Barbara Moran

Study: Wood smoke makes up more than third of Boston's air pollution in the winter Researchers at Northwestern University released a study last week that found far more wood smoke from rural areas gets blown into cities during the winter than previously believed, where it poses sign...

This is surprising! www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...

Vineyard Wind is 95% complete...I wonder how much longer until it's done

#BREAKING: Vineyard Wind is allowed to get back to work.

Just now, a federal judge issued a stay on the Trump administration's order halting work on Vineyard wind.

This is the 4th offshore wind project to win an injunction against the administration's order

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Affordability is scrambling energy politics in Massachusetts Everyone agrees that the state has an energy bill crisis. But there is little consensus on why — or how to fix the increasingly acute problem.

Everyone in MA agrees there's an energy affordability crisis. But not everyone agrees why.

Nice piece from Sarah Shemkus @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

Why your energy bills are higher than ever "As things stand now, ratepayers bear the cost of the transition to clean energy on top of the cost to prop up the aging gas system," writes Frederick Hewett. "The choice policymakers face is to inves...

Great piece by @fhcamb.bsky.social: Are climate policies the reason your utility bills are high? Yes and no. But scaling them back, he argues, isn't going to save you money either.

www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

Why your energy bills are higher than ever "As things stand now, ratepayers bear the cost of the transition to clean energy on top of the cost to prop up the aging gas system," writes Frederick Hewett. "The choice policymakers face is to inves...

Great explainer by Fred Hewitt. Also, my energy bill = 😱https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/01/27/massachusetts-clean-energy-natural-gas-mass-save-frederick-hewett

New study finds sea level rise is speeding up, contradicting federal report Research from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution finds the rate of U.S. coastal sea level rise has more than doubled in the past 125 years. The study contradicts a federal Department of Energy r...

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‘It just seems like amateur hour’: As climate bill worked through Beacon Hill, industry donations poured in - The Boston Globe On the same day a climate bill passed, the committee chair reported receiving thousands in donations from utility companies, energy groups, and lobbyists.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/16/m...

After months of delay, EPA will give Mass. over $55 million for lead pipe replacement The money comes after a monthslong delay, a complaint from the governor and a public spat between U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.

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BU plots an eco-friendly glow-up for 1960s-era Warren Towers Boston University's Warren Towers is the largest dorm in Massachusetts and one of the biggest in the country. Its three-and-a-half year, $550 million renovation will improve the living quarters and al...

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Orange rivers and melting glaciers: federal report shows rapid change in the Arctic This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glac...

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BU plots an eco-friendly glow-up for 1960s-era Warren Towers Boston University's Warren Towers is the largest dorm in Massachusetts and one of the biggest in the country. Its three-and-a-half year, $550 million renovation will improve the living quarters and al...

www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...

After months of delay, EPA will give Mass. over $55 million for lead pipe replacement The money comes after a monthslong delay, a complaint from the governor and a public spat between U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.

www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...

Orange rivers and melting glaciers: federal report shows rapid change in the Arctic This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glac...

www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...

Orange rivers and melting glaciers: federal report shows rapid change in the Arctic This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glac...

Chemical spill? Mine waste? Nope - one of the more vivid effects of climate change 👇https://www.npr.org/2025/12/16/nx-s1-5639224/arctic-climate-change-noaa-report

New report finds the Arctic continues to warm faster than the planet as a whole This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glac...

Where warming rivers run orange, the world’s climate reacts: The Arctic "is really the refrigerator for the planet…When the Arctic thaws and warms, it's having an impact on the global climate." www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n... @moranwriter.bsky.social

New report finds the Arctic continues to warm faster than the planet as a whole This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glac...

OK, here's a climate change effect that I didn't see coming...rivers in Alaska turning orange! Ew. Read all about it here 👇
www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...

MIT professor fatally shot on Gibbs Street - Brookline.News Police initially responded to shots fired on Gibbs Street between 8 and 9 p.m. A man later identified as Nuno Loureiro was taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and died overnight.

As always, misinformation is absolutely flying right now about the killing in Brookline from last night. Twitter is especially bad. I strongly recommend prioritizing official sources and reputable news outlets.

Here's our story with the most up to date information.

brookline.news/person-taken...

Three cheers for local journalism (especially the Brookline News)

Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager sentenced to 8 years in prison for stolen bodies plot Cedric Lodge was sentenced to eight years in prison for his central role in a nationwide network of human remains trading. His wife, Denise Lodge, was ordered to serve one year and one day in prison.

Cedric Lodge was sentenced to eight years in prison for his central role in a nationwide network of human remains trading. His wife, Denise Lodge, was ordered to serve one year and one day in prison.

After months of delay, EPA will give Mass. over $55 million for lead pipe replacement The money comes after a monthslong delay, a complaint from the governor and a public spat between U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.

The money comes after a monthslong delay, a complaint from the governor and a public spat between U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.

After months of delay, EPA will give Mass. over $55 million for lead pipe replacement The money comes after a monthslong delay, a complaint from the governor and a public spat between U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.

It's not every lead-pipe-replacement story that involves @edmarkey.bsky.social getting twitter-trolled by the EPA Administrator. Or maybe that's the new normal? www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...

New report finds the Arctic continues to warm faster than the planet as a whole This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glac...

www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...

New report finds the Arctic continues to warm faster than the planet as a whole This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glac...

OK, here's a climate change effect that I didn't see coming...rivers in Alaska turning orange! Ew. Read all about it here 👇
www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...

The first thing you should say to a BU student who is assigned to Warren Towers is, "Hey, did you know they're not air conditioned?" Try it, they love that

BU plots an eco-friendly glow-up for 1960s-era Warren Towers Boston University's Warren Towers is the largest dorm in Massachusetts and one of the biggest in the country. Its three-and-a-half year, $550 million renovation will improve the living quarters and al...

One of the biggest dorms in the country is getting a climate-friendly-makeover! (The outside won't look much better, but hey - can't judge a book by its cover and all that.) www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...

"A freshman woman who was unable to join the group said the exclusion sends a worrisome message to conservative women at Harvard."

Another leopards eating faces party voter.

BU plots an eco-friendly glow-up for 1960s-era Warren Towers Boston University's Warren Towers is the largest dorm in Massachusetts and one of the biggest in the country. Its three-and-a-half year, $550 million renovation will improve the living quarters and al...

I still can't handle that this thing was built with no insulation... www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...

Most enthusiastic Warren Towers alum award goes to... WBUR's Dan Guzman! 😂 @dgquovadimus.bsky.social