The debate boils down to prioritizing tackling climate change or economic growth and energy independence.
Natural gas
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A warning about Project Maple
The Canadian fossil fuel corporation erroneously claims New England, New Jersey, and New York need more gas for homes and buildings and to generate electricity.
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Skip the quick fixes, pass a comprehensive climate bill
The Senate bill would have empowered the Department of Public Utilities to ensure any gas spending served the public good, and help redirect that funding toward clean energy alternatives if it failed to meet this basic standard.
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Suit in works over National Grid methane gas leaks
The Conservation Law Foundation said its lawsuit will be based on data submitted by National Grid to state regulators and the foundation’s own field work testing methane levels in the Boston area.
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State’s aging gas infrastructure has to go
The majority of Massachusetts residents — 54 percent — would rather invest in new clean energy infrastructure than patch up the old gas system, according to a new poll commissioned by Rewiring America and Green Energy Consumers Alliance.
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The transition away from natural gas has to get started
We tolerated gas explosion risks because we believed gas had lower emissions than other heating options. However, after accounting for methane leaks from the entire gas distribution system, heating with gas is actually worse for the climate than heating with oil or propane.
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The case for saving Everett LNG terminal
Now that the Mystic power plant is shutting down, the fear of electricity shortages dissipating, the Everett terminal is being pitched as a hedge against a possible shortage of natural gas for home heating and cooking.
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Utilities pursue contracts with Everett LNG terminal
National Grid is seeking state approval to purchase liquefied natural gas from the Everett Marine Terminal over the next six years, a supply arrangement that will drive up the monthly bill of a typical Boston Gas customer during winter months by an average of nearly 1 percent a year.
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Finally, natural gas has no future
The future of gas order released here in Massachusetts is just the beginning. We have the opportunity to lead the nation in a just transition away from toxic gas for good.
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Markey, Trahan file pipeline safety bill
THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY Columbia Gas of Massachusetts that it plans to replace hundreds of appliances in homes impacted by the September natural gas explosions in the Merrimack Valley coincides with the unveiling of a bill to make sure such a horror never happens again. Executives of the company announced Thursday that they plan to replace […]