Mar 15, 2024
Why Are New England’s Electricity Prices So Expensive?
The answer boils down to our over-dependence on fossil fuels.
Author: Rishya Narayanan
Feb 23, 2024
Five Things to Know About the New Nine-State Heat Pump Pledge
Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island join six other states in promising to cut climate pollution from buildings via electric heating.
Sep 05, 2023
The Truth about Hydrogen
Big Gas and Oil and utility companies are urging us to use hydrogen like we do other fossil fuels – which will damage the climate and our health
Aug 31, 2023
Climate Change Worsens Extreme Weather in New England
Clean energy can help us slash the carbon pollution driving heat waves, storms, and floods.
Feb 13, 2023
The Texas Electric Grid Failed. Here’s What New England Can Learn from It.
New England is no stranger to ice storms, of course, and the Texas power grid is very different from ours. But we can still heed lessons from the Texas crisis – especially as we look at the future pressures our grid will face because of our changing climate.
Jan 13, 2023
Can Electric Cars Handle a New England Winter? Yes – And Here are Three Reasons Why.
From better batteries to more public charging stations, electric cars can take New England winters like a champ.
Jul 12, 2022
New England Needs California’s Clean Trucks Rules – Here’s Why.
Slashing polluting emissions from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles is a critical part of our climate fight.
May 09, 2022
Dirty Fossil Fuels Once Again Propped Up at the Expense of Clean Energy
A rule that governs one of New England’s electricity markets, the Minimum Offer Price Rule, has been extended for two years. Here’s why that’s a bad deal for New Englanders.
Apr 18, 2022
What is Plastic Made Of? Fossil Fuels.
These polluting products are two sides of the same coin, and Big Oil and Gas are the culprits.
Apr 01, 2022
What Does It Mean to Reach Net Zero Emissions by 2050?
As nearly every New England state has instituted mandatory cuts to climate-damaging pollution, the term “net zero by 2050” has popped up a lot. What does it even mean?
