On March 1 at 7PM, the Climate Crisis subcommittee of the Newton Democratic City Committee will present What Role for Nuclear Energy in Addressing Climate Change?, a public forum on the potential role that nuclear power could play as the U.S. struggles to address climate change through decarbonization of the…
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Have an impact this Earth Day — April 22, 10AM-boon! Participate in the 24th Annual Charles River Cleanup, organized by the Charles River Watershed Association. Each year, CRWA’s cleanup brings together over 3,000 volunteers to pick up litter and remove invasive species along all 80 miles of the Charles River. Sign…
Green Newton, Mothers Out Front Newton and 350Mass Newton Node will sponsor a webinar, Hydrogen vs. Electricity for Heating Buildings, on March 16 at 7PM. Boston University professor Nathan Phillips will moderate a discussion with Cathy Kristofferson (co-founder of the Pipe Line Awareness Network for the Northeast) and Martyn Roetter (co-author…
State Senator Cindy Creem — Senate Majority Leader and Chair of the Global Warming and Climate Change Committee — will host a webinar, Incentives/rebates for home electrification and EVs, on March 22 at 7PM. The Green Energy Consumers Alliance will discuss state and federal incentives and rebates for home electrification and electric…
The UU Plant-Based Eating Club, housed at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN), will host two discussions of the book The Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue Diet: Eat Plants, Lose Weight, Save Your Health, by Rip Esselstyn. It’s about how a group of firefighters in Texas tried plant-based eating…
Large green and blue barrels dot the curbs all over Newton. If it alarms you as to how much trash and recyclables you and your family generate each and every week of the year, you are not alone. Newton’s Sustainable Management Commission has completed a report “Setting the Path to…
At the start of this legislative session, State Representative Kay Khan has filed forty-three bills relating to: Among the bills is An Act relative to the electrification of new and substantially remodeled or rehabilitated buildings (HD.2192), jointly filed with Representative Livingstone and Senator Edwards. This legislation requires all newly constructed and…
Getting significant additional funding to help restore the city’s loss of street trees is a major reason that I will vote “Yes” for Newton’s override on March 14. At the beginning of the 1980s, Newton had 39,000 street trees. After years of losing trees that were not replaced, the city…
When data analysts in Cambridge, MA saw through satellite imagery that the urban tree canopy of the city had precipitously shrunken, the City Council called it an emergency; a moratorium on removing healthy trees was put in place and the City Council of Cambridge enacted a new ordinance protecting healthy…
Wintry? Not really. With temperatures in the forties, it felt more like mid-spring. But WinterFEST’s Cold Spring Park winter walk on January 29 was festive. About 120 adults, small children, infants, and dogs gathered Sunday morning for a nature hike put on by Newton Community Pride. Gloria Gavris of Newton…