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News and Opinion

• Boston Globe: Patrick’s energy policies under criticism, by Jay Fitzgerald (Oct 11, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Oil-Price Slump Strains Budgets of Some OPEC Members, by Benoît Faucon, Sarah Kent and Summer Said (Oct 10, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: California Finally to Reap Fracking’s Riches, by Alison Sider and Cassandra Sweet (Oct 7, 2014)
• Boston Globe: Environmentalists recall changes in Baker’s position on climate change, by David Abel (Oct 7, 2014)
• Boston Globe: Utilities may limit new natural gas connections, by Jay Fitzgerald (Oct 4, 2014)
• Boston Globe: Renewables are in New England’s future, but gas pipelines still needed, editorial (Oct 4, 2014)
• Boston Globe: Attorney general protests rate hike, by Jack Newsham (Oct 2, 2014)
• Boston Globe: Residents displaced by Dorchester house explosion suing National Grid, by Travis Andersen (Oct 1, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Energy, Rail Firms Fight Some Crude-Train Rules, by Lynn Cook, Bob Tita and Betsy Morris (Sept 30, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Federal Clean-Energy Loan Guarantees Go Begging, by Amy Harder (Sept 28, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Fossil Fueling the Green Agenda, by Allysia Finley (Sept 26, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Japan Pushes Zero-Energy Structures, by Tatsuo Ito (Sept 26, 2014)
• Boston Globe: Electric rates in Mass. set to spike this winter, by Jack Newsham (Sept 25, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Top Industry Group Backs Testing of Crude Oil Carried by Train, by Russell Gold (Sept 25, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Obama: U.S., China Must Lead on Climate Change Efforts, by William Mauldin and Jeffrey Sparshott (Sept 23, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Six Energy Firms to Sign Pact to Cut Methane Emissions, by William Mauldin, Amy Harder and Erin Ailworth (Sept 22, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Dangers Aside, Railways Reshape Crude Market, by Russell Gold and Chester Dawson (Sept 21, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Crude Oil's Quick Fall Leaves Trail of Queries, by Jerry A. DiColo and Carolyn Cui (Sept 18, 2014)
• Boston Globe: Massive storm leaves wreckage, lightning strikes in its wake, by Jeremy C. Fox and Jennifer Smith (Sept 7, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Proposal Threatens to Aggravate Shortage of Railcars to Move Oil, by Bob Tita (Aug 12, 2014)
• Boston Globe: Legislature deals setback to Patrick on energy bills, by Jay Fitzgerald (Aug 2, 2014)
• Boston Globe: How to install solar power and save, by Elizabeth Gehrman (July 17, 2014)
• Boston Globe: Thousands of gas leaks in Boston area, study finds, by Callum Borchers (July 16, 2014)
• Boston Globe: Borrego Solar aids solar power boom in Mass., by Erin Ailworth (July 14, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: After Lethal Crash, Quebec's Lac-Mégantic Fears Return of Oil Trains, by David George-Cosh (July 4, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Two Oil-Tank Cars on Canadian National Train Derail in Rural Alberta, by David George-Cosh (July 4, 2014)
• Boston Globe: Compensation jumps for National Grid executives, by Erin Ailworth (June 11, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Secrecy of Oil-by-Train Shipments Causes Concern Across the U.S., by Russell Gold and Betsy Morris (May 22, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Canadian Regulators Say Oil in Train Accident Was as Volatile as Gasoline, by Chester Dawson and Russell Gold (Mar 6, 2014)
• Boston Globe: Solar use will push energy costs up in Mass., by Jay Fitzgerald (Feb 12, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Firms Fined Over Volatile Oil on Rails, by Russell Gold (Feb 4, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Fiery Oil-Train Accidents Raise Railroad Insurance Worries, by Betsy Morris (Jan 8, 2014)
• Wall St Journal: Crude-Oil Impurities Are Probed in Rail Blasts, by Russell Gold and Lynn Cook (Jan 1, 2014)

Advocacy

• The Conservation Law Foundation