Read the answers to Green Needham’s sustainability-related questions from the candidates of the town of Needham’s 2022 Planning Board Election.
Candidate Questions – April 2022 Planning Board Election
Candidate Questions – April 2022 Select Board Election
Read the answers to Green Needham’s sustainability-related questions from the candidates of the town of Needham’s 2022 Select Board Election.
Two Climate Action Events in March: Church Bells and Zoom Meeting
Two climate events are coming up in the week of March 7, 2022. On March 9th at 7:30 p.m., Green Needham is pleased to join Temple Beth Shalom’s Environmental Action Committee to host a Zoom meeting with Derek Walter, the
December 7th Special Election – Select Board Candidates answer questions on energy and climate
What steps can Needham take to address the climate crisis? See what Select Board candidates Karen Calton and Kevin Keene had to say in response to Green Needham’s questions. With Massachusetts setting ambitious goals and legally binding targets to drastically
Candidate Questions – December 2021 Select Board Election
Given the climate crisis, the next 10 years may turn out to be the most important decade of the 21st century. Massachusetts is setting ambitious goals and legally binding targets to drastically cut carbon emissions by 2030, on the way
Special Town Meeting to Vote on Climate Emergency
UPDATE: The Citizen’s Petition to declare a climate emergence PASSED on a voice vote. Town Meeting Members were first asked to vote on a motion put forth by the Select Board to refer the motion to the Select Board,
Select Board Candidates answer questions on energy and climate
What steps can Needham take to address the climate crisis? See what the Select Board candidates had to say in response to Green Needham’s questions. With Massachusetts setting ambitious goals and legally binding targets to drastically cut carbon emissions by
Candidate Questions – April 2021 Select Board Election
Given the climate crisis, the next 10 years may turn out to be the most important decade of the 21st century. Massachusetts is setting ambitious goals and legally binding targets to drastically cut carbon emissions by 2030, on the way
A National Climate Action Plan
With new national leadership we have a historic opportunity to tackle the climate crisis. Green Needham is pleased to join Temple Beth Shalom’s Environmental Action Committee to host a Zoom meeting on March 15th at 7:30 pm with Derek Walter,
Get Climate Bill Across the Finish Line — Call/Write TODAY!
GREAT NEWS: The Mass. Legislature has passed a dramatic revision of our state climate laws. An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy (S.2995) is the strongest effort of its kind in the country. WE ARE NOT QUITE FINISHED:
Don’t Let This Session End Without a Climate Bill!
With only a few weeks left in the extended legislative session, time is running out. Climate legislation was passed both in the Massachusetts House and in the Senate and is now in a Conference Committee to work out a consensus
Decarbonizing the Massachusetts Economy – a conversation with Denise Garlick, Michael Greis and Joan Meschino on pending legislation
How can we accelerate progress toward decarbonizing our economy to address climate change and create new economic opportunity? What will that mean for us? How will it affect the way we and our families live? And how do we get
Green New Deal town hall with Senator Ed Markey in Framingham
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
Learn About Pending Massachusetts Environmental and Energy Legislation and How to Engage with Legislators
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
16 Sustainability Leaders Weigh In: How YOU Can Help To Reverse Global Warming
We all know how urgent the climate crisis is. The latest IPCC report made it clear that we, the human race, need to make unprecedented changes to every aspect of how society operates. Either we change how society works, or
The Climate Silence and What You Can Do About It!
Photo: Adam Welz People aren’t talking about climate change enough. 65% of people in the US “rarely” or “never” talk about climate change. Only 20% say they hear people they know talk about climate change at least once a month. Nearly 2
GO GREEN Needham Expo Spotlight: Mass Climate Action Network
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
Make the Climate your Valentine: three powerful things you can do this week
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
Why We Should All Care About the Renewable Portfolio Standard
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
Momentum Growing on Carbon Pricing
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