April 17, 2012
By Chris Faraone, The Boston Phoenix

Protests like today's march on General Electric and other ruthless tax-dodgers remind me of why money-grubbing conservatives hate community organizers so much. Because without nearly 1000 heads waving signs to inform people about the Fortune 500 behemoths that screw us, these companies would simply weave through loopholes unnoticed. In fact they mostly do anyway.

August 27, 2010
by Dave Goodman, Open Media Boston

BOSTON/Dorchester - Standing before a home on Potosi Street in Dorchester, flanked by State officials and representatives of the electrical and gas utility companies that serve Boston, Mayor Thomas Menino yesterday announced that a city sponsored effort to increase commercial and residential energy efficiency would start accepting applications from homeowners and landlords.

March 22, 2010
By Jason Pramas, Open Media Boston

See a slideshow of the press conference.

December 2009
Carla C. Keirns, MD, PhD, MS, American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Professional, Charitable, and Community Coalitions

November 1, 2009
ACE ally Mass. Community Labor United

On October 27, 2009 Massachusetts adopted a $1.4 billion plan that will

* cut greenhouse gas emissions,
* create high-quality jobs in the state’s highest-unemployment communities, and
* provide up-front financing so low-to-moderate income residents can save money and do deep retrofits on their homes.

September 22, 2009
Commonwealth Conversations: Transportation

September 16, 2009
Moir's Environmental Dialogues, Greentalk Network

ACE members and organizers chat with radio host Dr. Rob Moir in a great 40-minute interview. Listen here.

July 31, 2009
By Noah Bierman, Boston Globe

Just one year after a record number of passengers flocked to the MBTA, the agency has come back to earth, as the price of gas has declined and the economy soured. And it can expect to lose another 5 percent of its riders if a proposed 19.5 percent fare hike is approved, according to a new state analysis.

July 17, 2009
By Jason Pramas, Open Media Boston

BOSTON/Government Center - A large conference room at the 100 Cambridge St. headquarters of the Mass. Department of Energy Resources was packed by over 125 people on Tuesday - most of whom were members of several of the labor and community organizations that make up the Green Justice Coalition, a new grassroots formation aiming to ensure that the rising "green economy" in the Bay State will create quality jobs in disadvantaged communities.

November 28, 2008
By Kyle Alspach, Enterprise News

BROCKTON - State energy regulators could reach a preliminary decision on the fate of the proposed Brockton power plant as soon as December, a state official said. The 350-megawatt, gas- and diesel-burning plant is currently under review for a permit from the state Energy Facilities Siting Board. The board will meet Dec. 11 in Boston, and discussion of the Brockton plant is on the agenda. "We're toward the end of the case," said Timothy Shevlin, executive director of the state Department of Public Utilities. Board members may decide how to rule on the project at the meeting, but there won't be a vote, Shevlin said. Several steps would follow: The siting board could direct its staff to draft a "tentative decision"; and could vote on the decision at the board's January meeting. A final vote on the project could then be made in February, bringing to conclusion a state review process that started nearly two years ago. An official from the company behind the project, Advanced Power, said in a statement that the December meeting represents an "important step."