No Fracked Gas in Mass
@nofrackedgasinmass.bsky.social
Our mission is to stop new and transition existing fossil fuel infrastructure in the Northeast states and to promote energy efficiency and sustainable, renewable sources of energy and local, permanent jobs in a clean energy economy.
New information sheet from Clean Energy Group on fire saftey for utility-scale BESS.
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Utility-Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Storage Fire Safety: Frequently Asked Questions - Clean Energy Group
Battery energy storage systems can be a cost-effective tool for utilities to meet peak demand and provide flexibility to the power grid. When properly installed, battery storage has proven to be a saf...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
New information sheet from Clean Energy Group on fire saftey for utility-scale BESS.
www.cleanegroup.org/publication/...
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BEAT is proud to be among the 200+ groups signing on!
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More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters
Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis
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December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
BEAT is proud to be among the 200+ groups signing on!
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Thanks again iBerkshires for covering the peaker issue!
If anyone in Allendale or nearby neighborhoods in Pittsfield, MA has complaints about the plant - noise or air quality when running - we're interested in talking to you. rose@thebeatnews.org .
www.iberkshires.com/story/81018/...
If anyone in Allendale or nearby neighborhoods in Pittsfield, MA has complaints about the plant - noise or air quality when running - we're interested in talking to you. rose@thebeatnews.org .
www.iberkshires.com/story/81018/...
Pittsfield Health Board Asked to Support Peaker Plant Decarbonization
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Environmental Action Team is seeking letter support from the Board of Health on peaker plants and the need to decarbonize them.
Peaking power plants...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thanks again iBerkshires for covering the peaker issue!
If anyone in Allendale or nearby neighborhoods in Pittsfield, MA has complaints about the plant - noise or air quality when running - we're interested in talking to you. rose@thebeatnews.org .
www.iberkshires.com/story/81018/...
If anyone in Allendale or nearby neighborhoods in Pittsfield, MA has complaints about the plant - noise or air quality when running - we're interested in talking to you. rose@thebeatnews.org .
www.iberkshires.com/story/81018/...
More great reporting from WBUR on some of the nuances of battery storage. Worth a listen! www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
As Mass. pushes for big batteries on the grid, some communities push back
Massachusetts officials says batteries will bring down energy costs and help the grid run on more renewables. But there's a growing movement of people who say they don't want this technology in their ...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
More great reporting from WBUR on some of the nuances of battery storage. Worth a listen! www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
Huh. Solar and battery storage. Who knew? www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti... Thank you #canarymedia.
Electricity is too expensive. Here are three ways to fix that.
Lawmakers nationwide can lower power bills by cutting utility profits, rewarding the companies for boosting efficiency, and unleashing solar and storage.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Huh. Solar and battery storage. Who knew? www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti... Thank you #canarymedia.
Energy Democracy Meltdown - Gov. Healey’s energy affordability bill, H.4144, includes an undemocratic, dangerous “poison pill”, Section 45 that repeals a 1982 state law, prohibiting voter approval of nuclear projects.
Sign the letter today. actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Sign the letter today. actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Stop the Democracy Meltdown
Governor Healey’s proposed energy affordability bill, H.4144, includes some provisions that will benefit consumers -- AND it includes an undemocratic and extremely dangerous “poison pill” called Secti...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Energy Democracy Meltdown - Gov. Healey’s energy affordability bill, H.4144, includes an undemocratic, dangerous “poison pill”, Section 45 that repeals a 1982 state law, prohibiting voter approval of nuclear projects.
Sign the letter today. actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Sign the letter today. actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Data Center impacts are real ... Please think twice before just recreationally using AI and see if you can avoid the work tools it provides until we find a way around these impacts.
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Exposing The Dark Side of America's AI Data Center Explosion
YouTube video by Business Insider
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November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Data Center impacts are real ... Please think twice before just recreationally using AI and see if you can avoid the work tools it provides until we find a way around these impacts.
youtu.be/t-8TDOFqkQA?...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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UPDATE!! National Grid finally opened their enrollment process for the heat pump discount electric rate at pretty much the last second. If you’re a National Grid customer, enroll here ASAP. www.nationalgridus.com/.../Rates/He...
National Grid
National Grid - Here with you. Here for you.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
UPDATE!! National Grid finally opened their enrollment process for the heat pump discount electric rate at pretty much the last second. If you’re a National Grid customer, enroll here ASAP. www.nationalgridus.com/.../Rates/He...
2 urgent actions.
- 3 ways to press National Grid to set up its enrollment for special heat pump rates. Deadline is 11/1!
- Hearings on new Clean Energy siting and regulation, comments due 10/31 for first set, up to 11/14 for last.
No Fracked Gas in Mass newsletter has the info: conta.cc/4nqREzc
- 3 ways to press National Grid to set up its enrollment for special heat pump rates. Deadline is 11/1!
- Hearings on new Clean Energy siting and regulation, comments due 10/31 for first set, up to 11/14 for last.
No Fracked Gas in Mass newsletter has the info: conta.cc/4nqREzc
Urgent: National Grid Electric Rates & New Energy Permitting Regulations
Email from Berkshire Environmental Action Team Your voice needed to get National Grid customers access to "heat pump rates" and on new energy siting and permitting regulations October 27, 2025 • SUBSC
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October 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
2 urgent actions.
- 3 ways to press National Grid to set up its enrollment for special heat pump rates. Deadline is 11/1!
- Hearings on new Clean Energy siting and regulation, comments due 10/31 for first set, up to 11/14 for last.
No Fracked Gas in Mass newsletter has the info: conta.cc/4nqREzc
- 3 ways to press National Grid to set up its enrollment for special heat pump rates. Deadline is 11/1!
- Hearings on new Clean Energy siting and regulation, comments due 10/31 for first set, up to 11/14 for last.
No Fracked Gas in Mass newsletter has the info: conta.cc/4nqREzc
Congrats to HEET for a segment on national news about the Framingham geothermal project. If you haven't heard of this trial of decarbonized district heat, have a look. We should be adopting this where ever it's feasible. @zeynebmagavi.bsky.social
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Unlikely alliance builds cleaner geothermal energy network in Massachusetts community
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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October 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Congrats to HEET for a segment on national news about the Framingham geothermal project. If you haven't heard of this trial of decarbonized district heat, have a look. We should be adopting this where ever it's feasible. @zeynebmagavi.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAxe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAxe...
Pittsfield Friends! We're in the roster of speakers at the Make Polluters Pay event, Saturday 9-27, 1:30 at West Side Riverway Park. Talking about Breathe Easy's look at wildfire smoke and health survey, and the need to Put Peaker Power Plants in the Past. www.wamc.org/news/2025-09...
Supporters of Massachusetts Climate Change Superfund bill to rally in Pittsfield Saturday
On Saturday, environmental activists and local leaders will gather in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to urge passage of a bill aimed at forcing companies responsible for polluting the environment to creat...
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September 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Pittsfield Friends! We're in the roster of speakers at the Make Polluters Pay event, Saturday 9-27, 1:30 at West Side Riverway Park. Talking about Breathe Easy's look at wildfire smoke and health survey, and the need to Put Peaker Power Plants in the Past. www.wamc.org/news/2025-09...
This Thursday! Open House for Eversource pipeline in Springfield/Longmeadow. Please come! Springfield needs all the support they can get! Rally @ 5:15 pm. Event doors @ 6:00 pm.
Can't make it? Join online. Details @ FB event page, or use QR code in poster in comments
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Can't make it? Join online. Details @ FB event page, or use QR code in poster in comments
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Stop Eversource Pipeline Expansion
Event by Mass Power Forward on Thursday, August 7 2025
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August 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This Thursday! Open House for Eversource pipeline in Springfield/Longmeadow. Please come! Springfield needs all the support they can get! Rally @ 5:15 pm. Event doors @ 6:00 pm.
Can't make it? Join online. Details @ FB event page, or use QR code in poster in comments
www.facebook.com/events/19427...
Can't make it? Join online. Details @ FB event page, or use QR code in poster in comments
www.facebook.com/events/19427...
NOTE TO ENVIRO & RESEARCH ORGS: If you work with public environmental data bases and are afraid they might go away (as some federal ones already have!), you can put in a request to the Public Environmental Data Partners to ask them to back it up before it's gone!
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July 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
NOTE TO ENVIRO & RESEARCH ORGS: If you work with public environmental data bases and are afraid they might go away (as some federal ones already have!), you can put in a request to the Public Environmental Data Partners to ask them to back it up before it's gone!
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Springfield Climate Justice Coalition to hold rally and march before Eversource pipeline Open House - August 7th! Please join to show opposition to this needless gas expansion.
Details in New No Fracked Gas in Mass Newsletter - conta.cc/3U601nz
Details in New No Fracked Gas in Mass Newsletter - conta.cc/3U601nz
July 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Springfield Climate Justice Coalition to hold rally and march before Eversource pipeline Open House - August 7th! Please join to show opposition to this needless gas expansion.
Details in New No Fracked Gas in Mass Newsletter - conta.cc/3U601nz
Details in New No Fracked Gas in Mass Newsletter - conta.cc/3U601nz
SPRINGFIELD EVERSOURCE PIPELINE UPDATE!
After two years of silence, Eversource is hosting an Open House, touting the Springfield/Longmeadow pipeline.
Let’s make sure they get to hear from all of us!
New No Fracked Gas in Mass Newsletter has the details. conta.cc/4nTOqFI
After two years of silence, Eversource is hosting an Open House, touting the Springfield/Longmeadow pipeline.
Let’s make sure they get to hear from all of us!
New No Fracked Gas in Mass Newsletter has the details. conta.cc/4nTOqFI
Your Presence Requested - Springfield Pipeline Open House
Email from Berkshire Environmental Action Team Eversource re-starts public outreach on their Springfield/Longmeadow pipeline project after 2 years of silence. July 7, 2025 • SUBSCRIBE TO THIS NEWSLETT
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July 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
SPRINGFIELD EVERSOURCE PIPELINE UPDATE!
After two years of silence, Eversource is hosting an Open House, touting the Springfield/Longmeadow pipeline.
Let’s make sure they get to hear from all of us!
New No Fracked Gas in Mass Newsletter has the details. conta.cc/4nTOqFI
After two years of silence, Eversource is hosting an Open House, touting the Springfield/Longmeadow pipeline.
Let’s make sure they get to hear from all of us!
New No Fracked Gas in Mass Newsletter has the details. conta.cc/4nTOqFI
Time to get yourself, family, neighbors and friends to Springfield to stand up against Eversource's redundant, overbuilt Springfield/Longmeadow pipeline proposal!
Eversource Open House, Aug. 7, 6:00-8:00 pm
#EndFossilFuels #notoxicpipeline
Eversource Open House, Aug. 7, 6:00-8:00 pm
#EndFossilFuels #notoxicpipeline
@eversourcema.bsky.social moving ahead with expanding their polluting fracked gas project through EJ communities in the City of Springfield. Good for their greedy selves & shareholders (ROE on $65M+), bad for everyone & everything else on the planet. #EndFossilFuels @nofrackedgasinmass.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Time to get yourself, family, neighbors and friends to Springfield to stand up against Eversource's redundant, overbuilt Springfield/Longmeadow pipeline proposal!
Eversource Open House, Aug. 7, 6:00-8:00 pm
#EndFossilFuels #notoxicpipeline
Eversource Open House, Aug. 7, 6:00-8:00 pm
#EndFossilFuels #notoxicpipeline
Peak Warning! Mon. 7/7 4pm-8pm.
ISO NE expects the grid to hit peak Monday. YOU can help Shave the Peak. Cut back on heavy electric use: put off running washers, dryers, dishwashers, EV charging during that time. Pre-cool the house earlier, then turn up the thermostat a few degrees during peak.
ISO NE expects the grid to hit peak Monday. YOU can help Shave the Peak. Cut back on heavy electric use: put off running washers, dryers, dishwashers, EV charging during that time. Pre-cool the house earlier, then turn up the thermostat a few degrees during peak.
July 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Peak Warning! Mon. 7/7 4pm-8pm.
ISO NE expects the grid to hit peak Monday. YOU can help Shave the Peak. Cut back on heavy electric use: put off running washers, dryers, dishwashers, EV charging during that time. Pre-cool the house earlier, then turn up the thermostat a few degrees during peak.
ISO NE expects the grid to hit peak Monday. YOU can help Shave the Peak. Cut back on heavy electric use: put off running washers, dryers, dishwashers, EV charging during that time. Pre-cool the house earlier, then turn up the thermostat a few degrees during peak.
Energy Storage Grant Program for MA - Proposed new grant program for better access to energy storage for EJ community projects: cooling centers, emergency centers, churches, schools, municipal buildings, etc.
COMMENT PERIOD ENDS JULY 15TH - send comments ASAP!
www.mass.gov/info-details...
COMMENT PERIOD ENDS JULY 15TH - send comments ASAP!
www.mass.gov/info-details...
www.mass.gov
July 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Energy Storage Grant Program for MA - Proposed new grant program for better access to energy storage for EJ community projects: cooling centers, emergency centers, churches, schools, municipal buildings, etc.
COMMENT PERIOD ENDS JULY 15TH - send comments ASAP!
www.mass.gov/info-details...
COMMENT PERIOD ENDS JULY 15TH - send comments ASAP!
www.mass.gov/info-details...
PEAK POWER ALERT - Conserve today and tomorrow 4-8PM. Delay appliance use & EV charging until night. Pre-cool your house by running it cold until 4:00 PM, then turn the thermostat up to use less power until 8pm.
» Sign up for Shave the Peak alerts
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» Sign up for Shave the Peak alerts
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Sign up for Shave the Peak
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June 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
PEAK POWER ALERT - Conserve today and tomorrow 4-8PM. Delay appliance use & EV charging until night. Pre-cool your house by running it cold until 4:00 PM, then turn the thermostat up to use less power until 8pm.
» Sign up for Shave the Peak alerts
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» Sign up for Shave the Peak alerts
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New No Fracked Gas in Mass newsletter.
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Surprise! New large pipeline projects and expansions to existing systems being proposed. NFG website updated with info.
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Surprise! New large pipeline projects and expansions to existing systems being proposed. NFG website updated with info.
New pipeline projects emerging
Email from Berkshire Environmental Action Team New policies cause surge in new large pipeline proposals and expansion of existing systems June 20, 2025 • SUBSCRIBE TO THIS NEWSLETTER! New pipeline inf
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June 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
New No Fracked Gas in Mass newsletter.
conta.cc/464BoPa
Surprise! New large pipeline projects and expansions to existing systems being proposed. NFG website updated with info.
conta.cc/464BoPa
Surprise! New large pipeline projects and expansions to existing systems being proposed. NFG website updated with info.
WTBR & PCTV had us on Morning Drive! Rose & Jane talk about peaker plant alternatives, BESS, air quality monitoring, wildlife protection, and the creeping return of gas pipelines to the Northeast.
*Error at 12:00 "lithium ion" should be "iron flow" batteries.
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*Error at 12:00 "lithium ion" should be "iron flow" batteries.
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WTBR-FM's 'Morning Drive' - Guests: Rose Wessel & Jane Winn
Are you a fan of the great local content produced by Pittsfield Community Television? We've got great news for you. Use PCTV Select to see the best local television programming, including news and i...
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May 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
WTBR & PCTV had us on Morning Drive! Rose & Jane talk about peaker plant alternatives, BESS, air quality monitoring, wildlife protection, and the creeping return of gas pipelines to the Northeast.
*Error at 12:00 "lithium ion" should be "iron flow" batteries.
watch.pittsfieldtv.net/internetchan...
*Error at 12:00 "lithium ion" should be "iron flow" batteries.
watch.pittsfieldtv.net/internetchan...
CT friends - Did you know Gov. Lamont is siding with Trump on allowing more pipelines? Speak out! It's no ok!
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Gov. Lamont, just say no to natural gas!
Gov. Ned Lamont dumped his own climate goals in the incinerator with plans to expand natural gas.
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April 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
CT friends - Did you know Gov. Lamont is siding with Trump on allowing more pipelines? Speak out! It's no ok!
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April's No Fracked Gas in Mass Monthly News Roundup looks at the declaration of a National Energy Emergency.
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No Fracked Gas in Mass Monthly Environmental News
Email from Berkshire Environmental Action Team Catch up on the latest in environmental news A National Energy Emergency? “The energy and critical minerals (“energy”) identification, leasing, develop
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April 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
April's No Fracked Gas in Mass Monthly News Roundup looks at the declaration of a National Energy Emergency.
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