News

April 25, 2013
Springfield Republican
Bill Ravanesi of Longmeadow Named 2013 Environmental Hero Award Recipient

April 12, 2013
Boston Business Journal
Disclosing Energy Savings Would Be Good for All
Story by Bill Ravanesi

April 4, 2013
Boston Globe
Boston Needs the Building Energy Disclosure Ordinance
Story by Michael A. Cantalupa

March 12, 2013
Boston Business Journal
BBJ Names Best Green Practices Award Winners
Note: Award Winners include several GRC Members

March 12, 2013
Metro Boston
Plum Island a warning for rest of coast?
Story by Michael Naughton

February 25, 2013
Banker and Tradesman
Boston's Waterfront, Greenway District Planning Moves Ahead
Column by GRC member Vivien Li

February 23, 2013
Boston Globe
Boston prepares for future superstorms
Column by Renee Loth

February 22, 2013
NPR
Boston Grapples with the Threat of Storms and Rising Water
Story by Christopher Joycee

February 17, 2013
Forbes
Accelerating Arctic Ice Melt Means Billions Need to Be Spent
Story by Alex Knapp

February 17, 2013
Al Gore's Blog
Boston Underwater

February 17, 2013
Boston Globe
Boston prepares for climate change effects
Story by Beth Daley

February 12, 2013
The Back Bay Sun
Mayor Menino Announces Comprehensive Actions to Better Prepare Boston for Storms Like Sandy

February 17, 2013
Boston Globe
The coming storm
Story by Richard W. Murray and Daniel P. Schrag

February 15, 2013
Boston Herald
Cutting emissions to cost Boston building owners $838M
Story by Marie Szaniszlo

February 12, 2013
Boston Magazine
Boston In the Year 2100 Looks Really ... Wet
Story by Rosemary Chandler

February 9, 2013
Climate Central
Blizzard Buries New England, Breaks Snowfall Records
Story by Andrew Freedman

February 9, 2013
Law & The Environment
RGGI Ratchets Down the Cap: We’re Still Going to Have to Adapt
Story by Seth Jaffe

February 8, 2013
Climate Central
Blizzard of 2013 Brings Another Threat: Coastal Flooding
Story by Andrew Freedman

February 7, 2013
WGBH
City Hall Plaza Underwater? Storm Fears Fuel BHA Report
Story by Adam Reilly

February 6, 2013
Conservation Law Foundation Scoop
Preparing for the Rising Tide - Across New England
Story by Seth Kaplan

February 6, 2013
Huffington Post UK
Post-Sandy, Boston Prepares for Climate Change
Story by Anders Lorenzen

February 6, 2013
WGBH
Rising Tides Place Hub Waterfront Sites at Risk
Story by Anne Mostue

February 6, 2013
BNN
Climate Change Prompts New Measures in Boston
Story by Chris Lovett

February 5, 2013
Metro Boston
Flooded Hub: Boston prepares for the next destructive super storm
Story by Morgan Rousseau

February 5, 2013
WBUR
Menino Announces Storm-Readiness Initiatives
Story by Monica Brady-Myerov

February 5, 2013
NECN
Preparing Boston for the Big One
Story by Peter Howe

February 5, 2013
The Atlantic Cities
These Scary Maps Explain What Sea Level Rise Will Mean in Boston
Story by Emily Badger

February 5, 2013
Boston Business Journal
Another Sandy-strength Storm Could Put 7 Percent of Boston Underwater
Story by Jon Chesto

February 5, 2013
BostInno
Report: Serious Flooding Would Put Parts of Boston Underwater, City Will Update Preparedness Plan
Story by Steve Annear

February 5, 2013
Reuters
Boston mayor calls on city to prepare for climate change

February 5, 2013
A Greener Life, A Greener World
Post-Sandy, Boston Prepares for Climate Change
Story by Anders Lorenzen

January 10, 2013
Boston Metro
'Greenovate Fellows' to Help Improve Boston's Air Quality
Story by Morgan Rousseau

January 10, 2013
ThinkProgress
Climate-Informed Development: How to Rebuild in A Warming World
Guest column by Commission member Mindy Lubber

January 7, 2013
Sampan
Mayor Menino Announces City’s First "Greenovate Fellows"
Story by Ling-Mei Wong

November 30, 2012
NPR
Northeastern University Cited As America's Greenest College
Part of the Living on Earth Series

November 24, 2012
Boston Globe
After a Near-Miss with Sandy, More Preparations Are Needed

November 14, 2012
Boston Globe
Cities Are Preparing for More Super Storms
Story by Michael E. Mooney

November 14, 2012
Nature
Be Persuasive. Be Brave. Be Arrested (If Necessary)
Story by Jeremy Grantham

November 9, 2012
Boston Business Journal
When Sandy Returns...

November 1, 2012
Boston Globe
Boston Could be Vulnerable to More Severe Storms
Story by Beth Daley and Eric Moskowitz

October 29, 2012
Boston Globe
Giving Back to the Electric Grid
Story by Casey Ross

October 26, 2012
NPR
Hospitals Go Green to Save Money and Save Lives
Part of the Living on Earth Series

August 15, 2012
Boston Herald
Hub Seeking 'Greenovate Fellows'
Story by Ira Kantor

August 14, 2012
Metro Boston
Menino wants 'green champions' to freshen up Boston air

August 8, 2012
BostInno
If Boston Is to Meet Its Green Goals, Business Has to Help
Story by Walter Frick

June 27, 2012
The Atlantic Cities
The Suburban Ripple Effect of Sustainable Cities
Story by Emily Badger

June 25, 2012 The Boston Globe
Rising sea level a threat to East
Story by David Abel

June 12, 2012
BostInno
Got Solar? Want Solar? Check Out the City of Boston’s Interactive Map
Guest column by Peter Rothstein

April 20, 2012
The Boston Globe
Spaulding Rehab puts climate change in concrete terms
Story by Joan Wickersham

April 7, 2012
The Boston Globe
Green Communities Act is good for business
Guest column by Tedd Saunders

January 27, 2012
New York Times
Reaping a Bonus From Cap-and-Trade
Story by Mireya Navarro

November 4, 2011
Boston Business Journal
Hostetter rallies peers on climate change
Story by Mary Moore

October 23, 2011
Huffington Post
U.S. States Ranked By Energy Efficiency In Recently Released Scorecard

October 20, 2011
The New York Times
On Our Radar: Massachusetts Leads Efficiency Rankings

October 20, 2011
Money & Company
California drops to No. 2 in energy efficiency rankings
Story by Ronald D. White

October 20, 2011
Bloomberg Businessweek
Report: Mass. tops in promoting energy efficiency
The Associated Press

November 8, 2010
Boston Globe
Green is Good Economics
OP-ED by Commission members Anne Finucane and Gary Gottlieb