Globe: Beacon Hill has put short-term tactical victories ahead of strategic progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Though state legislators can't reform the Jones Act, they can expand their restrictive approach to natural gas infrastructure.

"We can't ignore this," Energy and Environment Secretary Matthew Beaton told the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change.

Region’s power grid operator concerned about emissions limitations

Efforts by some environmental activists to block natural gas infrastructure have had the opposite of their intended effect.

Weather put a spotlight on efforts to maintain reliable energy supplies while addressing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels.