Tag: Massachusetts
Justice Dept launches investigation into recent deaths at nursing home for...
“We will aggressively investigate recent events at the Home and, as needed, require the Commonwealth to adopt reforms to ensure patient safety in the future."
Massachusetts sues ExxonMobil for climate disinformation, greenwashing
Their collective response to climate science? To emphasize uncertainty and keep fossil fuels flowing.
Massachusetts energy secretary engaged in Enbridge facility review while negotiating job...
Massachusetts’ ethics laws prohibit state employees from participating in matters where they may benefit financially as they seek prospective employment.
As natural gas infrastructure decisions loom, Massachusetts Gov. Baker invests in...
“Since the governor is weighing in on major projects designed to boost the gas industries in the state, it is not at all appropriate for him to invest personally in the same sector that he may develop, with tax dollars."
More evidence of undisclosed carcinogens at site of Enbridge’s proposed greater...
“The fact that they would just ignore these samples is extremely troubling. It’s a clear threat to the health of children and families in the Fore River Basin.”
After approving Enbridge Permit, Massachusetts’ Environment Secretary lands job with project’s...
Citizens and experts who are appealing the permit have included these revelations in their appeal, which the DEP will hear next month.
Enbridge gave Massachusetts studies by climate denier, ALEC associate in gas...
“To be taking the work of climate deniers at this time is unconscionable."
Sens. Warren and Markey call on Columbia Gas to repair damaged...
"Columbia Gas and NiSource must provide reassurance that all of the municipalities’ requests will be met, in order to have a chance of rebuilding trust while rebuilding infrastructure."
Homeless man files lawsuit after wrongfully arrested for using counterfeit $10...
“A person like me would've gotten an apology, but a person like Emory somehow finds his way in handcuffs for trying to pay for his breakfast with real money.”
Spending a night in the Concord jail when Martin Luther King,...
On the evening of April 4, 1968, an hour or so after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, I was in a jail cell in Concord, Mass., writing a freshman paper about King, Gandhi and Thoreau.
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The specter of a national collapse looms over America as this virus runs rampant,...
America has a terrible, horrific problem in that it can’t seem to find the ways to bring this virus under control.
Sanders’ Make Billionaires Pay Act would help cover medical expenses for every American for...
Over 5.4 million-Americans have lost health insurance during this time while billionaires are profiting off of the pandemic.
The chicken or the egg?
What the Covid-19 pandemic says about the US...
In the wake of Portland, calls to abolish DHS grow
As with almost anything in the country’s increasingly bought and paid for political system, there are powerful interests that will use their influence over politicians to protect the activities and funding of both ICE and DHS.
Police violence meets spiritual resistance in the struggle over DAPL
An appeals court overruled the shutdown of DAPL, pending a full environmental review. The fight against a pipeline that provoked unprecedented resistance continues.