No Cost Plan...any hope for"Pay as You Drive" Insurance program?

Mass. Releases Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases
By Jay Lindsay - Dec 29, 2010 By The Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — The state's energy chief on Wednesday released a plan to sharply cut Massachusetts' greenhouse gas emissions that calls for better efficiency, more hydroelectric power and an experimental insurance program aimed at curbing driving.

The "Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2020" tries to reduce emissions to 25 percent below their 1990 levels within the decade, as required by the state's two-year-old anti-global warming law.

The plan by Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles outlines more than two dozen steps to get there that mix existing policies with expanded or new programs.

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High Energy in Boston

Clean Energy Week coming up! That means a number of opportunities for networking, pitching, learning. Here are the highlights:


New England MREC's 2nd Annual Technical Conference: November 2

Conference on Clean Energy 2010: November 3-4

Conference on Clean Energy 2010 – November 3, Reception Only tickets – includes access to exhibit Hall

Clean Energy Careers Briefing: November 4 (afternoon)

Green Tie Gala: November 4 (evening)

U.S.-Canada Energy Trade and Technology Conference: November 4-5, 2010

Boston Cleantech Venture Day (BCVD): November 5, 2010

Museum of Science Clean Energy Fair: November 5-8, 2010


There's also Clean Energy Week Special Package Pricing.
Please see Fees and Registration for the Clean Energy Week Packages

Clean-Tech Incubation in Mass.

The Globe's Scott Kirsner today highlights the situation in clean-technology here in Mass. Nice mention of the North Shore Tech Council's Cleantech InnoVenture Center. Addresses city and statewide efforts to harness the manpower we have here toward this critical and burgeoning market. Useful read and good resources listed. See: Can a Cleantech Incubator Grow in Boston?