Miriam Wasser
@miriamwasser
Climate and energy reporter for WBUR, Boston's NPR. Email: MRWASSER@bu.edu Signal: Miriam_Wasser.47
On Friday, a large wastewater pipe ruptured during a heavy rainstorm in Haverhill, MA. Since then, an estimated 8 million gallons of untreated sewage has been flowing into the Merrimack River daily. @wbur.org
Hey, Boston! What are you doing today?! Come join me and a fabulous panel to talk about why your utility bills are so damn high! 11 am on the BU Campus Details here: festival.wbur.org
"Everything helps!" Massachusetts officials predicted the average household with a heat pump would save $540 on their electric bills this past winter, thanks to the new discounted heat pump rate. www.wbur.org/news/2026/04...
Tomorrow, 11/1, tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents who heat their homes with #heatpumps will start getting a discounted electric rate that lasts through April. The notifications (like the one attached) have been going out for the last few weeks. www.wbur.org/news/2025/08... @wbur.org
Hey Boston! Come visit our @wbur.org tent at the Head of the Charles. We have lots of fun, free swag 📻
5/ Here's a list of all the Climate and Environment Events at the WBUR Festival @moranwriter.bsky.social @katbagley.bsky.social @zteirstein.bsky.social
4/ I really hope you can come to the festival -- and let's be honest, I'd especially like you to come to my panel. sched.co/21skN It features a truly all-star lineup: Sec. Rebecca Tepper, Dan Dolan and Mireille Bejjani. We'll talk tariffs, decarbonization, affordability, EJ and much more! 🔌💡
2/ Tickets are still available for this seriously good lineup Full schedule here: www.wburfestival.org/schedule
Taking off my climate reporter hat this Saturday and putting on this fabulous tricorn one. See ya at the Battle Green! #Lex250
Spotted on I-95: A reminder that MA (and much of the Northeast) is in a severe drought. More on the state of the situation and its climate change connection 👇 www.wbur.org/news/2024/11... @wbur.org
Another view of the Vineyard Wind project from our boat trip yesterday @wbur.org
I've been reporting on offshore wind for 4+ years. Today I finally got to see some turbines out in the ocean! @wbur.org