by Eric Weltman | Dec 9, 2010 | News
When BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20, killing 11 workers, the ensuing environmental crisis could have been a transformative moment for our nation’s energy policy. It was not. In the midst of widespread public outrage against the oil...
by Maureen Turner | Dec 9, 2010 | News
It’s not often that a diaper sitting in the middle of a breakfast table would be warmly received. But at a fundraising breakfast held last month in Northampton by the advocacy and support group MotherWoman, the diapers (which were clean, and eco-friendly cloth...
by Stephanie Kraft | Dec 9, 2010 | News
Early evening turns the world of television to a landscape of prescription drug ads, usually peopled with “patients” enjoying affluent lifestyles. The ads are bland and saccharine until they conclude with lists of side effects. The side effects, rattled...
by Tom Vannah | Dec 9, 2010 | News
The writing may have been on the wall earlier this fall, when Ludlow State Rep. Tom Petrolati refused to cooperate with an investigation of the state Department of Probation ordered by the Supreme Judicial Court. In fact, Petrolati’s fate may have been sealed...
by Tom Sturm | Dec 16, 2010 | News
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has chosen former Westfield Mayor Richard Sullivan to replace departing Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles, who recently announced his resignation from the post. The appointment gives Sullivan oversight of the...
