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Why we won’t be at the bill signing at Fenway Park

October 22, 2014 By dave-from-hvad 12 Comments

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Tomorrow, Governor Patrick will be at Fenway Park for the ceremonial signing of three pieces of legislation that are intended to make major changes in the care and services for the developmentally … [Read more...]

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New DDS eligibility law will leave many out in the cold

August 19, 2014 By dave-from-hvad Leave a Comment

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Like at least two other bills signed into law this month, a new law that will make adults with autism and certain other conditions eligible for services from the Department of Developmental Services was … [Read more...]

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Autism definition and commission bill raises some concerns

April 24, 2014 By dave-from-hvad Leave a Comment

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Process does matter, and we have a number of concerns about what happened to the process in the surprise adoption by the state House of Representatives last week of a major piece of legislation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: autism, developmental-disabilities

Compromise bill expands DDS services to some, but not all people with developmental disabilities

October 28, 2013 By dave-from-hvad Leave a Comment

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) After months of negotiations with a limited group of advocates for the developmentally disabled, key state legislators have approved a draft of a bill intended to expand services to people who are not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: autism, developmental-disabilities, intellectual-disabilities

Thousands falling through the cracks in the DDS system

May 23, 2013 By dave-from-hvad 6 Comments

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Lauren Baletsa has Prader-Willi Syndrome, a genetic defect that causes such a strong compulsion to overeat that she forged her father's signature on checks to buy food. Baletsa was one of dozens of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: autism, developmental-disabilities, Prader-Willi Syndrome

Autism Commission has important recommendations, but funding remains a question

April 4, 2013 By dave-from-hvad Leave a Comment

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) A state report released last week contains a number of important recommendations to begin to deal with the yawning gap in services, job opportunities, and housing for what may be the fastest growing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: autism, developmental-disabilities

No media covered this important public hearing yesterday

November 16, 2012 By dave-from-hvad 19 Comments

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) [Note: COFAR sent a notice on Wednesday to media outlets around the state about this public hearing scheduled for Thursday in Worcester.  Not one newspaper or TV reporter showed up.  This is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: autism, intellectual-disabilities, IQ

Gov’s budget would cut homeless, mental health and employment programs

January 26, 2011 By kgilnack 28 Comments

Please take a moment to review the areas of the budget that impact your clients/consumers and advise us as to any other line items in jeopardy that we should be monitoring by emailing Bill Yelenak.This is the first of several … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: autism, beacon-hill, blind, budget, children-and-families, deaf, deval-patrick, disability, domestic--violence, education, elders, homelessness, human-service-providers, human-services, innovation, intellectual-disabilities, jobs, legislation, massachusetts, mental-retardation, nonprofit, politics, poverty, providers-council, social-enterprise, workforce

Building a stronger human service system in Massachusetts

January 25, 2011 By kgilnack 9 Comments

2011-2012 Human Services Legislative AgendaPrior to the 2011-12 legislative session, the Providers' Council surveyed its statewide membership of human services providers about the challenges and opportunities that can be addressed to … [Read more...]

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A HUGE Thank You to our legislators for ARICA!

July 30, 2010 By michael-forbes-wilcox 5 Comments

INSURANCE At 5:52PM on Thursday July 29th, ARICA was delivered to Governor Patrick's Office for signature. (That's 54 hours and 8 minutes before the end of the legislative session - for those of you who were counting!) We have so much to … [Read more...]

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amywesterveltAmy Westervelt@amywestervelt·
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Every time we hear about methane the story gets a little worse, which means the truth will be a lot worse, which is why the industry is pushing hard on natgas now. Recently they’ve taken to calling it “low carbon gas” to keep the focus on CO2. https://twitter.com/GlobalEcoGuy/status/1380914220150181897

Dr. Jonathan Foley@GlobalEcoGuy

Methane has risen by *over 150%* and is accelerating.

For reference, CO2 has risen 50%.

We need to *dramatically* reduce methane emissions to have a chance of keeping the planet below 1.5-2 C. This includes methane from animals, rice, landfills, and the energy industry. https://twitter.com/robbie_andrew/status/1380788370771750913

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Methane is increasing at a rate 3 x more than CO2 and will cause 80 x more warming in the next 20 years! Our children are depending on us to act.

We need all-electric buildings
gas transition plans, and
to stop dirty energy infrustructure.
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Amy Westervelt@amywestervelt

Every time we hear about methane the story gets a little worse, which means the truth will be a lot worse, which is why the industry is pushing hard on natgas now. Recently they’ve taken to calling it “low carbon gas” to keep the focus on CO2. https://twitter.com/GlobalEcoGuy/status/1380914220150181897

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Welcome back to normal.

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New: Intelligence forecast sees a post-coronavirus world upended by climate change and splintering societies https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/intelligence-globe-future-crises-/2021/04/08/303c350e-97df-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html

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MiriamWasserMiriam Wasser@MiriamWasser·
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Update from Enbridge: "The Weymouth Compressor Station’s compressor unit is not currently operating at this time. We will return the Weymouth Compressor Station’s compressor unit to service once we have further verified its continued ability to safely and reliably operate." https://twitter.com/MiriamWasser/status/1379517153783779336

Miriam Wasser@MiriamWasser

Here's what we know so far about today's unplanned gas release at the Weymouth Compressor -- which, unfortunately, isn't much.

I will update as more information becomes available #mapoli

https://www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2021/04/06/weymouth-compressor-gas-release

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