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A protest this weekend at the site of a proposed natural gas power generator on the Cape Cod Canal highlights the controversy surrounding the rise of…
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When the U.S. withdrew from the Paris Climate Accord in June, it marked a pause in federal action on clean energy. But individual states have already been…
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Massachusetts is pushing hard on the renewable energy front, with more than 1600MW solar installed and a target of 1600MW offshore wind energy by 2020.…
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Eight years ago, ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy) was founded to be the DARPA of energy research – a place where the best and brightest…
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Since August, several thousand Native Americans have been camping in the path of a proposed oil pipeline in North Dakota. They are concerned that the…
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Lighting has changed a lot since 1850. New Bedford has been in the thick of things, every step of the way. It began with the moniker “the city that lit…
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The non-profit Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative recently announced plans to build a tidal energy test site in Cape Cod Canal, the first of its kind…
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Liquid natural gas provides roughly 59 percent of New England’s electricity. Demand for this resource, which is piped in from out of state, has grown in…
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For all the concerns about the health and environmental risks of nuclear power, there’s one benefit that’s hard to debate: Pilgrim Nuclear has powered…
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On a cold but sunny day last month, about a hundred people rallied in front of the Massachusetts State House, hoisting signs that read “Green the grid,”…