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Mariel Tai Sander

marielsander@hms.harvard.edu
Posted inOpinion

Harvard, other Mass. institutions should clean up their own backyard before trumpeting clean energy efforts elsewhere

by Regina LaRocque, Mariel Tai Sander, Avi Cohen and Madeleine Kline February 16, 2025February 17, 2025

Investments by Harvard, MIT, Mass General Brigham and others in clean energy are great, but that ignores the fact that Harvard Medical School and its affiliated hospitals are powered by a harmful fossil-fuel plant in the heart of Boston.

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