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  THIS DESERVES TO STAND ALONE FOR ITS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON MOVING  FORWARD!  POLITICAL HYSTERIA AND OVER-REACTIONS TO SOLVE CURRENT ENERGY  IS NOT A SOLUTION TO A TEMPORARY PROBLEM. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN THE LAST DIRTY COAL POWER  PLANT, BRAYTON POINT FINALLY CLOSED, IT ENDED AN ERA OF ELEVATED  ASTHMA RATES IN THE SRROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE FUTURE IS NOT  DIRTY ENERGY AND FOSSIL FUELS.  TRUMP ELIMINATED THE ENERGY STAR RATINGS THAT ARE BEING GRADUALLY  BEING PROVIDED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. WE WERE PREVIOSLY BUYING LEDs FOR $1 EACH UNTIL TRUMP IMPOSED  TARIFFS.  REDUCING CONSUMPTION IS THE SOLUTION! No time for timidity on clean energy The path to affordability is by leading on efficiency, not cutting the program that is helping Massachusetts households use less energy by   Mariella Puerto 5 days ago Environmental activists walk through the halls of the State House on February 26, 2026, criticizing a House en...

  ADVERTISEMENT Sponsored by  The Boston Foundation The Best of  CommonWealth Beacon    OPINION (Image via Pixabay by FotoRichter) We can’t sit idle as Washington pulls the plug on the Massachusetts innovation economy   December 14, 2025 By  Eric Nakajima Massachusetts has experienced a full assault on the basic pillars of our innovation economy. Clean energy programs and infrastructure, biomedical research funding, immigration, and core funding and academic freedom at our state’s leading universities have all landed in the crosshairs of the Trump administration’s reckless cuts and ideologically extreme policy agenda .    While President Trump wraps this all in America First rhetoric, these moves will severely undermine our country’s ability to compete economically and remain a global leader in cutting-edge research and development. Given the outsized role these areas play here, the threat to Massachusetts is particularly acute.    The C...