Miriam Wasser is a senior reporter with WBUR's climate and environment team.
Before coming to WBUR, she was a staff writer for the Phoenix New Times in Arizona. Her work has also appeared in Boston Magazine, The Atlantic, Narratively, DigBoston and The Big Roundtable.
Miriam holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
She once wrote an 11,000-word story about the quirky — and sometimes dark — world of domestic rabbit breeding. Really.
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Gas utilities’ climate plans are ‘critically flawed,’ state officials and advocates say
Climate advocates and Massachusetts officials blasted the climate plans put forward by the state's five gas utilities. The Department of Energy Resources called the plans "inactionable and unenforceable."
People with heat pumps get a break on electric bills from new Mass. program
New England has some of the highest electricity prices in the country. But this past winter, 140,000 households in Massachusetts got a break on their bills because they have a...
When utilities ask to raise rates, customers pay the legal fees. A bill in Mass. would change that
Lawmakers are considering legislation that would prohibit utilities from passing on rate case expenses to their customers. Instead, the utility would foot the bill, taking the money out of its...
Vineyard Wind, country's first large-scale offshore wind project, finishes construction
After years of starts and stops, construction on Vineyard Wind, the country's first large-scale offshore wind project, wrapped up this week.
Spiking oil prices are hitting hard for Mass. residents who use fuel oil
The war with Iran has sent global oil prices soaring and there's a lot of uncertainty about what comes next. Here in Massachusetts, that turmoil is affecting many residents who...
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With so many storm outages, why don't we put more power lines underground in Mass.?
Putting power lines underground feels like an easy solution to weather-related outages. Problem is, it's wicked expensive.
2025 was a tough year for climate progress in Mass., though there were some bright spots
The 2025 Massachusetts climate report card shows that the state made some progress in key metrics, despite losing a lot of federal support and funding.
Boston is piloting a new type of heat pump that's as easy to install as a window AC
The Boston Housing Authority is piloting a new type of window-mounted heat pump that's relatively inexpensive and easy to install.
Judge says construction on Vineyard Wind can resume
A federal judge issued a temporary pause on a Trump administration order that halted construction on Vineyard Wind in late December. The project is 95% complete and already generating power...
Vineyard Wind to argue in federal court for getting back to work ASAP
The developer behind a large offshore wind farm near Massachusetts will try to convince a federal judge on Tuesday to allow construction on the project to resume.