An environmental attorney from western Massachusetts has filed a citizen’s referendum to ban commercial logging on Department of Conservation and Recreation Lands in Massachusetts. These lands make up about 8% of Massachusetts Land Area and include the Quabbin watershed, the source of Boston’s drinking water. The language of the citizens referendum is as follows: PETITION 09-17 INITIATIVE PETITION TO ASSURE THE QUITE ENJOYMENT OF DCR FOREST LANDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO PROTECT...
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CONTACT: Nancy Nylen, 413-458-5688, nancyn@cetonline.orgCynthia Grippaldi, 413-445-4556 ext. 25, cynthiag@cetonline.org CET announces 2009 Green Buildings Events On Saturday, October 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., energy efficiency and solar technologies will be among the highlights of the 2009 Green Buildings Open House Tour. With today’s heightened awareness about energy and global climate change, this eighth annual green buildings event gives the public a unique opportunity to tour more than...
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THE ONE GALLON CHALLENGE HIGH-MPG CAR RACE STARTS IN GREENFIELD Fiske Ave/Miles Street: Mesa Verde and Solar Store Parking lot Wed, Aug 19, 4-6pm Thurs, Aug 20, 9-11am. Starting ceremony 10:50 am Are you looking for a car for your local errands that gets 100 MPG and costs only $5.00 to fill it up? Seven such unusual vehicles competing in the One Gallon Challenge will be on display – as they prepare for an exciting 100-mile race to the Boston GreenFest. The goal of the race is to see...
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Big Breakthrough for Green Justice in Massachusetts! Dear Community Labor United Allies and Friends — The Massachusetts Green Justice Coalition won a victory for social justice and the environment yesterday when the state Energy Efficiency Advisory Council (EEAC) told the state’s utilities to add equity to their efficiency plans. The EEAC must approve the utilities’ programs, which collect $210 million annually from Massachusetts ratepayers for building energy efficiency. ...
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JOB TITLE: Nuestras Raíces Energy Enterprises President and CEO REPORTS TO: Board of Directors POSITION CONTINGENT UPON SECURING FINANCING AND CONTRACT FOR INITIAL PROJECT IN FALL 2009 COMPENSATION: Base: $50,000 Performance Bonus: up to $20,000 (includes commission pay tied to performance) plus benefits FSLA DESIGNATION Exempt DUTIES Oversees all day-to-day operations for the ESCO, with primary responsibility for project management, financial management and quality assurance. Secures...
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Shantigar Foundation and Western MA Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Future PresentMELTDOWN – VOICES FROM CHERNOBYLThe Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster A dramatic adaptation by Spencer Smith of the book by Svetlana AlexeivichReading directed by Ronald Rand MELTDOWN is a dramatic presentation that asks the question, “What if it happened here?” The voices in the play are those of Chernobyl survivors but the readers are local, from Western Massachusetts. So are the dangers of a...
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First Generation an intensive, arts-based and youth leadership-development program provides a platform for young people to have a public voice in their community, and beyond, through creative expression and thoughtful exploration of what it means to be First Generation. First Generation began in the fall of 2008 in Springfield, MA with a group of 12 youth, ages 15-22, who are the first in their families to be growing up in the United States or who define themselves as first generation in other...
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