
Pollution Inequality Must Stop
“Dr. Brita Lundberg – “Deliberately locating industry in environmental justice (EJ) communities, low income and minority communities that already disproportionately suffer from legacy pollutants due to the many industries located

PMLP meets January 26
The Peabody Municipal Light Commission has a full agenda on January 26, 6:30pm, 201 Warren St. Ext., Peabody, Ma. LIVE only. • Reaffirmation of PMLP Policies • 2023 MMWEC Voting
EEA EJ Task Force taking comments on draft strategy through Jan. 27
Thank you No Coal No Gas The Office of Energy and Environmental Affair’s Environmental Justice Policy and Executive Order 552 require that EEA agencies develop their own strategies to “proactively

Mythbusting Your Rising Electric Bill
Whose getting your money? With the help of experts across the region, we’ll be digging in on where the money we pay goes, why bills are going up so much

Budget Maneuvers
It took a bit of asking but we did get a paper copy of the FY23 budget of the Peabody Municipal Light Plant. But, the total amount of the budget

Notice of Joint Convention: Peabody City Council and Peabody Municipal Light Commission
The Joint Convention will be held on Tuesday, February 21 at 6:30pm in the Wiggin Auditorium, Peabody City Hall. The deadline for filing a letter of intent and resume to

PMLP announces another rate increase
“This means that the all-in rate for residential customers is around 16.5¢/kWh. In comparison, National Grid’s rate is 48.8¢/kWh. PMLP still maintains very competitive electric rates compared to other utilities

Fix the Grid Campaign Launch
Join us to get oriented to the campaign strategy, meet others involved in the effort, and then dig in on state-specific plans with fellow advocates from your state. We’ll be

BCNS meets next on Jan. 10
BCNS meets biweekly on Tuesdays, 6:30pm on Zoom. Our last meeting was January 3 where we decided to revise our meeting schedule to better accommodate other local activists who faced

Comment Deadline: Jan. 13
Draft Environmental Justice strategy and maps will be available for public commentThe Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) EEA is pleased to announce that it is undertaking two

Environmental Justice Public Listening Session
TUESDAY — JANUARY 10, 2023 — ONLINERegister here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h3pSqAeRQh–b50JnMccfA EAA’s Environmental Justice Strategy (3 of 4)The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (“EEA”) invites all Commonwealth residents to attend

Increased pressure “has worn him down.”
News from PMLP for the new year! Including details on how the PMLP board vacancy will be filled. Retiring commissioner Charles Bonfanti said “increased pressure from environmental activists to shut

One of North Shore Patch’s Top Stories of 2022
Peabody Generator Foes Demand Health Assessment At Public Hearing Dozens opposed to the fossil fuel-powered generator spoke out against the planned peak-energy unit at the Waters River substation. https://patch.com/massachusetts/peabody/peabody-generator-foes-demand-health-assessment-public-hearing

BCNS Meeting January 3
Breathe Clean North Shore meets next on Tuesday, January 3, 6:30pm on Zoom. Join us for updates and planning. Here’s the link: bit.ly/zoom-BCNS

Air Quality 12/29
ALERT: Dec. 29 – The four Purple Air monitors in Peabody are all in the “orange” category which means “air quality is acceptable. However, there may be a risk for

Peabody’s Net Zero Plan – or not.
As the calendar year is about to turn, I looked back to a year ago on the City of Peabody and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council Net Zero Workshop on


Peabody’s Solely Solar House
Thank you Mark Dullea for your comments at the DEP Public Hearing earlier this month. Read the article in the Lynn Item.

No More In-Person PMLP Energy Awareness Forums
The fourth Energy Awareness Forum of the PMLP is cancelled tonight, Dec. 21. The following is posted on the PMLP website: “Originally, the forums were for addressing public questions and

Peabody Light Commission Updates
The FY 2023 Budget of the Peabody Municipal Light Plant will be released in electronic form only this year, Manager Joe Anastasi announced on December 15. He said the document