Thank you, Rep. Sabadosa, for fighting for climate justice. We are with you.
8 Ways The New Climate Bill Affects You, Your Washing Machine And Our Climate Goals
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There's a big climate bill on Gov. Baker's desk. Here's what you need to know about it.What a shameful, cowardly act.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker vetoes climate bill
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The sweeping climate bill would have set new targets to make carbon emissions decrease drastically by 2050.So disappointing. Here I was, thinking he was ok for a republican...I should have known better.
Sick sick sick!
Lead, follow or get out of the way.
Disgusting. Next election let’s vote him out!!
Will Gov Baker sign the climate bill today?
On climate change bill, it might be 'groundhog day’ - CommonWealth Magazine
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THE LEADERS of the House and Senate on Wednesday put pressure on Gov. Charlie Baker to sign a climate change bill into law by warning him that the two branches will pass the same bill again in the coming days of the new legislative session if he vetoes the measure. The climate change bill was(...)He vetoed it.
Please sign it, Governor Baker!
Guest columnist Richard Cooper: Despite challenges ahead, business owner supports plastics rules
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I am writing in support of the Plastic Reduction and Sustainability Ordinance now pending before Northampton City Council. Among other things, the ordinance will prohibit restaurants and food retailers from using and/or selling most types of plastic...Great work by the Divest movement and Stop the Money Pipeline.
Opinion | One of Trump's most significant failures is a massive win for the climate movement — MSNBC
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The fossil fuel divestment movement was a success in 2020. It will need to go even harder in 2021.Great news, resulting from economic forces rejecting fossil fuels.
Arctic refuge lease sale goes bust, as major oil companies skip out - Alaska Public Media
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The first-ever oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge marks a historic and controversial moment in a 40-year battle over whether to drill for oil on the northeast Alaska land.Not unexpected, but certainly a huge relief.
Our Best Chance to Slow Global Warming Comes in the Next Nine Years — The New Yorker
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Columnist Marty Nathan: Positives and a negative concerning the climate emergency
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I admit it: this column on the climate emergency is usually pretty depressing.Today, though, I want to offer a bit of respite and hope. Though 2020 is on course to be either the hottest or second-hottest year on record; though the polar regions are...https://commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/…
Baker is wrong to subsidize wood burning - CommonWealth Magazine
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GOVS. CHARLIE BAKER of Massachusetts and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan were featured US officials at the fifth anniversary celebration of the Paris Climate Agreement. Their presence demonstrated that state leaders, from both political parties, are actively battling the climate emergency. It is theref...Thanks for posting, Tina!
Climate Roadmap Bill Sent To Baker’s Desk
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At the heart of the bill is the state's greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for 2050 and the legislation trains the state's attention on the work of getting there.insideclimatenews.org
Parts of the world economy may have been on pause during 2020, dampening greenhouse gas emissions for a while. But that didn’t slow the overall buildup of atmospheric carbon dioxide, which reached its highest level in millions of years. If anything, research during the year showed global warming...When scientists become the resistance.
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Every time the word “climate” was deleted from the name of his program at the Environmental Protection Agency, Dan Costa stuck it back in. Chris Frey fought back in the unlikely setting of a hotel conference room, where he and 20 other members of an EPA science review panel dismissed by the Trum...Friends, this looks very exciting. Is there a down side?
A Monster Wind Turbine Is Upending an Industry
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G.E.’s giant machine, which can light up a small town, is stoking a renewable-energy arms race.Scrutiny persists over biomass plant in Springfield
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SPRINGFIELD — As the year comes to an end, environmental and racial justice advocates are sounding the alarm about legislation and regulations that are set to benefit a proposed wood-burning power plant in Springfield.The energy plant, which developer...Sorry I missed it, Lindsay.
This s a terrible thing to have to post.
'The Arctic Ocean Is Dying': Grim Conclusion as Biggest North Pole Mission Returns
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The largest Arctic research expedition in history returned to Germany after 13 months in the Arctic, including several months with its ship deliberately trapped by sea ice. The mission aboard the German Alfred Wegener Institute's Polarstern gathered information to give scientists a window into the f...US is Ill-Prepared to Safely Manage its Nuclear Waste from Climate Threats
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More than 150 sites across the country have to be managed for radioactive waste for centuries or millennia. But there’s no plan in place for how this will be done, says GAO report.This is real local leadership for climate justice.
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The Springfield City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday night in opposition to state renewable energy subsidies for wood-burning biomass incinerators in Massachusetts.Op-Ed: Is burning wood for power carbon-neutral? Not a chance
Op-Ed: Is burning wood for power carbon-neutral? Not a chance
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Using wood in power plants produces two to three times as much carbon per kilowatt hour as burning coal or natural gas.Connecting the dots between 2 crises: immigration and climate in the Western Hemisphere.
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U.S. immigration laws aren't equipped to grapple with people fleeing the effects of climate change