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Massachusetts

UMass divests from fossil fuel industry that ‘perpetuates injustice’

(CNSNews.com) – The winters are cold in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the state university relies on a modern central heating plant that burns natural gas most of the time, switching to fuel oil when gas is not available. But no matter.

Charlie Baker

Better Future leader challenges Baker inaction on pipelines

The executive director of a Cambridge-based grassroots group that opposes the use of fossil fuels and favors the use of alternative energy recently penned a blog for the Huffington Post, criticizing Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker for not doing more to stop proposals that would increase the state's reliance

boston

Divestment follies

Say something often enough — like "97 percent of climate scientists agree" — and people will tend to believe it. Add the concept of identification, in which like-minded people gravitate toward one another, and a movement, a shared narrative, can be created. The psychological principles of repetition and identification are

economy

Massive gas find a boon for Egypt, salve for energy crisis

CAIRO (AP) — The discovery of a huge natural gas field off the Egyptian coast is a major boon for the country that will help alleviate energy shortages and boost the economy, experts said Monday. The new "supergiant" offshore field revealed a day earlier by Italy's Eni