Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown has been striking a defensive pose in recent weeks as non-profit groups and the thousands of Massachusetts voters they count as members called him out about his votes on the environment. read more..

For those of you looking for a good clean-energy read, check out this recent article by Climate Progress's Stephen Lacey. read more..

With the arrival of summer, many New Englanders’ thoughts turn to the ocean. read more..

Last Friday, I got a bad taste of life in a changed climate. read more..

I finally got around to posting a blog entry about the latest report by the International Energy Agency about the terrible trajectory that our species is putting the planet's climate but then I saw that Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby had weighed in with good news. read more..

The International Energy Agency has issued an analysis of current emissions of the greenhouse gases causing global warming and the trends and implications that can be seen in the data - and their conclusions are terrifying. read more..

As the battle over Vermont Yankee’s future is waged, Conservation Law Foundation and VPIRG seek to join as a friend of the court, or amicus for this first stage. read more..

Sad news from Western Massachusetts: the Boston Globe and the Daily Hampshire Gazette report the death of Bob Paquette, the longtime host of Morning Edition at WFCR, the public radio station in Amherst MA. read more..

As an avid reader of Scholastic’s series The Princess Diaries, let me just tell you one thing about Scholastic’s recent coal product placement: Princess Mia would not like it. read more..

Rural states like Maine struggle with mass transit issues. read more..