Between the Lines: The Green in Green

As Gov. Deval Patrick watches his poll numbers tank, he may be counting on at least one major constituency to stand by him. Environmental groups, including the Conservation Law Foundation, Mass Audubon and the Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters, have cheered...

Letters: What Do You Think?

Kids as Market Fodder Your article "Pitching to the Cradle" [March 26, 2009] does an effective job of explaining the process and some of the negative implications of marketing to kids. Should we be surprised, though, that the marketing industry is...

Imperium Watch: Down on the Farm

Some 10 percent of greenhouse gases generated in America come from agriculture; about 65 percent of that 10 percent, primarily in the form of methane and nitrous oxide, come from large animal farms. Yet in the last days of the Bush administration, the Environmental...

The World This Week: Night vs. Day

Poor George W., sitting in his huge instant megamansion in Dallas like Gatsby gazing forlornly across the waters at Daisy Buchanan's East Egg dock. No green light will beckon him. Nobody, including Daisy, wants anything to do with him. As George W. gazes across...
News Flash: Bardsley Announces Run for Mayor

News Flash: Bardsley Announces Run for Mayor

Thursday, April 2, 2009Today at 3 p.m., after serving for 16 years as a Northampton City Councilor, Michael Bardsley took out candidacy papers and declared his intention to run for mayor against incumbent, Mary Clare Higgins.“I believe the city needs a different...