Month: June 2024
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Guest Blog- EJ Table Press Release Re: Senate Climate Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Monday, July 1, 2024 Contact: John Walkey, GreenRoots, 617.970.4256, johnw@greenrootsej.org Sofia Owen, Alternatives for Community & Environment, 351.218.9399 sofia@ace-ej.org Rusty Polsgrove, Arise for Social Justice, 781 801 5233, rusty@arisespringfield.org As Senate Climate Bill Purposefully OmitsReference to Environmental Justice Populations, EJ Advocates Call on House to Champion Justice BOSTON, MA. – The Massachusetts Environmental Justice Legislative Table — a…
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What is in the Senate Climate bill
Credit to Jess Nahigian, MA Sierra Club for writing this. On Monday, June 17, the Senate released a 96 page climate bill, to be voted on Thursday, June 20. With amendmentsdue at 5pm on Tuesday the 18th, advocates scrambled to understand the bill and, working with Senators, introducemissing, critical pieces. After the federal holiday on…
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Contact your Senator for Clean Air and a Mold Task Force
Dear Climate Advocates, As the Senate debates the climate omnibus, some of our work is still moving forward in other places. We ask you to once again contact your Legislators. Air Quality: Senator Jehlen has filed amendment #119 to the Housing Bond Bill, to be voted on Thursday. The amendment creates a mold task force…
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Press Release RE: Senate Climate Package
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Tuesday, June 25, 2024 Contact Jess Nahigian, Sierra Club Massachusetts, jess.nahigian@sierraclub.org, 617-460-6351Claire Karl Miller, UUMass Action, claire@uumassaction.org, 781-775-1429Daniel Zackin, 350 Mass, dan@betterfutureproject.org, 203-802-7464 Community Members and Advocates Cheer On Statewide Climate ActionMass Power Forward Welcomes a Major Climate Bill with Reservations on Environmental Justice BOSTON, MA. – Today, Mass Power Forward — a coalition of…
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Senate Climate Omnibus is out!
TAKE ACTION and Contact your Senator! Use this Action Guide. We support the following amendments PRIORITY116 Accurately Assessing Community Impacts (DiDomenico)100 Improving Outdoor Air Quality (Jehlen)14 Protecting the Commonwealth from Gas Expansion (Gomez)15 Halting the Expansion of Large Gas Pipes (Gomez)16 Protecting the Climate and Ratepayers from Gas Expansion (Gomez) ALSO IMPORTANT31 Commuter Rail Electrification…