fuels. Rather than concentrating on global warming and pollution, the environmental organization focused on the state’s economy. The report was based on figures from the Department of Energy. | |
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Reduced use of oil promoted
- Springfield Republican (new window)
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2009-06-30 |
| The average Massachusetts resident will pay $2,142 a year for fossil fuels in 2010 and $3,180, not counting inflation, by 2030, according to a study released Tuesday by the advocacy group Environment Massachusetts. | |
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Let's grow green
- Boston Herald (new window)
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2009-06-15 |
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Biomass focus sidetracks energy efficiency efforts
- Cape Cod Times (new window)
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2009-06-14 |
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Worcester recognized for green initiatives
- NECN (new window)
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2009-05-14 |
| Environment Massachusetts visited Worcester Wednesday. It’s a group that wants municipalities across the state to start constructing more energy efficient buildings. | |
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Mass. Senate approves bill that would boost energy conservation
- Republican (new window)
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2008-06-24 |
| BOSTON - The state Senate voted 36-0 today to approve sweeping legislation that boosts energy conservation and encourages use of alternative sources such as wind, solar and hydrogen fuel cells. | |
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Report highlights 'green' solutions to global problems
- Cape Cod Times (new window)
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2008-06-19 |
| HYANNIS — City officials in Austin, Texas, push plug-in hybrid cars. In Israel, solar heating systems provide hot water for cooking and bathing. A nonprofit group promotes "green" jobs in the South Bronx. | |
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Wind farm generates more than 40,000 comments
- Cape Cod Times (new window)
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2008-04-23 |
| More than 40,000 individuals and organizations have submitted comments on an environmental review of the wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound, according to federal officials. | |
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Energy sell-back gets nod in state bill
- The Recorder (new window)
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2008-01-11 |
| The state Senate passed its version of renewable energy legislation that allows for farmers and towns to sell electricity generated by wind, solar and other sustainable technologies. | |
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Green reforms garner support
- Worcester Telegram & Gazette (new window)
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2007-11-09 |
| BOSTON— A revised but sweeping bill to redirect state spending on energy programs and expand incentives for hybrid cars, more energy-efficient buildings and new renewable energy projects was unveiled by House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi yesterday. | |
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Wide-ranging bill aims to promote wind, water power sources and curb harmful greenhouse gases
- The Boston Globe (new window)
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2007-11-08 |
| After months of negotiations with Governor Deval Patrick and business and environmental groups, House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi and legislative leaders are unveiling a sweeping bill today to promote energy conservation and innovation. | |
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Mayor, councilor highlight solar project
- Worcester Telegram & Gazette (new window)
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2007-09-19 |
| ORCESTER— Environmental groups supported by city politicians released a report yesterday calling on Massachusetts to begin curbing its energy appetite, while standing in front of a Kilby Street duplex where workers are installing a bank of 48 large solar panels on the roof. Main South Community Development Corp. plans to install solar panels on 10 affordable homes it is building or renovating as part of the Kilby-Gardner-Hammond revitalization project. The roughly 4-foot-by-2-foot panels are expected to generate about two-thirds of the electricity needed to power the homes, environmental groups said. | |
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Patrick plans conservation to meet rising energy needs
- Boston Globe (new window)
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2007-06-25 |
| Hoping to make Massachusetts a national showcase for energy conservation, Governor Deval Patrick will announce plans today to offset the state's annual increases in electricity demand with equivalent energy-efficiency and conservation measures by 2010. | |
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Cape Wind provides an answer to Massachusetts’ energy woes
- Worcester Telegram and Gazette
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2006-10-18 |
| Turns out Bob Dylan was right about more than he knew. The answer, my friend, actually is blowing in the wind. | |
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