Our House Is On Fire! Climate change is an emergency. Let’s act like it. Let’s mobilize.
Article 58 the Climate Emergency Declaration passed! This is just the beginning. We now all need to keep the pressure on so that we get an experienced, qualified and effective Sustainability Director and create an effective Climate Action Plan.
- The CED One Pager – pdf hand out.
- Watch the LWV Climate Emergency Forum Here – Sudbury TV video
- Climate Emergency Declaration Article in the Town Meeting Warrant – Article 58 text
- Accelerating Sudbury’s Climate Mobilization – Slides for presentation to Sudbury Select Board Meeting on 3/22/2022
Resources
- This Is NOT A Drill
- Headline statements from IPCC 6th Assessment Report 2021
- Mass. 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap
- Climate mobilization Policy Guide
- Climate mobilization Tool Kit
- Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance
- Many Massachusetts cities and towns have hired sustainability managers to lead their efforts against climate change
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LWV Climate Emergency Forum on Article 58, See it Now
Declaring a climate emergency in Sudbury and taking steps to address it, including hiring a sustainability director, will be up for a vote at Sudbury Annual Town Meeting in May. A virtual public form on Town Meeting Article 58 “Why Declare a Climate Emergency in Sudbury?” was held April 4, sponsored by Sustainable Sudbury and…
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Open Zoom Sessions on Article 58 “Climate Emergency Declaration”: April 25 & 27
The Sustainable Sudbury Climate Emergency Declaration working group will hold two open Zoom information sessions about Town Meeting article 58 “Climate Emergency Declaration.” Information about Article 58 can be found on our webpage: SustainableSudbury.org/climate-emergency/. Do you have questions about Article 58 or Town Meeting? Join us for a Q&A session by zoom: Monday April 25…
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Scientists: curbing global warming is not hopeless
No obituary for Earth: Scientists fight climate doom talk by Seth Borenstein Climate change is going to get worse, but as gloomy as the latest scientific reports are, including today’s from the United Nations, scientist after scientist stresses that curbing global warming is not hopeless. The science says it is not game over for planet Earth or…
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Code Red for Humanity
From phys.org: The UN’s 10,000-page red alert on climate change by Amélie Bottollier-Depois Accelerating global warming is driving a rising tide of impacts that could cause profound human misery and ecological disaster, and there is only one way to avoid catastrophe: drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Spread across 10,000 pages, these are the main takeaways…
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Public Forum April 4 on Climate Emergency Warrant Article
Declaring a climate emergency in Sudbury and taking steps to address it, including hiring a sustainability director, will be up for a vote at Sudbury Annual Town Meeting in May. Learn more about the warrant article, filed by citizens petition, at a virtual public forum, “Why Declare a Climate Emergency in Sudbury?” Monday, April 4,…
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Panel will develop Needham’s climate action plan
By John Laidler Globe Correspondent,Updated March 22, 2022, 6:36 p.m. … The nine-member panel, which held its first meeting March 21, is responsible for developing a plan focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building climate resiliency in Needham. … “Climate change is one of the most urgent issues we face globally, and we have a responsibility to…
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Upcoming Webinars
LOTS of good webinars coming up! WED FEB 23, MARCH 16, APRIL 20, MAY 18 7 PM Building Biodiversity Series Yard care techniques that foster a haven for native plants and animals. Green Newton.WED MARCH 2 7 PMSenator Barrett – What’s Happening on the Hill Part I (see above)THUR MARCH 3 12 PMHydrogen: Future of Clean Energy…
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Sen. Eldridge interviews Acton’s Sustainability Director, Andrea Becerra
https://youtu.be/CVPSbHCNuvI?t=44 Learn about what a Sustainability Director does in this interview. Acton passed their Climate Emergency Declaration and hired their Sustainability Director in 2020. Sudbury gets the chance to do that this year! See Climate Emergency for details and to show your support!
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With new Mass Save three-year plan, Massachusetts sharpens its best climate-fighting tool
From the Boston Globe: The new 343-page order dramatically expands incentives to decarbonize homes. Yet some fear its fine print could undermine its broad strokes. … On Monday, the Department of Public Utilities approved a major rewriting of the state plan that provides energy efficiency incentives to consumers. Unlike previous versions of the Mass Save plan, the new…
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Blame Warming Atlantic for the ‘Snow Bomb’ Roaring Toward Us
Winter storms in the Northeast U.S. are getting boost from warming oceans From Bloomberg:
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Snowfall Prediction for Tomorrow
Winter Storm Warning Dave Epstein says: “This is perhaps the highest snowfall potential totals map I have ever made. Banding most likely over southeastern MA, but could occur anywhere in the highest zone. Most of this falls from 7 am to 7pm Saturday, final flakes around midnight. #WeatherWisdom“ National Weather Service Warning: URGENT – WINTER…
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‘Don’t Look Up’: Hollywood primer on climate denial illustrates 5 myths that fuel rejection of science
From salemnews.com … Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence play astronomers who make a literally Earth-shattering discovery and then try to persuade the president to take action to save humanity. It’s a satire that explores how individuals, scientists, the media and politicians respond when faced with scientific facts that are uncomfortable, threatening and inconvenient. The movie…