Environment
Climate Change in The Boston Phoenix’s Final Issue
The Boston Phoenix uploads its final issue (online only) this week, leading with a piece by climate change activist Bill McKibben explaining why he’s pushing […]
Boston In the Year 2100 Looks Really … Wet
Had Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge hit Boston during high tide five and a half hours earlier, large portions of these neighborhoods would’ve been flooded with […]
Curse You, Yellowpages
Few things fill me with as much yuppie rage as the sight of a brand new stack of phonebooks sitting on my front porch. Sure, […]
Spring is Arriving Nearly a Month Early
The marsh marigold, appearing at a brook near you, soon! (Photo via Flickr/wackybadger) Dear children and elementary school science teachers: Your rhyme is dead. In […]
Styrofoam Banned in Boston?
Is the city about to make the polystyrene foam containers illegal?
Brookline Banned Plastic Bags, But Why Not Tax Them Instead?
“Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?” – Katy Perry, queen of similes. (Photo credit: Kate Ter Haar via Flickr) Brookline’s Town Meeting voted […]
Wen Stephenson: It's Time for Journalists To Cover Climate Change Like a Crisis
Wen Stephenson: It’s Time for Journalists To Cover Climate Change Like a Crisis. Stephenson, a former editor at the Globe, editor at The Atlantic, senior […]
Five Reasons to Leave the House This Weekend
The Great Pumpkin Float (Photo via Flickr/AnubisAbyss) Festival First Annual Faneuil Hall Marketplace Street Theater Festival Finally! An opportunity to spend the weekend with the […]
Nothing Makes Us Embrace Autumn Like Finding 20 Foot Great White Shark in Chatham
Officials just closed a Chatham beach after hunters found and tagged a 20-foot great white shark. To put that in perspective, the largest great white […]
Brookline Could Ban Foam Plastic
Styrofoam container photo via Shutterstock The march against the single-use lifestyle continues. Last week, the Attorney General certified that Concord’s ban on the sale […]
Concord's Ban of Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles Is a Go
Water bottle photo via Shutterstock So begins a great experiment to rid the Commonwealth of plastic water bottles. The Attorney General recently certified Concord's bottle […]
Concord's Ban of Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles Is a Go
Water bottle photo via Shutterstock So begins a great experiment to rid the Commonwealth of plastic water bottles. The Attorney General recently certified Concord’s bottle […]
What Mitt Romney and Honey Boo Boo Have in Common
the single most gob-smacking attack on reality was the contempt Mitt Romney showed for science.
Why Does the GOP Still Ignore Climate Change?
Hurricane Isaac. (Photo via Flickr/NASA Goddard Photo and Video) With Hurricane Isaac hammering Louisiana with 80 mile-per-hour winds, you would think the Republican Party might […]
Updated: How Many Clams Are Dead Clams Worth?
Littleneck photo by jessica.dailey on Flickr. No, that’s not some phrase from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Clams Chest. It’s the basis of a […]