Prioritizing Gateway Cities in Massachusetts’ Transition to Renewable Energy
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Watch Now: Clean Energy Opportunities in Massachusetts and Beyond
We are America the Beautiful hosts ISE Executive Director Jacqueline Ashmore to discuss what every voter should know about sustainability—including big picture context and challenges around COVID-19 and climate change, federal and state opportunities for action, and city-level action. Did you know? 20.1 million environmentalists are registered to vote, but in the 2014 mid-term elections, […]
Still Charging: Energy Storage Commercialization in Massachusetts
With the mutually reinforcing trends of climate change mitigation and transport electrification, the opportunity for energy storage innovation has never been more apparent. Massachusetts supports a robust community of entrepreneurs who develop and commercialize their inventions in the state. Recognizing this, the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy and Greentown Labs conducted 25 interviews with […]
[UPDATED] Whitepaper by Brattle Economists Examines Clean Energy Policy Options for Massachusetts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
With contributions from ISE Director Peter Fox-Penner as well as former Massachusetts State officials David Cash and Ann Berwick, the Brattle Group recently released a whitepaper detailing clean energy policy options for the state of Massachusetts. The report, prepared for the Barr Foundation, provides policymakers with a series of recommendations that will help meet greenhouse […]