03:33Nov 20, 2019

Brookline Is Still Cooking With Gas, But May Ban Fossil Fuels For Heating

If the warrant article passes, Brookline will be the first town in Massachusetts to enact such a ban.

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The discharge canal at Pilgrim, where water used for cooling at the plant is released back into Cape Cod Bay. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

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