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Grieve, gather, listen, forgive, speak up, choose hope
This week, many of us who hoped and organized for a different outcome are reeling with shock, numbness anger or despair. We are facing the prospect of environment and energy transition team leaders who hail from the coal and oil industries. The questions of “What next? Where do we go from here? What do I do now?” are on everyone’s mind. And indeed, where do we go from here?
There are half-joking comments that this is the apocalypse. But to quote a facebook post from close friend of mine, “Our country has made a mistake of unfathomable proportions, but this is not the end.” In fact, we have a
Moving Toward a Ban on Fracking
On November 1 st the Baltimore City Council public hearing featured an often very controversial issue, fracking. At the hearing bills are voted on by a committee after public testimony to see if they will be voted on at a full city council meeting. Two different pieces of legislature involving fracking, first a resolution from the city to recommend banning fracking statewide and second a ban on fracking in the city of Baltimore, were brought to the committee. The invasive form of drilling for natural gas is known to contaminate water supplies and cause earthquakes. This and the need to do away
Why Elections Motivate Me.
Autumn is my favorite season of the year. We’re past the stifling heat and humidity of summer, the changing color of leaves makes my drive to work a rolling rainbow of foliage and my work as a canvasser takes on special significance because, every two years, it’s election season.
Flash Forward Friday – Blog Post for Wednesday, November 9th
Resist President-Elect Trump’s Polluter-Friendly Agenda
Sigh. I did not really think this is a sentence I would have to write: Donald Trump won a shocking victory yesterday, edging out Hillary Clinton in the electoral college.
President-Elect Trump has vowed to abolish the Clean Water Rule and the Clean Power Plan, to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, and to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. At times, he has even promised to eliminate the entire EPA.
We will not let him undo the environmental progress that we’ve made over the last 45 years, and we will work especially hard to
The people on your ballot
As I’m sure you’re all too aware, it’s election season. The presidential election is everywhere you turn. We all know more than we ever wanted to know about the personal and professional lives of Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump (and the choice is abundantly clear).
But what about the rest of the candidates down your ballot? As someone who spends time at the State House, I’ve had the privilege of getting to know the people behind the names (and lawn signs and mailers) in many of the state legislative races in Massachusetts. Here are my personal experiences with some of the candidates running