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    Fusion reactor at Devens. 3-D Printing at Devens

    That temperature is in the ballpark. The fusion reactor uses very strong magnetic fields to keep the extremely hot plasma away from the reactor walls. The temperature at the center of the sun is about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. The plasma in Commonwealth Fusion's reactor will reach a...
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    Fusion reactor at Devens. 3-D Printing at Devens

    The link to a Virginia newspaper article below gives more background on the site choice. It appears that the huge data centers in Virginia played a role. https://virginiamercury.com/2024/12/18/virginia-to-host-worlds-first-fusion-power-plant/ This is not a big generating plant, in the...
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    Fusion reactor at Devens. 3-D Printing at Devens

    Commonwealth Fusion [Devens MA] announced location of the world's first commercial fusion reactor facility,: near Richmond Virginia. This will be a 400 megawatt plant. Scheduled to become operational in the early 2030s. After the fusion reactor is tested at Devens in 2026-2027, and works as...
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    Dozens of Miami condo buildings sinking

    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article296831519.html Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article296831519.html#storylink=cpy
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    Lab Building (née Hotel Hampshire) | 34-40 Hampshire St. | Cambridge

    For some reason, the ground floor is not available for lease. The upper three floors, 30,000+ sq ft are available for lease. https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/united-states/properties/for-lease/life-sciences/ma/cambridge/30-hampshire-street/s121292916-l Google streetview is from August...
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    Mega data center planned for Westfield MA. Cost $3 billion

    Much of the Globe article deals with the Legislature exempting the development from state use and sales taxes. Westfield would receive about $372 million in property taxes over 40 years. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/20/business/data-center-western-mass/
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    I suspect they already have a fairly good idea of the extent and nature of the hazardous material contamination. For remediation, I believe the plan is to cap the site with gravel and fill. Capping the site will elevate the stadium and substantially increase its resiliency against future...
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    Article in the Globe on the new stadium. Two Globe reporters interviewed the team president. Highlights: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/18/sports/new-england-revolution-new-stadium-everett/?p1=Article_Recirc_Most_Popular&p1=Article_Recirc_Most_Popular
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    This language, with its specific mention of bus routes and given the short timeframe to do the study,, suggests to me that the legislature is not looking for solutions that would require a major investment in transportation infrastructure.
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    Wind Turbines in Mass

    Thank you for finding and linking that story from the local press. And thank God for the local press. The following report from the radio station in Quebec is Google translated from French. Image below is courtesy of the radio station in Quebec.
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    Boston Harbor Flood Protection Projects

    1.) The law does not carve out an exclusion for Federal lands wholly within the boundaries of a single state. 2.) The Secretary of the Army must act in accordance with the provisions of 33 CFR Part 322. (CFR stands for Code of Federal Regulations. You can read 33 CFR Part 322 here...
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    Boston Harbor Flood Protection Projects

    ^^^ This is incorrect. Full text of Section 9. Bolding in the substantive text mine. Consent of Congress is not required for a Boston flood barrier.
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    Lynn infill and small developments

    Google streetview, November 2020, construction of 34 Munroe St. is nearly complete. vvvvv https://maps.app.goo.gl/BRHrTpXkpqcsDk647 Google streetview, October 2018, the site is a parking lot. No evidence of even pre-construction. vvvv https://maps.app.goo.gl/6jnup8RRhG18KkTr5 This is across...
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    Shreve, Crump & Low Redevelopment | 334-364 Boylston Street | Back Bay

    Google streetview from 2007. The old glass was more reflective than I thought. The larger expanse of the old windows was softened by muntins and mullions, and there was less contrast when set against the brown brick columns, in contrast to the current whitish limestone. And what a chopped up...
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    Shreve, Crump & Low Redevelopment | 334-364 Boylston Street | Back Bay

    Transparent glass is not reflective The notion that high-paid consultants would embrace transparency into their affairs as much as the ladies in the windows in Amsterdam do in theirs is more than a bit ludicrous.
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    Boston Harbor Flood Protection Projects

    Hurricane Helene tracked 100 miles to the west of Tampa in the Gulf of Mexico. The Great Hurricane of 1938 made a first landfall in Long Island, and a second landfall near Milford CT. The 1938 Hurricane then tracked to the west of Hartford and Springfield. For a storm surge, a hurricane's...
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    Boston Harbor Flood Protection Projects

    When measuring storm surge in a hurricane in the Northern hemisphere, the highest surge values are on the right-side quadrants of a hurricane .that is traveling poleward. The highest storm surges produced by the Great Hurricane of 1938 are shown in the images below. The referenced South...
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    WSJ reporting that Spirit is in talks with bondholders on a possible bankruptcy filing.
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    Greenway Residential Building | 55 India Street | Downtown

    Referencing the conversation on the renderings for the new building on the Shreve Crump & Low site, the rendering below is ground level: I would not guess that the aerial rendering upthread is the same building.
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    South Boston Innovation Campus | 2 Harbor Street | Seaport

    So this is the future site of 4 Harbor? Is there any timeline for building this?

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