PHOTO BY DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN Despite a relative win for recycling workers, living wage advocates pledge to keep on fighting Boston’s plan to achieve “zero waste” by 2050 has drawn plenty of attention for its flashy prospects. What’s been … [Read more...]
FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: SORTING IT OUT
PHOTO BY DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN Will Boston set a new regional precedent and finally pay recycling workers a living wage? For the first time in the city’s history, Boston’s living wage ordinance might finally get applied to low-paid workers … [Read more...]
THE FALL OF THE GE BOSTON DEAL, PART II
AG Healey should form independent commission to investigate the failed agreement Last week in the first installment of this two-part column, I ran through the many problems with the January 2016 deal between General Electric, the … [Read more...]
THE FALL OF THE GE BOSTON DEAL, PART I
The official narrative and the real story Readers might feel that this should be a time for me to take a victory lap. The GE Boston deal that I criticized from the moment it was made public in January 2016 has crashed to Earth a bit over three … [Read more...]
BOSTON FIDDLES WHILE THE WORLD BURNS
City government continues issuing reports while UN calls for immediate action When writing about human-induced global warming on a regular basis, it’s a good idea to pace oneself. Because it’s such a relentlessly depressing topic that … [Read more...]