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Nuclear Power – Breaking Promises, Breaking Laws

Apr 22, 2011 at 11:19am by Sandy Levine | Bio | Leave a Comment

The road to clean energy future is a bumpy one -- especially when it involves a disgruntled, behemoth corporation like Entergy. read more..

Tags: Clean Energy & Climate Change, CLF, Vermont Yankee

Posted in: Clean Energy & Climate Change, Massachusetts, Vermont

MA Rep. Keenan’s proposed budget amendments bid clean energy goodbye

Apr 21, 2011 at 8:21pm by Sue Reid | Bio | 3 Comments »

Protecting dirty old coal plants. Whacking solar and wind. Sounds like the opposite of the clean energy revolution that is underway in Massachusetts, right? read more..

Tags: Clean Energy, Clean Energy & Climate Change, coal plants, John Keenan, MA legislature, Massachusetts, Wind Power

Posted in: Clean Energy & Climate Change, Massachusetts

Introducing a New Place to Talk Fish

Apr 20, 2011 at 5:30pm by Samantha Caravello | Bio | 2 Comments »

If you read CLF Scoop or follow fishery management news through other means, you know that since last May, the New England fishing industry has undergone its most significant changes in 30 years. read more..

Tags: amendment 16, cod, fish, fisheries management, fishermen, fishing, fishing industry, flounder, haddock, New England, Ocean Conservation, sectors

Posted in: Announcements, Ocean Conservation

One year after BP’s oil disaster, drilling bill targets New England

Apr 19, 2011 at 5:51pm by Sean Cosgrove | Bio | Leave a Comment

One year ago the BP Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform erupted into a tower of flame. read more..

Tags: Ocean Conservation, oil drilling, oil spill

Posted in: Clean Energy & Climate Change, Ocean Conservation

More time to make your voice heard on the Northern Pass project

Apr 19, 2011 at 9:35am by Christophe Courchesne | Bio | 1 Comment »

Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced in the Federal Register that it’s extending to June 14, 2011 the deadline for submitting scoping comments on the proposed Northern Pass electric transmission project. read more..

Tags: Department of Energy, DOE, electric transmission, environmental impact statement, NEPA, New Hampshire, Northern Pass, permitting, public review, scoping, transmission

Posted in: Action Alerts, Clean Energy & Climate Change, New Hampshire, Northern Pass

Funding transit in MA: We’ll get there

Apr 14, 2011 at 12:57pm by Rafael Mares | Bio | Leave a Comment

Yesterday, the Globe published a story covering a legislative hearing about MBTA commuter rail service, specifically, reacting to passengers' dissatisfaction with the system after a particularly harsh winter and increasing number of service interruptions. read more..

Tags: commuter rail, Dukakis Center, Jeffrey Mullan, MassDOT, MBTA, Public Transportation, Transit, transit finance, transportation finance

Posted in: Healthy Communities & Environmental Justice, Massachusetts

DOE must step back and consider Northern Pass in its broader context

Apr 13, 2011 at 2:08pm by Christophe Courchesne | Bio | 2 Comments »

Last night, CLF filed detailed written comments with the U.S. Department of Energy regarding the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Northern Pass project, seeking a regional review of all plans to import electric power into the northeastern U.S. from Canada. read more..

Tags: Department of Energy, DOE, electric transmission, environmental impact statement, NEPA, New Hampshire, Northern Pass, permitting, public review, scoping, transmission