An online public hearing has been scheduled for Thursday, February 16 at 7PM (Zoom link) on a group petition requesting the City Council to pass a measure postponing any immediate action for new or replacement artificial turf anywhere in Newton pending the completion, public presentation, and public hearing for the…
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Green Newton will present a free webinar, Electric Vehicles 101, on January 31, noon to 1PM. Register here.
Among Senator Creem’s “dozens” of recently filed bills is An Act relative to the future of clean heat in the Commonwealth (SD2330). An article in the Boston Globe about the warming winters demonstrated that New England is experiencing record high temperatures. In general, New England is warming faster than any…
The Mothers Out Front statewide Clean Heat Clean Air Campaign is planning to deliver its letter to Governor Maura Healy at the State House on January 25 (2PM-4PM), to inform Governor Healey and her newly appointed climate chief, Melissa Hoffer, that the campaign looks forward to working together to make Massachusetts a leader…
On a snowy Monday, Rep. Ruth Balser’s colleagues and environmental allies gathered in the State House Library to celebrate her success in passing the Public Lands Preservation Act, after leading the effort for nearly quarter of a century. Former Governor Charlie Baker signed the bill into law on November 17.…
For years, members of Mothers Out Front, 350Mass Newton, and Green Newton watched in frustration as the DPW and Newton’s Public Facilities Committee agreed to National Grid’s whack-a-mole scattershot approach to gas pipelines. They have not reduced the many high volume and dangerous leaks nor curbed methane emissions. At the…
Is your New Year’s resolution to eat healthier food and/or reduce your environmental impact? Let the UU Plant-Based Eating Club help! We are hosting a group read of The Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue Diet: Eat Plants, Lose Weight, Save Your Health, by Rip Esselstyn. Available at the Newton Free Library, this…
The UU Plant-Based Eating Club, housed at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, is hosting a Zoom discussion of the blockbuster documentary Seaspiracy. Seaspiracy is a groundbreaking Netflix Original documentary that exposes the fishing industry’s impact on marine wildlife and ecosystems and identifies actions consumers can take action to preserve our oceans.…
Green Newton and the Newton Free Library will host a webinar, Reducing Single-use Packaging Waste, on February 9, 7PM-8PM. Register here for the Zoom link.
Bike Newton, Newton Safe Routes to School, and Newton’s Transportation Advisory Group (TAG) will jointly host an online information session on February 8, 5PM-6PM, on the transportation-related aspects of the proposed operating override. The Q&A session will encompass transportation, streets, sidewalks, bike lanes, student and senior travel, parks, sustainability and…