[Antiracism] Fw: Voice your support for clean energy in Massachusetts

[Marty Nathan]

Speak out for global warming action in MassachusettsPlease note Holyoke! Marty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Union of Concerned Scientists Action Network 
To: Martha Nathan MD 
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 5:13 PM
Subject: Voice your support for clean energy in Massachusetts


   



                  Dear Martha, 

                  The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued Massachusetts's proposed regulations for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the nation's first multi-state program to cap emissions of global warming pollution from power plants. The DEP is now holding four public hearings, inviting citizens like you to comment on the proposed regulations:

                    a.. Monday, Sept. 10, 6:00 p.m., in Wilmington 
                    MassDEP Northeast Regional Office 
                    205B Lowell Street
                    Wilmington, MA 01887 
                    Directions 
                    b.. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 6:00 p.m., in Lakeville (Southeastern MA) 
                    1st Floor Conference Room
                    MassDEP Southeast Region Main Office
                    20 Riverside Drive
                    Lakeville, MA 02347
                    Directions 
                    c.. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 6:00 p.m., in Holyoke (western MA) 
                    Leslie Phillips Forum, Fine and Performing Arts Building (C Building)
                    Holyoke Community College
                    303 Homestead Avenue
                    Holyoke, MA 01040
                    Directions
                    Visitor parking for the hearing is available in lot F. 
                    d.. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 9:30 a.m., in Boston
                    Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
                    One Winter Street, 2nd Floor, Rooms A, B, & C
                    Boston, MA 02108
                    Directions
                  For the official notice and details about the hearing sites, go to the DEP's web page. 

                  We encourage you to voice your support for this nationally significant effort, and suggest how the DEP could improve the Massachusetts rules, at one of the hearings next week. Bring a copy of the Massachusetts summary on climate impacts in the Northeast to share with officials at the meeting. 

                  Suggested talking points:

                    a.. Massachusetts' participation in RGGI and the leadership and hard work shown by the DEP and the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) in being among the first states to formally propose regulations are important and positive steps towards reducing the effects of global warming. We need to build on these efforts by making RGGI as strong as possible.

                    b.. The DEP has made the right decision to account for the reductions in global warming pollution that come from voluntary purchases of energy from renewable sources like wind and solar by correspondingly reducing the amount of emissions permits available to electricity generators that burn fossil fuels. However, the proposed rule arbitrarily limits the allowable reduction in permits, which will keep the emissions cap artificially high. 

                    c.. A continually thriving voluntary renewable energy market would only help the Commonwealth and the region achieve its emissions reduction goals faster while helping our economic development and energy security!
                  Our Climate Choices website has a brief overview of RGGI. For a more detailed description of the program and Massachusetts' proposed rule, see the DEP's backgrounder (which cites the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment as a principal rationale for the program). 


                  Sincerely,



                  Jean Sideris
                  Regional Field Organizer
                  Climate Program



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