Topic Archive: Mitigation
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WBUR: New $50 million grant program will help ‘decarbonize’ low-income housing in Mass.
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New Scientist: We don’t need ‘miracle’ green technologies to save the planet
A focus on revolutionary solutions like carbon capture and geoengineering is slowing the uptake of existing answers to the problems of climate change, air pollution and energy security, says environmental engineer Mark Jacobson
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WBCSD / Arup Launch Webinar – Net-zero buildings: Halving construction emissions now!
The built environment is a critical sector to decarbonize: it represents close to 40% of global energy-related carbon emissions – approximately 14 gigatons of carbon each year. Decarbonization trajectories in line with the 1.5 °C Paris Agreement aim to halve global carbon emissions by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050, a need echoed by…
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City of Boston: Mayor Wu’s State of the City Address
Mayor Wu delivered her first State of the City Address on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at MGM Music Hall.
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Grist: A $100 million boost for environmental justice
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NPR: Exxon climate predictions were accurate decades ago. Still it sowed doubt.
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Canary Media: US carbon emissions rose in 2022. Can clean energy get them on track?
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The Boston Globe: Healey taps Rebecca Tepper, of attorney general’s office, as secretary of energy and environmental affairs
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WBUR / State House News Service: Baker administration releases new clean energy and climate plan for 2050
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The Boston Globe: Healey taps Melissa Hoffer of the EPA to serve as state’s first climate chiefThe Boston Globe:
