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Articles by Kathryn Eiseman
Your gas stove is dangerous to your health
THERE ARE ABOUT 43 million gas stoves in the United States. We don't typically think of them as harmful to our children, communities, and environment, but a growing body of evidence shows we should. In January, groundbreaking research from Stanford showed that gas stoves release concerning levels of indoor air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides "within a few minutes of usage" and continuously leak methane even when they are off.
Report: Massachusetts needs another 108,000 homes
Massachusetts needs another 108,000 housing units to meet the demand, according to a new national study , which ranks Massachusetts 11 th among states in its housing underproduction. Up for Growth, a Washington, DC-based housing nonprofit whose members include housing developers and economic development organizations, released a report Thursday that examines housing underproduction nationwide. The problem is national.
Report: Massachusetts needs another 108,000 homes
MASSACHUSETTS NEEDS another 108,000 housing units to meet the demand, according to a new national study , which ranks Massachusetts 11 th among states in its housing underproduction. Up for Growth, a Washington, DC-based housing nonprofit whose members include housing developers and economic development organizations, released a report Thursday that examines housing underproduction nationwide. The problem is national.
Cut the subsidies for biomass energy
A WELL-FINANCED, industry-led effort has been insidiously recasting burning trees for energy as a climate solution. Massachusetts residents and ratepayers have overwhelmingly chosen to support clean energy - but greenwashing by this polluting industry threatens to undermine our clean energy policies and squander both our ratepayer dollars and the public trust.
Governor's Council candidate would seek pro-choice, anti-racist judges
If Mara Dolan were interviewing a judicial nominee, she would want to know three things: whether the person supports abortion rights, they understand substance use disorders, and they are anti-racist.
Governors can wield influence over pipelines - CommonWealth Magazine
WITH NEW FEDERAL ENERGY POLICIES evolving to be starkly at odds with our priorities in Massachusetts, it is vital that we understand what authority our state has to influence controversial new natural gas infrastructure projects.
Three takes on natural gas - CommonWealth Magazine
The following three opinion pieces all focus on the great divide in Massachusetts over natural gas and its accompanying infrastructure. Get the Daily Download Our news roundup delivered every weekday. Email* Baker’s mixed record on climate change CRAIG ALTEMOSE EARLIER THIS MONTH, Gov. Charlie Baker traveled down to Washington, DC, to testify before a congressional committee about Massachusetts’s climate leadership.
Beware the Coalition for Sustainable Energy - CommonWealth Magazine
lobbying group forms, this time just as the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change prepares to release its omnibus energy bill. Prompting eye-rolls among clean energy advocates, the lobbying group has the audacity to call itself the “Massachusetts Coalition for Sustainable Energy” on its letterhead. It would more aptly be called the Coalition for Gaslighting Massachusetts.
The invisible hand of Gordon van Welie - CommonWealth Magazine
, ISO New England, celebrates its 20th anniversary this month. For two decades, the ISO has been in charge of keeping the lights on throughout the region, coordinating the flow of electricity to power plants. As we become more aware of the consequences of different sources of energy production – from climate change to fuel price spikes to eminent domain takings for pipelines – how do we ensure that our grid operator is in sync with 2st century needs?
Baker’s energy policy only part right - CommonWealth Magazine
of announcements on climate change and clean energy has led to cautiously optimistic praise from some sustainable energy advocates.
Kathryn R. Eiseman: Get tax out of the pipeline
CUMMINGTON >> What is the proposed "pipeline tax" on our electric bills, and why is there a bipartisan effort to ban it?
Prohibit the 'pipeline tax'
What is the proposed “pipeline tax” on our electric bills, and why is there a bipartisan effort to ban it?
Kathryn R. Eiseman: Pipeline battle may not be over
CUMMINGTON >> A wave of victory parties and impromptu parades has swept the region, celebrating the suspension of Kinder Morgan's Northeast Energy Direct (NED) pipeline project. What comes next? This is not an end, but a beginning of the recognition of the power and potential of the broad-based network of engaged citizens, organizations and state and local officials that has formed over the past 26 months of concerted opposition to the pipeline.
Column: Pipeline battle isn't over in Massachusetts
A wave of victory parties and impromptu parades has swept the region, celebrating the suspension of Kinder Morgan’s Northeast Energy Direct (NED) pipeline project. What comes next?This is not an end, but a beginning of the recognition of the power and potential of the broad-based network of engaged citizens, organizations and state and local officials that has formed over the past 26 months of concerted opposition to the pipeline.There are several directions that the movement is taking.
Kathryn R. Eiseman: State's duties on KM pipeline
CUMMINGTON >> Kinder Morgan is having a rough time in the landowner relations department. In Georgia, the company made the somewhat laughable blunder of trying to run a gasoline pipeline through property owned by the family of the publisher of three major newspapers. The press helped unite property rights advocates, environmentalists and legislators to bring the pipeline giant to its knees: the state of Georgia just placed a moratorium on the use of eminent domain for the project.
Column: State should listen to the people on pipeline project
Kinder Morgan is having a rough time in the landowner relations department. In Georgia, the company made the somewhat laughable blunder of trying to run a gasoline pipeline through property owned by the family of the publisher of three major newspapers.
Kathryn R. Eiseman: Alert FERC to your pipeline 'interest'
CUMMINGTON >> A simple step each of us can take to oppose the Kinder-Morgan Northeast Energy Direct ("NED") Pipeline: file online as an intervenor in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") proceeding, by the Jan. 6 deadline. You do not need to live along the proposed route to intervene; you just need to describe an "interest" you have that "may be directly affected by the outcome of the proceeding." A how-to guide is available at www.plan-ne.org.
Kathryn R. Eiseman: Why I chose to be an ‘intervenor’ in pipeline approval process
A simple step each of us can take to oppose the Kinder Morgan Northeast Energy Direct Pipeline: file online as an intervenor in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proceeding by the Jan. 6 deadline. You do not need to live along the proposed route to intervene; you just need to describe an “interest” you have that “may be directly affected by the outcome of the proceeding.” A how-to guide is available at www.plan-ne.org.
Eiseman/My Turn: The pipeline PR pitch
If you watch television, you’ve probably noticed the ads trying to link support for renewable energy with support for new gas pipelines.
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