Massachusetts Climate Change Bill

Massachusetts Climate Change Bill

As we brace for the third major storm this month, the frequency and impact of this wild weather and its effects, like flooding and other damage, have many thinking that there need to be big solutions to climate change and its effects on Massachusetts. Connecting...
Climate Change

Climate Change

For skiers and cold weather enthusiasts, this winter so far has been a dud! It started off with an unusually mild December. Why, you wonder, after last year’s record snowfall? 22 News Meteorologist Brian Lapis and Professor Michael Rawlins from UMass join...

Climate Report

Professor Michael Rawlins, Manager of the Climate System Research Center at the University of Massachusetts, discusses the recently-released Federal National Climate Assessment Report, which foresees major changes in the weather—especially here in the Northeast—if...

Professor Ray Bradley on Global Warming

  UMass Professor Ray Bradley, Director of the Climate Systems Research Center discusses his views on global warming as a key factor leading to the recent severe storms in the region. UMasss Climate Systems Research Center        ...

WMECo President Peter Clarke

WMECo President & COO Peter Clarke talks about storm preparations one year after the Halloween weekend storm that knocked out power for up to a week in much of Western and Central Massachusetts. Would WMECO be better prepared to restore service faster if such a...

UMass Climatologist

UMass Climatologist Michael Rawlins discusses the recent unusual weather, with a warmer than normal winter and spring, and what it all may mean. Michael Rawlin at...

Climatologist

Climatologist Prof. Michael Rawlins, Manager of the Climate System Research Center at U-Mass/Amherst says our massive October snow storm will go down in the record books. It follows the wettest weather period on record in the Northeast. Does he think global warming is...