Sustainable Arlington

Envision Arlington/Mass. Climate Action Network (MCAN) Chapter

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with Arington's bulk purchase program:

Community Choice Aggregation

Learn more:  arlingtoncca.com/about/

Watch 2 CCA videos

on our Resources page under CCA

then opt up to 50% or 100% 

local renewable energy:

https://arlingtoncca.com/opt-up/

Upcoming SA Meetings

22 Jan 2020
07:30PM - 09:00PM
Sustainable Arlington Jan. meeting, all invited
26 Feb 2020
07:30PM - 09:00PM
Sustainable Arlington, Feb. meeting, all invited
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Daily monitoring of over 20 web sites and 3 e-mail feeds to aggregate news stories on climate change.  Many of these web sites are themselves aggregations, so most climate change news stories appear here promptly and without repetition.  No more than 7 items per day are posted. Prepared by a member of Sustainable Arlington and the Climate Change Team at First Parish UU of Arlington.

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WBUR Geothermal Story and Action Alert for FUTURE Act

How a Climate Change Nonprofit Got Eversource Thinking About a Geothermal Future

Listen here to WBUR, 1.13.2020 recording

Want to make a Clean FUTURE Real?

You can help!
  • Share the WBUR story  
  • When you do, advocate for the FUTURE Act. 
  • Send it to your state representative and senator 
  • Ask both of them to ask Representatives Golden and Senator Barrett to vote favorably to get the FUTURE Act out of Committee.
Take five minutes for the following:
1. Call your state Rep and Senator
  • Tell them you support the FUTURE Act H.2848 / S.1940 
  • Ask your representative to reach out to Chair Tom Golden to vote favorably out of the TUE committee
  • Ask your senator to reach out to Senator Michael Barrett to vote favorably out of TUE Committee
  • You support the FUTURE Act because:
    • It addresses current gas safety issues
    • Opens the door for gas companies to provide renewable thermal 
    • Includes climate impacts and public health and safety in energy decisions at the DPU
2. Follow up with an email
  • Tell them you support FUTURE Act H.2848 / S.1940 
  • Share the WBUR story
  • Attach the simplified one pager below
  • Include your name, your address, your organization
3. Post the WBUR story on Twitter and ask your state rep and senator to pass the #FUTUREActNow and copy your organization
 
Example: A #CleanEnergy future is possible @repmichlewitz and @JoeBoncore please ask TUE to pass #FUTUREActNow @mothersoutfront 

https://wbur.fm/30gnqWu via @earthwhilewbur  


Arlington. Free Public Workshop and Meet-Up Series, Jan. 4 -- June 27, 2020

Jan. - June, 2020 workshop and meet-up schedule here.

Space is limited. Please register by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Read more: Arlington. Free Public Workshop and Meet-Up Series, Jan. 4 -- June 27, 2020

Brookline Gas Ban Webinar, Dec. 4, 2019; Next Webinar Jan. 8, 2020

Dec. 4th Brookline Gas Ban Webinar

How do we work toward banning new gas hookups at the city and town level?  Watch and learn from the Brookline co-petitioners about how they built power in their town meeting to vote for a bylaw that bans gas pipes in new construction projects.  View webinar slides.

Presented by the Massachusetts Climate Action Network,

https://www.massclimateaction.org/

Next Webinar:  Jan. 8th, 2020

https://www.massclimateaction.org/1_8_gas_ban_webinar_20200108

NEW FILM: WEYMOUTH, MA COMPRESSOR STATION

 

New Documentary: Stop Enbridge from building the Weymouth Compressor Station


Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station (FRRACS) has made a documentary about their movement to stop Enbridge from building the Weymouth Compressor Station (here is the trailer).

Please share link to this documentary far and wide across Massachusetts. Sign up here if you’re interested in hosting a screening.  Learn more at https://www.nocompressor.com/

Boston Mayor signs Executive Order for Zero Net Carbon municipal new construction

 

Boston Mayor Signs Executive Order for Zero Net Carbon Municipal New Construction

On Wed., Dec. 11, 2019, Mayor Walsh signed an executive order requiring all new municipal building construction to target a Zero Net Carbon standard. This bold action accelerates the city’s leadership in climate action, keeping Boston on track to meet the goals outlined in the 2019 Climate Action Plan Update, released earlier this year, as well as the 2015 Global Paris Agreement.

Citywide, buildings account for 70 percent of Boston’s carbon emissions,

Read more: Boston Mayor signs Executive Order for Zero Net Carbon municipal new construction

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Latest Events

21 Jan 2020
07:00PM - 09:00PM
Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's Concord, Arlington Land Trust
22 Jan 2020
07:30PM - 09:00PM
Sustainable Arlington Jan. meeting, all invited
25 Jan 2020
02:00PM - 04:30PM
[Arl] PLARNING BRIGADE Meet-Up: Help Create a Sculpture for the Minuteman Bikeway
02 Feb 2020
01:00PM - 01:45PM
WINTER WELLNESS WALK, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain [event repeats]