The very short answer to that question is: no. Now here’s the longer answer. Building enough nuclear power plants to make a meaningful reduction in greenhouse gas emissions would cost trillions of dollars and create tens of thousands of tons of deadly radioactive waste. Where and how will that dangerous Read more…
Building a cleaner power grid in Massachusetts will require new infrastructure—but deciding where that infrastructure goes requires care, clarity on the principles guiding decision-making, and concerted community engagement.
Battery systems can be used to store energy from renewable sources, like wind and solar, to be released when the electric grid needs extra power.
Replacing peaker power plants with clean energy solutions represents one of the most important environmental justice opportunities in the country. Accelerating the retirement of polluting, fossil-fuel peaker power plants and replacing them with clean, cost-effective alternatives, such as energy storage, renewable generation, transmission, energy efficiency, and demand response brings benefits Read more…
Our energy needs can be supplied sustainably. Wind and water, heat and light from the sun, and the geothermal heat in the Earth are all energy sources that can supply our needs using technology that is available today. Most importantly, they represent our best hope in the fight against climate Read more…