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Shining a Bright Light on All Communities
(Photo Credit: Resonant Energy)
Clean energy belongs to us all.
We’re talking about the wind and the sun, sources of power that have graced us since the dawn of time.
We’re talking about power that cleans our air, improves our health, builds our local economy and makes our world safer.
And let’s not forget that, in states like Massachusetts, we’re talking about energy that we all pay for, through an allotment on our monthly energy bills. What we invest in efficiency and clean energy is money well spent, reducing healthcare costs and “shaving the peak” of high-demand strains on our power grid
A Foray Into Energy Democracy In Massachusetts
Worcester, MA is a gritty little outpost in Central Massachusetts, with the quaint feel of bygone glory days.
In cosmopolitan Boston, with its internationally renowned academic, financial and healthcare institutions, this caricature of our neighbor only an hour away- the second largest city in New England- is a common perception. So ingrained is this idea in fact, that it translates into monumental material impacts like infrequent transit connections, meager media attention to issues of significance in Worcester and a paucity of economic development initiatives by the Boston-oriented
Commonwealth Conversations Senate Listening tour
Massachusetts currently has two bills pending in the Legislature focused on putting a fair price on carbon pollution. Combined the bills have 79 co-sponsors — more than one-third of the Legislature. There is widespread support and strong momentum to pass a bill from previous years’ efforts .
In order to hear more directly from constituents, the Massachusetts State Senate is conducting a series of statewide forums in every corner of the state, known as Commonwealth Conversations.
The Massachusetts Campaign for a Clean Energy Future is a diverse set of interest groups working together to
Nearly $3 Billion: Health Benefits from Putting a Price on Carbon Pollution in Massachusetts
Clean Air for our Kids: Priceless
As we watch clean air and climate protections face rollbacks at the national level, increasingly states like Massachusetts are stepping forward to show a different path...one that can jump start the clean energy economy to reduce pollution and protect our health, as we battle the climate crisis.
Now, hot off the presses, a new report from researchers at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard School of Public Health is putting a spotlight on critical health co-benefits of carbon pricing bills pending in our state legislature.
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