Feb 26, 2024 Next week the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals will hear from opponents of the Vineyard Wind project and that brings to mind Irwin M. Fletcher. By Jeff Porter On March 5th, three Judges of the First Circuit Court of Appeals will hear from lawyers for residents of Nantucket who sued to stop the...
Feb 21, 2024 The Judge's decision vacating EPA's approval of Florida's "dredge and fill" permit authority has serious implications for our renewable energy future. By Jeff Porter Last week a DC Federal Judge vacated EPA's approval of the State of Florida's application to assume the Army Corps of Engineers'...
Jan 19, 2024 Yes, Governor Healey, let's future-proof our communities, not abandon them. Let's start by making it easier to implement nature-based resilience. By Jeff Porter There was a lot to like about what Governor Healey had to say about our rapidly changing climate in her State of the Commonwealth speech...
Nov 29, 2023 Kudos to the Healey-Driscoll Administration for a continued focus on our approaching climate change crisis, but we need to start acting to mitigate it By Jeff Porter The Healey-Driscoll Administration's announcement of its ResilientCoasts Initiative garnered a lot of attention, as it should have. If...
Nov 14, 2023 Our pressing need for renewable energy is spurring all kinds of innovation, not all of it good, as The Boston Globe reports today. By Jeff Porter Our climate emergency has spurred all kinds of innovation around alternatives to the combustion of fossil fuels to generate energy. ...
Nov 08, 2023 These NGOs shouldn't be allowed to second guess what Congress & the President say is in our interests in the face of our climate emergency. By Jeff Porter Law 360 is reporting this morning on an NGO petition to the Army Corps of Engineers demanding that it not apply a Nationwide Permit...
Nov 07, 2023 This never-ending NIMBY challenge to the Vineyard Wind project illustrates that we may be winning renewable energy battles but still losing the war. By Jeff Porter Over two years ago I wrote about a lawsuit filed by a Connecticut-based solar farm developer with a summer home in Martha's Vineyard...
Oct 25, 2023 Even if money were no object, spending alone isn't going to protect us against our GHG supercharged climate. By Jeff Porter Massachusetts Climate Chief Hoffer today reported close to one hundred pages of recommendations about how we get where we need to get in...
Oct 13, 2023 There once was, and may still be, a coastal resilience project on Nantucket! By Jeff Porter Over a year ago, a Massachusetts Superior Court Judge ordered the Sconset Beach Preservation Fund to comply with an order by the...
Oct 06, 2023 Lessons we all should learn from the Great Salt Lake Crisis By Jeff Porter Those of us on the east coast have heard that the Great Salt Lake has receded to the verge of a public health crisis, including because...
Sep 12, 2023 This morning we have another climate emergency wake up call. We can't afford to hit the snooze button again. By Jeff Porter This morning, everyone who lives or works near the Barrett Pond Park Dam in Leominster, Massachusetts has been told evacuate immediately....
Apr 20, 2023 Those Maine Courts sure work quickly but we still need to remove the roadblocks in the way of our renewable energy future! By Jeff Porter The Boston Globe reports that a Maine jury has now determined that the developer of the New England Clean Energy Connect project relied...
Apr 10, 2023 The Bay State's ability to meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals is now in the hands of a Maine jury. Does that make any sense to you? By Jeff Porter Seems like just yesterday that the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled on New England Clean Energy Connect's challenge to the retroactive...
Jul 24, 2022 The UK is taking the nuclear road not taken here. What's our plan? By Jeff Porter News this week that massive ecologically sensitive intake heads are being installed for a new nuclear plant being constructed in...