Jordan Wolman

Senior reporter @CWBeacon focused on climate + energy issues in Massachusetts. Previously @politico. @LUbrownwhite alum

[Jordan Wolman @jordanwolman]

Oh hey #mapoli

@MassGovernor pauses state data center tax credit that just recently went into effect

[Jordan Wolman @jordanwolman]

New: I went deep on Melissa Hoffer, climate chief of Massachusetts

Who is she? What is her actual job? And why does she live with goats in the middle of nowhere?

What Hoffer's role says about @MassGovernor + climate politics right now #mapoli https://t.co/GEPAmaGkLg

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Meanwhile, Vineyard Wind, the state's lone offshore wind project in operation, is currently producing less than half of its expected electricity.

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New: The New England Clean Energy Connect, a brand-new transmission line carrying hydropower from Canada into Mass., didn't deliver power for the past 2 weeks before deliveries resumed today.

No one will say whether the project will pay penalties. #mapoli https://t.co/d1itugd550

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New: Massachusetts won $64M in federal funding to build EV chargers

Trump didn't claw it back

Yet in 4 years since federal approval, no chargers have been built through the program

Now, 1 of the 3 selected vendors still hasn't signed a contract #mapoli https://t.co/G4Ko4efPky

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New: Massachusetts gas companies regularly exceed their methane emissions limits set by the state. Now state regulators are weighing how much to crack down. #mapoli https://t.co/qYfnM0PUSA

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NEW: Controversial private jet expansion proposal at Hanscom faces setbacks as developers look to move project ahead

https://t.co/bqWvKGbtZ4

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New: Energy giant Enbridge is proposing a new natural gas pipeline expansion, thrusting Mass into another energy debate in the midst of @MassGovernor campaign, rising prices, higher power demand and slipping climate commitments #mapoli

https://t.co/BGQo4USBjP

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New: Gov. Maura Healey's reelection bid is running into the same messy energy politics that have dominated her first term in office.

Some enviros are withholding donation $$, others are on board, and a nat gas group is claiming to wield access. #mapoli https://t.co/kV1J1Yyb6N

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Read this!!! It's important.

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Thirty years ago, @CWBeacon launched by examining the middle class in Massachusetts as revealed by one neighborhood in Billerica.

I've spent the past month back where we started, trying to figure out: what even *is* the middle class in 2026? #mapoli

https://t.co/kf0wqkKY8J

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Calling all data centers: Your tax break is now live in Massachusetts #mapoli

https://t.co/XHsaS1YjP1

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Follows earlier story on shifting politics in the Bay State around data centers as a planned tax credit remains in limbo amid energy, water consumption concerns #mapoli https://t.co/RGb2Mox9Xw

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New: Data center backlash continues in Massachusetts -- and hits the courts.

Lowell residents allege an "undisclosed agreement" between state regulators, data center owner that paved the way for the approval of air permits and 8 new diesel generators

https://t.co/SghJ6Q8OOB

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New: One year after Massachusetts launched a new system for unemployment benefits, the state is still struggling to pay claimants

“I’m pretty much at my breaking point,” said Erik Staples, of Worcester, who has been waiting for aid for 10 months #mapoli

https://t.co/uy7H1ilVMs

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NEW: Boston, in new climate plan, opens up possibility of delaying flood insurance discounts

https://t.co/QmYb5flPGO

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New: The Senate and House appear poised for a messy negotiation over @MassGovernor's sweeping energy affordability bill.

Michael Barrett, chair of the Senate energy committee, told me he's unlikely to pursue the House's deep cuts to Mass Save. #mapoli

https://t.co/LgpCHzedIm

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New: We still don't know how much pollution is coming from state-owned vehicles in Massachusetts despite a 2017 regulation requiring annual reporting and emissions reductions. #mapoli https://t.co/G0aqZUoXDK

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New: Gasoline prices jumped 50 cents in a month in Mass. For a state already dealing with some of the highest energy costs in the country, the latest spike at the pump fueled by war in Iran is adding pressure on state officials that have few good options

https://t.co/RsmP1pab4f

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New: A Mass. homeowner received a loan to install solar and battery storage

Abe Walters was ready to start his project until his utility told him he had to pay $12K to upgrade a transformer

Connecting solar projects has become a game of chance as regulators look for fix #mapoli

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NEW: ‘It’s like Russian roulette’: A Bellingham man’s plan to add solar and battery storage to his home meets a nearly $12K utility bill

https://t.co/4DZM4FrYOc

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New: Should a community be able to reject a solar project to protect its trees?

In Mass., that's exactly what the state's highest court will need to decide. #mapoli

https://t.co/ECH284y2fQ