Environment

UMASS BOSTON WILL ALSO BE USELESS UNDERWATER

Image by Kent Buckley October 5, 2015 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS This week’s column is a codicil to last week’s column on the need for local policy wonks and politicians to stop proposing major public infrastructure projects in parts of Boston that are going to flood during the increasingly frequent

A NORTH-SOUTH RAIL LINK WON’T DO ANY GOOD UNDERWATER

Image via ELM Action Fund October 2, 2015 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS When I heard that two former Massachusetts governors — Michael Dukakis and Bill Weld — are both pushing for a North-South Rail Link between North Station and South Station in downtown Boston, my first reaction was, “I guess they didn’t get my