<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Western Massachusetts Clean Energy Network</title><description>An informal group working on clean energy, siting, and forest stewardship in Western Massachusetts.</description><link>https://www.wmcen.org/</link><item><title>What the new MA permitting rules change</title><link>https://www.wmcen.org/posts/chapter-239-overview/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.wmcen.org/posts/chapter-239-overview/</guid><description>A plain-language summary of the 2024 Massachusetts law that rewrote how solar, wind, and storage projects get permitted.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Forest carbon and solar siting</title><link>https://www.wmcen.org/posts/forest-carbon-solar-siting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.wmcen.org/posts/forest-carbon-solar-siting/</guid><description>Clearing forest to build solar trades one form of climate benefit for another. How that trade actually pencils out.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What this site is for</title><link>https://www.wmcen.org/posts/welcome/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.wmcen.org/posts/welcome/</guid><description>The Western Massachusetts Clean Energy Network explains itself.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>