"No new fossil fuel transmission lines, okay. We don't want any of those pipelines."
9/26/23 Boston Public Radio live at BPL, podcast at 2:44:14 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJQWR02hOZo&t=164m14s
just so I don't lose it.
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Went to see Vineyard Wind turbine parts assembling at New Bedford Marine Terminal. Huge, for sure. #ThingsYouDoOnYourBirthday
MA DPU plans to fine Eversource $1.5 million for safety violations related to a deadly gas explosion in a Maynard home in 2021. “The number and scope of violations was jaw dropping, and the penalty seems extremely light for the number and severity of violations" ~@Nathanpboston https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/08/17/eversource-fine-gas-explosion-massachusetts
#PutGasInThePast - Tell Eversource no $65M gas expansion in Springfield! Tell Governor Healey to put a halt to all gas expansions. Walk the walk, Maura.
Jan RosenowUS Office of Energy and Renewable Energy:
“none of our roadmaps consider home heating a viable use for H2”
HOT OFF THE PRESS: New independent system cost study from ETH on decarbonising heating is out.
Result: Green hydrogen for heating is more 2-3x more expensive, less efficient and has more environmental impacts than electrification.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890422013802
Massachusetts climate advocates say the fight over renewable gas isn’t over yet
"...renewable gas is expensive to create, still generates emissions when burned, and still leaks out of aging pipes, just like the fossil fuel version."
Interesting revolving door here. From EEA agencies - EFSB and DPU - to the AGO and then back again.
"Healey names a top AG deputy [Rebecca Tepper] as energy, environment secretary"
https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/12/28/maura-healey-rebecca-tepper-energy-environment-secretary
@nathanpboston My guess is they could say not "principal purpose of serving new customers."
Here is the slide from Wednesday's EFSB hearing where Eversource ridiculously claimed they will only half fill the duplicative pipes.
