The 350 Mass Greater Franklin Node will meet this Thursday, November 16, at 7:00 pm. This will be a Zoom-only meeting.
We will use the meeting to discuss progress and activities related to the 350 Mass Campaigns, and local actions and opportunities.
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Here are some highlights about local campaigns, plus a quick action to protect the Western Arctic Reserve:
Campaign: Make Polluters Pay. Make Polluters Pay is a campaign supporting legislation that will create a climate superfund, penalizing the worst polluters of greenhouse gasses, and funding resilience and adaptation projects in communities most impacted by climate change. 350 Mass joins Better Future Project and other groups like Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW), Mass Youth Climate Coalition (MYCC), and Mass Power Forward – with more partners on the way – to drive a grassroots campaign to hold polluters accountable. The fund will raise an estimated $75 billion over 25 years from the largest polluting companies. This influx of funds will enable the commonwealth to prepare for the coming climate impacts, guided by the vision of the communities with most at stake. This campaign is part of a national push to Make Polluters Pay, as we are campaigning alongside political leaders and activists in Vermont, Maryland, and New York. Learn more on the website, here. You can view a recent webinar on the topic and campaign, here. You can read the legislation we filed in the House H.872 and in the Senate S.481. Also, please sign the petition asking Governor Healey to establish a Climate Change Adaptation Superfund now.
Campaign: Emissions Free Buildings Campaign. The goals are:
- Kickstart local action to drive down CO2 emissions from Massachusetts buildings;
- Recruit new activists by engaging people in local projects; and
- Promote related legislation to support local projects, e.g. reforming MassSave or allowing green school retrofits.
The Nodes are asked to pick to pick a local action project, such as:
- Community choice aggregation
- Municipal Specialized Opt-in Stretch Code
- Work with local groups and coalitions on efficiency and electrification
- Clean Green Schools
- Fight gas pipelines wherever they rear their ugly heads
Planning and implementing the campaign is organized around teams with specific tasks (e.g., outreach, materials, coaching, and legislation). If you would like to help with the Campaign, please send an email to one of our co-coordinators, Carolyn and Ralph (emails listed below).
RSVP for Mass Power Forward's Decentralized Lobby Day. We need more climate and environmental justice policy state-wide! By December, we'll be closing in on the committee deadline for bills. Join us on Tuesday, December 5th to educate our legislators on crucial climate bills from winning better air quality to putting gas in the past to making polluters pay. You can connect with your legislators at the State House or in your district. RSVP here.
If you're new to the process, we'll give you everything you need to succeed. You can sign up for a training on Wed, Nov 15 at 5 pm or Wednesday, Nov 29 at 6 pm.
Action: Protect the Western Arctic Reserve. The environmental law organization Earthjustice asks us to send a message to the Biden administration and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to thank them for the progress toward protecting the Arctic and to urge them to consider the strongest possible protections for this region, where 13 million acres of ecologically significant public lands are vulnerable to oil and gas drilling. Comments on BLM's proposed new rule are due by December 7. Sign Earthjustice's letter here. Please add your own words or comments so your personalized letter counts; otherwise all identical letters from Earthjustice, no matter how many, will only count as one letter.
We hope you can join us on Thursday.
Our next Node meeting will be on the 1st Thursday of December.
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