According to the MassDEP, New England is facing a landfill crisis. We are running out of space in existing landfills, and very soon we will have to ship our trash to other regions (whose residents are poorer and need the revenue). Even though Newton incinerates its trash, there is still…
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On March 22, the Newton City Council’s Programs and Services Committee will begin discussing a proposal that would ban the sale or distribution of more than one dozen plastic items and limiting the availability of many other items. Among other things, the ordinance would forbid the sale of plastic water…
On the agenda at a recent meeting of the Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council were updates on the Levingston Cove and Crystal Lake projects. Luis Demorizi, Open Space Coordinator for Newton Parks, Recreation & Culture, reported that work on Levingston Cove is projected for completion in June, weather permitting. Newton…
Gas is not safe, not clean, not green. With our own eyes we see how the climate crisis is increasing the social and financial costs of increasingly extreme weather. The answer is to stop burning fossil fuels while transitioning to a rapid, equitable transition to carbon-free energy sources. On March…
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…
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…