Talking to Labor About Climate Change: Focus on the inevitability of climate change mitigation policies and the changes they will cause. Explore the positive aspects of this change: massive new investment is needed to … [Read more...]
Weatherization Party
Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative in NH has done 115 solar installations in the last few years. Seacoast Area Renewable Energy Initiative in the Piscataqua region on Maine and NH has begun doing solar barnraisings. Coop Power in … [Read more...]
Quick hits
OK, two more:Jon Cohn's 10 Things Worth Fighting For in health care. Among them: Subsidize people farther up the income ladder (up to 400% of poverty level); Open up the exchanges (like our Connector) to anyone;Yes, public option... … [Read more...]
YEAAAAAAH SENATOR KERRY!
This is a leadoff home run for the Senate ... for what will doubtless be a grueling, discouraging game on climate change. The Senate bill, authored by Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and … [Read more...]
Shifting Gears, Building a Movement: Biking through Massachusetts to bring it to the grassroots
One phrase from one of my political science professors sticks with me, "politics is the art of the possible." And indeed, that's what we've seen through the Waxman-Markey process. Good organizing, on the other hand, is the art … [Read more...]
What price should workers pay to stop climate change?
And as the article points out Environmentalists have often addressed this challenge by pointing out that a transition to clean energy would create far more jobs than it would eliminate. While that may be true, it entirely misses the … [Read more...]
atmospheric carbon dioxide at a maximum of 350 ppm
Massachusetts is a state already known for its leadership on the climate change front. Its progressive leaders, including Congressman Markey, are working on new federal energy legislation - the American Clean Energy and Security Act … [Read more...]
This is my invitation to help build a movement to stop the climate crisis
Dear World, This is an invitation to help build a movement--to take one day and use it to stop the climate crisis. On October 24, we will stand together as one planet and call for a fair global climate treaty. United by a common call to … [Read more...]
Imagining Darkness
This town is largely a scientific research outpost. But much of population is here to maintain the base and community. There are pipefitters, electricians, carpenters, chefs, dishwashers, mechanics, power plant operators, as … [Read more...]
350
What this says to me: A whole lot of seemingly innocuous (at least until recently) everyday activities are moving us further from the 350 PPM number. Turning on the heat. Taking a shower. Starting the car (even if it is a Prius). Turning on … [Read more...]
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