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New York’s plan for transforming its electricity generation will reduce reliability at extreme cost
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Arnold R. Wallenstein is a Boston-based attorney who represents independent power producers in New York and other states and is the principal member of the EnergyLawGroup.org. The New York Climate Action Council, the state entity tasked with devising a plan to implement the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act to combat climate change, issued its Scoping Plan in December 2022.
Pushing back against the defenders of natural gas
WE TAKE exception to Arnold Wallenstien's recent commentary, in which he argues against a rapid transition from gas to renewable energy. First, he fails to consider the alternative to a rapid transition, which is climate chaos. He talks about "climate zealots" as if they were a fringe group who focus on exaggerated concerns and ignore reality. In fact, it is Wallenstein who is ignoring the emerging reality of the climate crisis.
A difference of opinion on estate tax, capital gains
TWO OF THE state's leading budget analysts are split on whether Gov. Maura Healey's tax reform package will make the state more competitive in retaining and attracting wealthy residents. On The Codcast , Doug Howgate, president of the business-backed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said passage of the millionaire tax in November has the potential to drive wealthier residents out of state, so cuts in other taxes are needed to convince them to stay put.
Healey tax plan addresses 'competitiveness' issues
GOV. MAURA HEALEY is proposing a tax reform package that addresses cost-of-living concerns of parents, renters, and seniors while providing significant relief to wealthy individuals who may be turned off by the recently passed millionaire tax and the state's tax treatment of estates and capital gains.
How far will Healey go on tax competitiveness?
CommonWealth Magazine · How far will Healey go on tax competitiveness?
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By Bruce Mohl,Jennifer Smith,Rachel Silber Devlin,Arnold R. Wallenstein 2 analysts split on whether breaks would increase state's competitiveness TWO OF THE state's leading budget analysts are split on whether Gov. Maura Healey's tax reform package will make the state more competitive in retaining and attracting wealthy residents.
A renewed push to legalize 'medical aid in dying'
LEGISLATORS AND MEDICAL CHOICE advocates are taking another run at passing a medical aid in dying bill after the Supreme Judicial Court last year placed the responsibility squarely on lawmakers to consider the emotionally fraught subject. A Senate bill and its House counterpart would establish a 10-step vetting process for adult patients with a terminal diagnosis of six months or less to live to be given life-ending medication to take if they choose it.
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Supreme Judicial Court ruling puts issue in hands of Legislature medical aid in dying, physician-assisted death, physician-assisted suicide LEGISLATORS AND MEDICAL CHOICE advocates are taking another run at passing a medical aid in dying bill after the Supreme Judicial Court last year placed the responsibility squarely on lawmakers to consider the emotionally fraught subject.
John Silber, my father, never caved
I WISH JOHN SILBER, my father, could see the new Center for Computer and Data Sciences on the Boston University campus. Some call it the Jenga building; to me it looks like a stack of toppling books. In his Architecture of the Absurd, a perfect gem on the subject of modern architecture, Silber clearly loves some whimsical architecture, such as the works of Gaudi, in which the whimsical shapes of buildings and public spaces clearly enhance the experience of people who live and work in them.
Decarbonization road map has some gaping holes
GOV. MAURA HEALEY has gotten off to a good running start on implementing the Commonwealth's plans to combat climate change by establishing an Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience within the governor's office and appointing a climate chief.
New York’s building decarbonization goals may be unachievable without a new technology boost
The following is a contributed article by Arnold Wallenstein, a principal at the Energy Law Group. New York plans to aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions by shutting down fossil-fueled power generation by 2040 and electrifying cars and trucks. But the state’s only solution for decarbonizing buildings is to require all electric space heating — a very costly approach with disproportionately adverse impacts on environmental justice communities.
New York energy policies will raise electricity costs and air pollution, slamming low-income communities
The following is a contributed article by Arnold R. Wallenstein, a Boston-based attorney who represents independent power producers in New York and other states and is the principal member of The Energy Law Group. New York's policy-makers are rolling out ambitious and far-reaching energy and climate change policies. These policies have resulted in a veto on the expansion of gas pipelines into New York and on the construction of new state-of-the-art natural gas-fired power plants.
NY regulator's shortsighted decision on NRG and Danskammer gas plants may cause future power shortages
The following is a contributed article by Arnold R. Wallenstein, a Boston-based attorney who represents independent power producers in New York and other states and is the principal member of The Energy Law Group. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) on Oct.
Baker all talk on regional carbon limits
AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP moves forward with his efforts to dismantle the Clean Power Plan and accelerate the extraction of coal, oil, and gas on federal lands, it's worth taking a look at our own record here in Massachusetts. While state officials speak the language of "climate leadership," their actions have often fallen short. Case in point: Last August, officials in Gov.
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