July 25, 2017 2:52 PM EDT
Health care has been in the headlines a whole lot lately, and it’s never far from our minds or wallets. It’s never far from our lungs or hearts, either—or, it turns out, our energy choices. How we make electricity, and what happens to our climate, have big implications for human health.
Our health care sector isn’t taking those connections lightly. Here’s what one expert had to say about how Massachusetts institutions are leading the way on connecting the dots. Read more >
July 24, 2017 12:13 PM EDT
A pioneering program to reduce power plant emissions in the Northeast is poised to enter a new phase. Here’s why the nine states of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative need to make as bold a step forward as possible—and how they can make it happen. Read more >
June 30, 2017 11:23 AM EDT
There’s plenty of energy off our coasts. Too bad the Trump Administration is looking the wrong way. Read more >
June 27, 2017 3:35 PM EDT
When it comes to job creation in the power sector, our president keeps looking the wrong way. Nationally—and in almost every state—when coal and renewables face off, the bigger job creator in the power sector isn’t coal anymore; it’s solar and wind. The Trump administration has proclaimed this week Energy Week, but if renewables aren’t in a prominent position, the president and his associates are partying like it’s 1979 instead of 2017. Read more >
June 7, 2017 2:56 PM EDT
A border wall might need solar, but solar certainly doesn’t need a border wall. Read more >
