| Melanie Hedlund | Jan 23, 2007 10:11 PM (UTC) |
And this sounds very interesting, here in Massachusetts:
Click on this link to find out more about RGGI: http://www.masspirg.org/reports/RGGI.pdf
| Phil Mitchell | Jan 24, 2007 01:20 AM (UTC) |
For those who don't know RGGI is a bunch of New England states creating a regional greenhouse gas cap-and-trade network.
I was really upset when I heard that Romney was pulling MA out of RGGI, at the 11th hour. And thrilled to see that the new Governor (Deval Patrick) promptly put MA right back into it. Go Deval!
| charles uchu | Feb 22, 2007 02:03 AM (UTC) |
And we should continue the public input for Deval. Let's make sure we continue to give voice to the immediate nature of making changes to business-as-usual climate in Massachusetts. Deval is more open than most in politics to public input, let's make sure that beyond listening and giving strength to committments like RCGI we are actively NOT investing in the continuance of Coal (Mt. Tom) or Trash Incinerators (we've got seven of them)... while making continued and growing investment primarily in small renewables (solar, wind, micro-hydro), but also in larger renewables (wind, oceanic waves) where they can displace the need for dirty power plants.
Then there are simple investments in conservation of energy that can have a huge impact. Imagine what we could do with a state program to change everyone's lightbulbs in the state to compact flourescents in 3 years. There's some movement in California to ban incandescents completely. Other countries on the planet have already made large investments or regulations to push this change.
Then there are simple investments in conservation of energy that can have a huge impact. Imagine what we could do with a state program to change everyone's lightbulbs in the state to compact flourescents in 3 years. There's some movement in California to ban incandescents completely. Other countries on the planet have already made large investments or regulations to push this change.