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The Future of Boston Energy & Sustainability Summit
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Beyond Shelter: Sustaining Public Housing Communities During and After a Pandemic
Posted: November 18, 2020 | Author: bbabarjournal | Filed under: Fall 2020 Vol. 64 #4, Viewpoint | Tags: BHA, CARES Act, Coronavirus, COVID-19, housing, relief | by Kate Bennett and Joel Wool Viewpoint For nearly a century, through economic boom and bust, social progress and upheaval, and across many administrations, the Boston Housing Authority (“BHA”) has steadfastly provided “deeply affordable housing” for the City’s low-income residents.
Thoughts on the advocacy of regulators - CommonWealth Magazine
WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT from government regulators? Do we believe they can serve in an austere, removed fashion, eclipsing social context and eliminating personal bias through a mechanical reading of the law? Or do we understand regulatory action, at its core, and the regulatory platform, to be activity in service of the public interest, furthering the equitable treatment of residents, workers, customers, and industries?
No 7th inning stretch needed, just clean energy home runs
This commentary was written by Joel Wool. I’VE NEVER BEEN A FAN of baseball metaphors. If we’re talking efficient use of energy rather than exercise or entertainment, it’s hard to see the utility of hitting a ball and running in circles. But since opponents of clean energy reforms have called for a “7th-inning stretch” to pause and reflect on climate progress achieved to date, allow me to respond in kind. We are dangerously close to striking out on climate. We need a home run. And then another.
We need to end energy inequality
to us all. We’re talking about the wind and the sun, sources of power that have graced us since the dawn of time. We’re talking about power that cleans our air, improves our health, builds our local economy, and makes our world safer. And let’s not forget that, in states like Massachusetts, we’re talking about energy that we all pay for, through an allotment on our monthly energy bills.
YOUR VIEW: Destructive energy stalemate
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