Senator Brownsberger has recently submitted the testimony in this post on S.1748, An Act requiring the timely adoption of greenhouse gas emission limits for the year 2030, which he supports.
Environment
airplane noise, carbon and climate, cell towers, land use issues, parks and recreation, pfas, waste/hazards, water issues
PR No Fly Day October 24 in Boston
Media contact: info@bostonwestfairskies.org Adriana Poole: 617-966-5759 Boston West Fair Skies (BWFS) – No Fly Day Press Release Boston West Fair Skies (33L RNAV affected towns) and BOS Fair Skies (Milton) are partners in the national No Fly Day campaign. The Boston Protest will take place on Saturday, October 24th 2015 from 10:00 A.M to noon …
Recycle day
“Recycle that” has been engaged by the town recycle co-ordinator to collect books. They collect, then sell. No money goes to the town. I spoke with the town co-ordinator, Mary Beth Calanan, in the spring. about books going to inner city classrooms, hospitals, day care centers, prisons. She said this would be too much work …
MyRWA Clean Water Campaign Announcement
Earlier this year, the Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) launched the fourth year of the Herring Monitoring Program. As part of this program, trained volunteers count the herring as they pass through the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford. Please join the Mystic River Watershed Association in celebration of the life rebounding in the Mystic River and join us in 2016 for another herring run, hopefully of even greater size!
2015-2016 Gas Leaks Legislation
A recent article in the Boston Globe has drawn attention back to the more than 20,000 active natural gas leaks across the state. The 2014 gas leaks legislation created a registry and a three tiered classification system to prioritize and mandate repairs for the two larger classes of leaks. There are two bills relative to gas leaks that are under consideration in the current session.
Senate Passes Extension of Net Metering
Yesterday the Senate passed a climate adaptation planning bill, including an amendment to extend solar net metering for investor owned utilities. The Senate was eager to move this issue forward in part because some areas of the state have reached their current cap and solar installations are at risk of losing the federal subsidy which possibly expires at the end of next year. The bill now moves to the House of Representatives, where its prospects are unclear.