Topic Archive: Mitigation
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The Boston Globe: How Massachusetts’ new DEP commissioner will bring ‘transparency and equity’ to the agency
Bonnie Heiple also plans to focus on climate effects and forever chemicals.
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Green Lodging News: Sustainable Hospitality Textbook Released – A Guide for Hospitality Professionals & Students
Innovative Ink Publishing, an imprint of Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, has released Sustainable Hospitality, written by green hospitality industry expert Dan Ruben. The textbook provides hospitality professionals and students with the knowledge and resources to make their properties environmentally sustainable. Click here to order Sustainable Hospitality as an e-Book or a hard copy on the Kendall Hunt website. Contact Dan Ruben…
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WBUR: Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report
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The Boston Globe: With new commissioners, Healey aims to reshape an agency seen as critical to climate reforms
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The Boston Globe: Mayor Wu announces steps to cut oil and gas from Boston buildings, creating ‘clear pathways’ to a fossil-free future
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The Boston Globe: ‘A defining issue of our time’ – Massachusetts’ first-ever climate chief is bringing an all-of-government approach to climate change
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The Boston Globe: A utility plan to replace gas with climate-friendly fuels is deeply flawed, according to new report
Using so-called green hydrogen to heat homes and other buildings would require so much electricity to simply manufacture the gas that it would “cannibalize” all the wind power Massachusetts expects to be generating by the end of the decade, a new report concludes.
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The Guardian: Revealed –1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points
Vast releases of gas, along with future ‘methane bombs’, represent huge threat – but curbing emissions would rapidly reduce global heating
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Brookings: How US cities are finding creative ways to fund climate progress
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CommonWealth: Tepper names former colleague to head DOER
Mahony to become ‘epicenter of clean energy transition’