Fw: ELM Bulletin: Sandy's Anniversary

[Thomas Olbert]

--- On Fri, 11/1/13, Environmental League of Massachusetts <in...@environmentalleague.org> wrote:

> From: Environmental League of Massachusetts <in...@environmentalleague.org>
> Subject: ELM Bulletin: Sandy's Anniversary
> To: twm...@yahoo.com
> Date: Friday, November 1, 2013, 12:21 PM
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> Call to Action on Sandy
> Anniversary
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> Contact Your Legislator! Protect
> Endangered Species
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> Attend EPA's Monday Listening
> Session
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> Hearing on Bill to Reduce Coal-Fired
> Power
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> Stroller Brigade For Stronger
> Chemical Law
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> Smart Growth Conference
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> MACC's Fall Conference
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> Lawyers & Friends Reception
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> November 1,
> 2013
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> Sandy Anniversary
> Call to Action
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> At a press conference marking the anniversary of
> Superstorm Sandy, ELM President George Bachrach outlined
> four objectives the next mayor of Boston must meet to keep
> the city safe from superstorms and the effects of climate
> change.
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> Bachrach said, "The
> Environmental League of Massachusetts believes the next
> mayor must work to protect our buildings, expand public
> transportation, harden our utilities infrastructure and
> engage Boston's residents about the challenges of
> climate change."
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> Read more and watch NECN
> coverage here.
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> Action Alert -  Help
> Protect Our Endangered Species
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> Monday, November
> 4th
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> 1:00
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> Room A-2, State
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> Boston, MA
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> Bill Byrne, US Fish & Wildlife, Northeast Region
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> The Joint Committee on Environment, Natural
> Resources and Agriculture will hold a hearing on a variety
> of bills including two that would result in a repeal of
> endangered species protections in the Commonwealth.
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> Environmental groups and the
> business community alike have supported the standards the
> Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program (NHESP)
> currently uses to protect endangered species. The effort to
> gut endangered species protections by changing these
> standards is coming from a limited, but very vocal,
> few.
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> We urge you to contact Chairman Pacheco and Chairwoman Gobi today - by phone, email, or
> mail - to ask them to protect endangered species by halting
> S.345  and S.411. In addition, you can let your own
> representative and senator know where you stand and ask them
> to speak to the chairs of the committee as well.
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> Please also express your support
> for H.756 An Act Relative to the Massachusetts
> Endangered Species Act. We strongly support this consensus
> bill, which would improve the Massachusetts Endangered
> Species Act rather than repeal it.
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> Find out who your legislators are and how to
> contact them.
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> Thank you for stepping up to
> protect endangered species!
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> Contact Karen Heymann
> at Mass Audubon with questions: khey...@massaudubon.org or (617) 523-8448.
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> Help Support
> National Carbon Pollution Reduction Rules - Attend
> Monday's Listening Session at the EPA
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> November 4th
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> 10:00 to 3:00
> U.S. EPA New England Office
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> Memorial Hall
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> 5 Post Office Square
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> Boston, MA
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> The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding
> Public Listening Sessions on Reducing Carbon Pollution from
> Existing Power Plants - and this is the ONLY Session in New
> England.
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> Coal fired power plants are the biggest
> source of carbon pollution in the nation, and until now
> they've been allowed to pollute without limits. The EPA
> is thinking about changing that, and they want to hear from
> YOU on how they should curb this dangerous pollution.
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> ELM, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), and
> others want to ensure the EPA hears from citizens loud and
> clear: Existing power plants should be required to reduce
> carbon pollution.
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> Will you help? Be there this
> Monday in Boston (you don't have to stay the whole
> time). REGISTER TODAY.
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> The EPA wants to
> hear from you! Don't know what to say? It doesn't
> have to be elaborate. Simple statements like these are
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> 1. The US must invest now in alternative
> energy, or the Chinese will leave us in the dust as they
> aggressively develop wind and solar and the jobs that come
> with them.
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> 2. Rules reducing greenhouse
> gases from power plants will help put a stop to dirty Tar
> Sands Oil pipelines like Keystone XL and devastating
> projects like mountaintop removal.
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> 3. You can talk about why you
> think we should leave the planet in good condition
> for future generations. For our children and grandchildren,
> we must leave fossil fuels in the ground. Let some
> cigarettes go unsmoked; let some Carbon go unemitted.
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> 5. You can talk about how
> Massachusetts has already cut carbon pollution dramatically
> and is retiring coal plants and the rest of the country
> should follow our lead.
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> You get the idea. Just
> say what you think and feel - you don't need to sound
> like a scientist!
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> For more information
> contact NWF's Carol Oldham.
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> Upcoming Hearing on
> Bill to Reduce Coal-Fired Power
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> Tuesday, November 12th
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> 10:00
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> State House
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> The Joint Committee on Telecommunications,
> Utilities & Energy will consider H.2935
> An Act to Transition to a Clean Energy
> Commonwealth, sponsored by Rep. Lori Ehrlich. This
> bill proposes a responsible
> transition away from coal-fired power in Massachusetts,
> including worker retraining and community transition
> planning. The bill is especially pertinent in the wake of
> the recent announcement that Brayton Point Power Plant will
> retire by 2017.
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> As a member of the Coal Free
> Massachusetts Coalition, ELM strongly supports this bill and
> would like to see it favorably reported out of
> committee. We will join our advocacy partners and coalition
> members to testify in support of H.2935. A rally in support
> of the bill will also take place that day. Look for upcoming
> details on that here.
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> In addition, bills
> will be heard related to water management, infrastructure
> projects, and the timely adoption of greenhouse gas
> emissions limits for 2030.
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> For a full list
> of bills being heard, please contact
> ELM Program Director Eugenia Gibbons. To learn more about ELM's
> Coal Free work, go here.
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> Stroller Brigade Makes
> a Difference
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> Earlier this week, ELM Program Director
> Eugenia Gibbons and her 15-month old daughter, Sylvie, went
> to lobby Washington with families from 35 states for a
> "Stroller Brigade" - a growing movement of parents
> advocating for safer chemicals in consumer products.
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>  Watch Eugenia and Sylvia on CBS!
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> The protest called for
> improvements to the Toxic Substances Control Act,
> passed in 1976, that inadequately regulates harmful
> chemicals we encounter all too often now.
> "It's really important for our elected leaders to
> hear what their constituents want," said Gibbons.
> "When I became a mom it blew my mind to see how much
> we were exposing our children to chemicals in the food they
> eat [and] the clothes they wear," she said.
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> Learn more about the stronger chemical law movement in
> this Boston.com Green Blog coverage.
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> As a member of the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow,
> ELM strongly supports efforts to update legislation that
> requires companies to use safer alternatives to toxic
> chemicals. Read more about our work on toxics.
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> Save the Date - Smart Growth
> Conference
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> Wednesday, November
> 20th
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> 8:00 to 5:30
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> ArchitectureBoston Expo
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> Boston Convention &
> Exhibition Center
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> Boston,
> MA
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> Join public, private, and civic leaders at the
> state's premier sustainable development event to
> explore:
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> - How smart growth can save
> public and private dollars;
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> - Why segregated development
> patterns threaten our economy and what communities can do
> about it;
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> - What the next generation of
> smart growth policy and infrastructure will look like.
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> Get more information
> and register here.
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> MACC's Fall
> Conference - Invasive Plant
> Species: Pick Your Battles to Win!
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> Saturday, November 16th
> 8:00
> to 3:45
> Higgins University Center
> Clark
> University
> Worcester, MA
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> Invasive plant species are prevalent throughout
> Massachusetts despite efforts to control them. Through
> presentations and case studies, learn how land managers and
> other experts tackle the problem and what you can do.
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> Participants will learn about exciting and new
> electronic tools for plant identification, tips and
> techniques for managing invasives, needed permits and
> approvals, and gain a renewed appreciation of the essential
> role that native plants play in sustaining wildlife
> populations.
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> Who should attend: Conservation
> Commissioners; Conservation Agents; municipal officials and
> staff with land management responsibilities; local park,
> garden, and watershed groups; and home gardeners.
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> To register or get more information, go here.
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> Join Us for ELM's
> Lawyers & Friends Reception
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> Thursday, November 21st
> 6:00 pm
> to 8:00 pm
> Nixon Peabody
> 100 Summer St.
> Boston, MA
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> Meet new friends and reconnect with old ones while
> enjoying an evening of great conversation and great food.
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> Guest Speaker: Stan
> Rosenberg, Senate Majority Leader
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> Purchase your ticket today!
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> Make a
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> and advocacy work to safeguard the Massachusetts
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