One of the easiest ways to make bad decisions is to allow ourselves to be drawn into a false choice – to see two options as an “either/or” where seeking one goal means stepping away from another.
Mar 2
2011
2011
Feb 23
2011
2011
This time, it’s permanent: Somerset Station power plant shuts down for good
Massachusetts moved one step closer to a coal-free future this week as NRG, owner the Somerset Station power plant located in Somerset, MA, announced that it will shut the plant down permanently, effective immediately.
Feb 17
2011
2011
Dominion takes next key step towards shutting down Salem Harbor Station power plant
One small step for man, one giant leap for coal–or lack thereof. Under pressure from public health groups, environmental organizations, political leaders and community members, Dominion Energy of Virginia has taken another important step toward closing Salem Harbor Station, its 60-year-old, coal-fired power plant in Salem, Massachusetts.
Feb 16
2011
2011
Cleanup Needed NOW at Vermont Yankee
CLF submitted its proposal today to the Vermont Public Service Board recommending strong action in response to the ongoing leaks and contamination at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power facility.
Feb 11
2011
2011
Even the Red Line is a green line
In his column in yesterday’s Boston Globe, Harvard economics professor Edward Glaeser illustrates that densely developed cities are better for the environment than leafy suburbs.
Feb 1
2011
2011
NSTAR Leaves Green Power Customers in the Dark about Premiums
NSTAR Green 100 customers got a rude shock last week when a notice from the utility informed them, without any explanation, that their green power premiums would be going up by more than 300 percent in March.
Jan 26
2011
2011
Wanted: Angry Young People from “Generation Hot”
Grist, the environmental news website has a good piece about a book called Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth about “the 2 billion or so young people who will be stuck dealing with global warming and weirding for their entire lives — and who have to figure out how to do it sanely and humanely.”
Jan 25
2011
2011
New Leak, New Lies at Vermont Yankee?
Just days after Vermont regulators concluded hearings on its investigation of leaks at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power facility, there are reports of more tritium pollution in the groundwater.
Jan 20
2011
2011
Mr. President: Will You Stand Up for the Clean Air Act?
In a letter to President Obama today, CLF added a regional voice to the chorus of national organizations asking him to use the State of the Union address on January 25th to show his support for the Clean Air Act.
Jan 14
2011
2011
CLF’s N. Jonathan Peress discusses the price of power on NHPR
CLF Director of Clean Energy and Climate Change N. Jonathan Peress appeared on an NHPR segment yesterday to discuss the possibility of state energy utility PSNH increasing the price of power for its consumers. He argued that the proposed price increases are the result of PSNH’s struggle to cover increasing costs of their aging facilities.