Rep. Blais spearheads virtual climate change panel
Clockwise, state Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Sunderland, state Rep. Joan Meschino, D-Hull, state Rep. Liz Miranda, whose 5th Suffolk District includes parts of Dorchester and Roxbury, and Sunderland Public Library acting director and Sunderland Energy Committee member Aaron Falbel appear in a climate change panel hosted by Blais on Monday evening. SCREENSHOT
Published: 3/10/2021 4:35:16 PM
The former Sunderland Public Library trustee now representing the 19 communities of the 1st Franklin District led a virtual climate change panel discussion sponsored by the library and the Sunderland Energy Committee this week.
State Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Sunderland, spearheaded Monday evening’s discussion, aimed at keeping people informed about environmental legislation in Boston. Blais was joined by, among others, state Reps. Paul Mark, D-Peru, Joan Meschino, D-Hull, and Liz Miranda, a Democrat whose 5th Suffolk District includes parts of Dorche
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Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) and countless other Vermonters have been celebrating President Bidenâs recent actions to rejoin the Paris Climate Accords â including our very own Governor Phil Scott. The governor joined a bipartisan group of state officials in applauding the Biden administrationâs swift action to sign America back on to the legally binding, international treaty to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and preferably limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. While Scottâs words were heartening, as were his recent budget recommendations, our state has much more work to do if weâre truly going to walk the walk when it comes to taking just, meaningful, and measurable action on climate.
BOSTON â House lawmakers, including all members of the Berkshire County delegation, rejected a proposed change in legislative rules Wednesday that advocates said would have increased transparency.
The change would have made the details of all committee votes public and required that public testimony on bills be available to the public upon request.
State Reps. John Barrett III, D-North Adams; Paul Mark, D-Peru; Tricia Farley-Bouvier, D-Pittsfield; and William âSmittyâ Pignatelli, D-Lenox, joined the majority in the 122-36 vote against an amendment that would have aligned the House language on committee votes and testimony with the Senateâs proposal, which advocacy groups such as Act on Mass have said provide constituents with better information.
On the Resources Radio podcast, guest hosts Richard G. Newell and Susan F. Tierney talked with leading decisionmakers, analysts, researchers, and reporters about the big decisions that will impact US environmental and energy policy in the years to come.
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