The Climate Emergency
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MBTA Wants You to Help Plan for Its Future with ‘Focus 2050’
For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, the MBTA is updating its long-range plans for the future of transportation in eastern Massachusetts.
May 19, 2026
Sustainable Transportation Can Ease the Affordability Crisis — And Help Climate Champions Win
Economic populism helped vault Trump into power. Could a green version of it take that power back — and what role would transportation play?
May 19, 2026
Boston’s New Climate Plan Is At Odds With Boston’s New Transportation Policies
Mayor Wu's climate plan calls on the city to cut traffic and "transform" its transportation system, but City Hall leadership is cancelling and delaying projects that would actually accomplish those goals.
April 30, 2026
A Small Central Mass. Town Is Tearing Up A Parking Lot to Make Its Downtown Greener and More Walkable
Athol is ripping up an 1960s-era strip mall parking lot to restore stream habitat, reduce flooding, improve pedestrian connections, and beautify its downtown.
April 21, 2026
Trump’s Oil Crisis Is Already Costing Massachusetts Drivers Over $2.4 Million A Day In Higher Gas Prices
Massachusetts drivers are now cumulatively spending $20.9 million a day at the pump – more than twice the daily cost of operating the entire MBTA system.
March 13, 2026
Climate Report Card Gives MassDOT A Failing Grade As Mass. Misses Key Climate Goals
As traffic continues to increase and EV sales lag, will MassDOT finally pivot to public transportation as a climate solution?
February 13, 2026
MBTA Board Greenlights Quarter-Billion Dollar Contract for Diesel Trains
William Wolfgang, the T's director of vehicle engineering, says that new battery-powered engine technology isn't sufficiently developed to be able to replace the T's aging fleet of diesel locomotives.
January 14, 2026
Conceding to Trump, State House Democrats Fast-Track Legislation to Repeal State Climate Laws
House Democrats are poised to embrace the Trump administration's energy policies by repealing key science-based provisions in the state's climate laws.
November 17, 2025
Methane Fuel Gets a Renewed Lease At the T
Plans to replace the MBTA's methane-fueled buses with zero-emission electric models are on pause.
October 15, 2025
Cape Cod Bridge Filings Reveal MassDOT Does Not Intend to Obey State Climate Laws
MassDOT's projections of increasing car traffic to Cape Cod are incompatible with a future where the region isn't inundated by rising seas.
October 9, 2025
