The Carbon Free Boston social equity report details how action taken toward carbon neutrality, which will fundamentally transform the city’s buildings, transportation, waste and energy systems, could potentially affect socially vulnerable populations. The social equity report provides a roadmap to engage the City’s communities in climate action, which represents an opportunity to address historic inequities…

Natural gas continues to be an issue of great interest and significant controversy throughout New England. Proponents of building additional gas pipeline infrastructure to secure additional natural gas supply into New England maintain that doing so will reduce gas prices and electricity prices (since approximately half of the region’s generation fleet is now gas-fired). They…

A collection of key takeaways and best practices participants learned on the Climate Innovations Study Tour.

The Green Ribbon Commission is partnering with Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy to develop 2030 and 2050 strategies for inclusion in the City’s 2018 Climate Action Plan Update.

The Renewable Energy Leadership Prize was designed to catalyze action on climate change by spurring institutions to work through these barriers, essentially offering to buy them the time and the expertise to solve the puzzle. This report is a case study on the RELP process and its aim is to share the lessons learned with other institutions and businesses that are considering purchasing renewable energy. It is also designed to reach those who are in a position to shape the policy framework for a clean energy future in Boston and beyond.

A report by the Conservation Law Foundation

New England Overview: A Guide to Large-Scale Energy Infrastructure Issues in 2015, by Raab Associates and Synapse Energy Economics, Inc.   The report outlines how regional electricity and natural gas infrastructure decisions are made.  It examines the current proposals to expand electricity transmission lines and natural gas pipelines into New England, as solutions to electricity and gas…