If you missed Monday evening’s Green Needham/League of Women Voters webinar on the Opt-in Energy Code, you can see the reply here and on the main page of the Green Needham web site. You may view the presentation slides here.
Long before the Green New Deal, then-representative Ed Markey led the charge in the US House of Representatives for climate change legislation. In the summer of 2010, the United States was as close as it has ever been to addressing
A full slate of environmental and energy legislation has been filed on Beacon Hill. There is a sense of urgency among legislators to take stronger action to meet Massachusetts’ climate change and clean energy economy goals. Leaders in both the
To gear up for National Recycling Week, GO GREEN Needham is holding a family-friendly expo event on Saturday, November 10 from 10am to 4pm at Needham Town Hall. Over the next 7 weeks, we will be spotlighting participants. To see
There are three things you can do this week to make a powerful difference to climate change legislature in Massachusetts. Please consider doing at least one. We know that climate change and the continued use of fossil fuels are already endangering
It is easy to advocate for more renewable energy and more green jobs. But increasing the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)? Although that may sound complicated and technical, it’s actually a crucial issue which is not hard to understand. Mass Energy
Is putting a price on carbon pollution an idea whose time has come in Massachusetts? The hundreds of constituents who poured into the State House during June to support this policy certainly think so. Advocates of carbon pricing, including many
Take advantage of an opportunity to talk with our state legislators this Friday morning. The League of Women Voters Needham welcomes all three Needham legislators to Needham. The League has asked them to update us on their work this session,
What about all those “calls to action” that flood our emails? Do they make a difference? As the Massachusetts legislature considered the many issues that will determine our State’s energy future, a huge effort was launched to support clean energy
Thank you, Denise! Green Needham is pleased to see that Representative Denise Garlick was among those House members who signed a crucial letter in support of the Massachusetts solar industry. Initiated by Representatives Cory Atkins and James O’Day, the letter
