Massachusetts is pushing ahead with an ambitious green agenda, but there has been remarkably little debate about the its scope or what might undermine it.
With an abundance of innovators and entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists to fund them, Massachusetts is poised to do well by doing good in the clean energy economy. But that doesn't mean green jobs will be growing on trees.
There's a growing split between those willing to accept some disruption of the natural landscape to combat climate change and those who refuse to compromise.
San Francisco far outpaces Boston in recycling efforts, and tougher laws may be only part of the reason.
Ian Bowles is in charge of a sweeping series of energy and environmental initiatives designed to get Massachusetts off the fossil fuel roller coaster. And he's betting that the Bay State economy will benefit from the change.