Environment

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Five Reasons to Leave the House this Weekend

A still from Saul Levine’s “Whole Note.” (Image courtesy of the ICA.) Film International Experimental Cinema Exposition According to Wikipedia, “an experimental film is often […]

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Massachusetts Officials Taking a Leaf from European Wind Turbine Industry

Four energy officials will visit England, Denmark, and Germany to better understand what has worked and what hasn’t worked in creating wind energy. Now, if […]

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Wind Farm May Now Take Root

(Photo via ThinkStock.) Yesterday, the state approved a $17.5 billion merger between Northeast Utility and NStar, making the new conglomerate the largest utility provider in […]

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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: What Went Right

Regulations kill business. This view, simplistic as it is, has come to dominate the national conversation on environmental policy. Sometimes the regulations work. Take the […]

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The Dolphin Suicides

By now, most of us have heard about the unusually high number of dolphin strandings on a beach in Wellfleet. At last count, there were […]

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Wind Farm Opponents are Hypochondriacs

Photo via ThinkStock. In November, our associate editor Casey Lyons wrote about the suffering residents of Falmouth. In 2010, the Cape Cod town had installed […]

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Where the Hell is the Snow?

It’s now January 2nd and we’ve still had no real snowfall in Boston. I’m nervous to even talk about it, like I’m about to jinx […]

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Wind Farms and the Necessity of Evil

Find any potential municipal energy source, and you’ll find the same debate: The big-picture camp who touts the source as the future of local generation […]

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Lawsuit Pits Whales Against Lobster Fishery

In a federal lawsuit that’s bound to stir the pot in the ongoing push-pull between preserving coastal ecosystems and using them as a food source, […]

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Is the GOP De-Regulating Lies?

Essentially, regulation is how we sort out conflicts over who should bear the uncaptured costs of economic activity, such as power plants or cement factories, without resorting to knife fights.

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Are Zombie Bats Swarming Boston?

Just in time for Halloween, a mysterious illness affecting bats has arrived in Boston. But don’t worry about contracting the disease from bats, worry more […]

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Congratulations, Massachusetts! You're The Greenest Of Them All

Congratulations, Massachusetts! You’re The Greenest Of Them All. We just rang in as the most energy efficient state in the union. Now that’s a ranking […]

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Legal Sea Foods Defends Ad Campaign

Sort of like a joke you have to explain, Legal Sea Foods reached out to Boston magazine last week about a blog post we ran […]

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On the Path to Joule Unlimited

Every time I fill my gas tank, I think about Joule Unlimited and their technicolor pond scum. This, by the way, is no ordinary scum. […]

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Legal Sea Foods … Lousy Ads

As I zoned out in front of the TV on a recent weeknight, I snapped to attention at an ad campaign for Legal Sea Foods. […]