ECA Mass Event Calendar

Wednesday, March 4 - Event with Rolling Stone Investigative Reporter Justin Nobel and BU Professor Nathan Phillips 
Location and Time:  685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston - Room 132 | 3:30-5p
Join Rolling Stone Investigative Reporter Justin Nobel at Boston University to hear him speak about his 20-month investigation into how oil and gas companies have deceived their workers, contaminated communities, and left shocking trail of radioactive waste that continues to grow. Read Justin’s full piece here.  

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Wednesday, March 4 - Forum on the Weymouth Gas Compressor
Location and Time: 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain | 7-8:30p
350 Mass and Extinction Rebellion will be showing our film, Telling the Stories, with a panel discussion to follow. Panel speakers include: Nathan Phillips, BU Professor, Alice Arena, FRRACS, Regina La Rocque, Physicians for Social Responsibility
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Thursday, March 5 - Nonviolent Direct Action Training

Location and Time: Fore River Clubhouse (16 Nevada Road, Quincy) | 6:30-9:30pm
If you want to learn more about NVDA (Nonviolent Direct Action) and want to get involved in the campaign to stop the compressor, we encourage you to attend an NVDA training. Taking part in direct action doesn't necessarily mean risking arrest. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP here if you plan on attending

We believe that change happens when people come together, form a plan, and take action. That’s why we bring together hundreds of activists from across the region to share the skills you need to make change, learn more about the problems facing our world today, and be inspired to keep up the fight.

Register for Local Environmental Action 2020 today! Tickets are available at https://tpin.webaction.org/c/72/t/12705/shop/shop.jsp?storefront_KEY=14
ECA is a co-sponsor so sign up for discounted co-sponsor tickets.
For the past 33 years, we’ve brought together hundreds of community leaders for the biggest gathering of environmental and public health activists in our region.  

EEA has cancelled the remaining in-person public meetings in March, 2020, out of precaution for COVID-19.  Please watch here for updates on a virtual alternative.  [Announced March 10, 2020] https://www.mass.gov/info-details/ma-decarbonization-roadmap#public-engagement-

The slide deck for the Public Meetings is linked here: March Public Meeting Slide Deck for 2050 Roadmap For details, link here: https://roxbury2050roadmap.eventbrite.com

2050 Roadmap: Building Solutions to Address Climate Change in the Commonwealth

Wednesday March 11th, 6-7:30pm, Greater Boston Area, Roxbury Community College

Registration link: https://roxbury2050roadmap.eventbrite.com

About this Event
Please join the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for a series of public meetings on the Commonwealth’s planning efforts to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Thank you for your interest in the MA Decarbonization Roadmap project. This email is to notify you of several upcoming public meetings taking place throughout the Commonwealth this March. Please feel free to share this information—meetings are free and widespread participation is encouraged. Registration and links to more information are below. Further meeting details and updates will made at www.mass.gov/2050Roadmap.

Please join the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for a series of public meetings on the Commonwealth’s planning efforts to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Guided by the 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act, Massachusetts is currently studying how to achieve the ambitious climate goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. These meetings will be an opportunity to learn about the state’s research effort as well as to provide feedback on the state’s 2050 emissions limit and the implementation plans to achieve it.
This event is part of a series of Public Meetings throughout the state in March, 2020. Please check out the full line-up here: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/the-global-warming-solutions-act-gwsa-public-meetings  

For details, and to register [free]  go here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gps-to-net-zero-emissions-tickets-95457870059
Location: Partnership Loft

678 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139

Presented by ECA LT Member Larry Rosenberg.

A conversation about the most active response to climate change, the 2050 Roadmap Bill.

About this Event

Our communities and country will undergo a lot of change over the next 30 years. Climate change and steps to address it will challenge us all, including low- and moderate-income households, elders, and people of color. Science tells us what we must do. And we have many of the technologies needed to help us all adapt to a changing climate.

Join us at Partnership Loft for a conversation with Larry Rosenberg about a method to make our economy, communities, and families safely through these changes. Larry Rosenberg is an activist with Elders Climate Action and 350 Massachusetts. His work on energy issues began in the 1980s when he was an engineer at the largest utility-scale wind turbine company in the United States.

The state legislature can take an important step by passing the 2050 Roadmap bill, currently pending in the House of Representatives. This bill requires the State to develop and commit to a plan to reach the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This goal is aligned with the global scientific consensus about what we need to do to confront the climate crisis.

EEA has cancelled the remaining in-person public meetings in March, 2020, out of precaution for COVID-19.  Please watch here for updates on a virtual alternative.  [Announced March 10, 2020] https://www.mass.gov/info-details/ma-decarbonization-roadmap#public-engagement-

The slide deck for the Public Meetings is linked here: March Public Meeting Slide Deck for 2050 Roadmap For details, link here: https://roxbury2050roadmap.eventbrite.com  
For details, link here: https://pittsfield2050roadmap.eventbrite.com

2050 Roadmap: Building Solutions to Address Climate Change in the Commonwealth

About this Event

Please join the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for a series of public meetings on the Commonwealth’s planning efforts to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

2050 Roadmap: Building Solutions to Address Climate Change in the Commonwealth

Meeting held at Berkshire Community College, Koussevitzky 111.

Thursday, March 12th, 6-7:30pm, Pittsfield, Berkshire Community College

Registration link: https://pittsfield2050roadmap.eventbrite.com

About this Event

Please join the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for a series of public meetings on the Commonwealth’s planning efforts to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Thank you for your interest in the MA Decarbonization Roadmap project. This email is to notify you of several upcoming public meetings taking place throughout the Commonwealth this March. Please feel free to share this information—meetings are free and widespread participation is encouraged. Registration and links to more information are below. Further meeting details and updates will made at www.mass.gov/2050Roadmap.

Please join the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for a series of public meetings on the Commonwealth’s planning efforts to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Guided by the 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act, Massachusetts is currently studying how to achieve the ambitious climate goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. These meetings will be an opportunity to learn about the state’s research effort as well as to provide feedback on the state’s 2050 emissions limit and the implementation plans to achieve it.

This event is part of a series of Public Meetings throughout the state in March, 2020. Please check out the full line-up here: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/the-global-warming-solutions-act-gwsa-public-meetings

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Growing numbers of Unitarian Universalists and others are stepping up to take courageous action to protect our interdependent web of life from the consequences of unrestrained, climate-damaging carbon emissions. Together, we are confronting the fossil fuel industry and the elected officials who are failing to make the bold changes we need. An especially important instance close to home is the Weymouth Gas Compressor Project* which has drawn hundreds of protesters and dozens of people risking arrest. This project promotes destructive mining, export, and burning of fossil fuels, while posing serious threats to the health and safety of thousands of people in the Fore River Basin and all of the South Shore.

Please join us for an inspiring training on nonviolent direct action for climate justice activists. We will learn more about the struggle in Weymouth and how we can be involved. Everyone is welcome to join - both UUs and others! - regardless whether you would consider risking arrest. There are vital roles for everyone in this work.

This training is sponsored by the Climate Action Working Group at First Parish UU of Arlington and UU Mass Action in cooperation with Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station (FRRACS).
RSVP on Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/events/214899356546973/  , or contact Alan Linov at ClimateAction@firstparish.info for more information. This is a wheelchair accessible location. 

EEA has cancelled the remaining in-person public meetings in March, 2020, out of precaution for COVID-19.  Please watch here for updates on a virtual alternative.  [Announced March 10, 2020] https://www.mass.gov/info-details/ma-decarbonization-roadmap#public-engagement-

The slide deck for the Public Meetings is linked here: March Public Meeting Slide Deck for 2050 Roadmap For details, link here: https://roxbury2050roadmap.eventbrite.com  

For details, link here: https://springfield2050roadmap.eventbrite.com

2050 Roadmap: Building Solutions to Address Climate Change in the Commonwealth

Please join the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for a series of public meetings on the Commonwealth’s planning efforts to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Monday, March 16th, 6-7:30pm, Springfield, Springfield Technical Community College

Registration link: https://springfield2050roadmap.eventbrite.com

Thank you for your interest in the MA Decarbonization Roadmap project. This email is to notify you of several upcoming public meetings taking place throughout the Commonwealth this March. Please feel free to share this information—meetings are free and widespread participation is encouraged. Registration and links to more information are below. Further meeting details and updates will made at www.mass.gov/2050Roadmap.

Please join the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for a series of public meetings on the Commonwealth’s planning efforts to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Guided by the 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act, Massachusetts is currently studying how to achieve the ambitious climate goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. These meetings will be an opportunity to learn about the state’s research effort as well as to provide feedback on the state’s 2050 emissions limit and the implementation plans to achieve it.

This event is part of a series of Public Meetings throughout the state in March, 2020. Please check out the full line-up here: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/the-global-warming-solutions-act-gwsa-public-meetings

The cancelled public meetings which were to be held in Boston, Pittsfield, Springfield will now be hosted via webinar on Friday, March 27th from 9-10:30 am. Please register in advance below. We aim to make the webinar recording available so that if you are not able to join us for the “live” webinar, you can play the recording at your leisure. We will also be making the comments received on the 2050 limit publicly available after they are collected by 4/10 at 5pm. If you are not able to join the webinar live but do submit comments, they will be made publicly available.

Thank you for your interest in our events, 2050 Roadmap Public Meetings: Building Solutions to Address Climate Change in the Commonwealth. While some of you were able to join our in-person events in Worcester and Fall River (the audio recordings and slides have been placed online at www.mass.gov/2050Roadmap), we unfortunately had to cancel the remaining events through the state out of precaution for COVID-19.  We will now be hosting a webinar version of this public meeting thisFriday, March 27th from 9-10:30am.  Please register in advance at:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1529825700275113997.  We will make that webinar recording available so that if you are not able to join us for the “live” webinar, you can play the recording after the fact.  We realize that many schedules have been disrupted over the past several weeks, but hoping a recorded webinar will be the best way to accommodate these disruptions.  The recording will be posted towww.mass.gov/2050Roadmap within 1-2 working days of the 27th. During the webinar, we will try our best to facilitate public feedback, though given all the change over the past several weeks, we realize we will need to rely more on written feedback than originally planned.  We are particularly seeking feedback on the 2050 emissions limit through the form on our website, and have decided to make the submissions on the 2050 limit publicly available after they have all been received (deadline is 4/10 by 5pm).  We hope in these ways, we are able to make any public comments truly public.  If you have any questions or concerns about your ability to participate in this new structure, please let me know. I hope you can either join us on Friday or watch the webinar recording at another time, and encourage you to submit written feedback (either generally or on the 2050 limit by 4/10, using the forms set up atwww.mass.gov/2050Roadmap). 

Otherwise, wishing you the best in this challenging situation.

Thank you,-Claire

Claire Miziolek

Decarbonization Roadmap Study Manager

Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Claire.Miziolek@mass.gov617-626-1193