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| A total of 104 U.S. Representatives, including nine members of Congress from Massachusetts, sent a bipartisan letter today to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, urging him to approve a waiver that Massachusetts and 10 other states need to implement their clean cars program, which will limit global warming pollution and other harmful emissions from cars and SUVs. | |
| Sacramento, CA—Capping emissions and making polluters pay for putting global warming emissions into the atmosphere is the most economically efficient and fair approach to cutting global warming pollution nationwide, according to a new report released today by Environment California. Cleaner, Cheaper, Smarter: The Case for Auctioning Pollution Allowances in a Global Warming Cap-and-Trade Program recommends that the United States and any state or region contemplating a cap-and-trade program sell 100 percent of pollution permits – called “allowances” – at an auction as opposed to giving them to emitters for free. | |
| Boston, MA- Transit use in New England prevented more than 1.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution in 2005, equivalent to taking 310,000 cars off the road, according to a new report, Cool Moves, released today by the Environment Massachusetts Research & Policy Center and Clean Water Fund. Trains, buses and vanpools saved 240 million gallons of gasoline while also reducing congestion, spurring smart growth, boosting mobility and developing local economies. | |
| BOSTON—According to environmental groups in the region, a preliminary proposal from the region’s governors to cut global warming pollution from power plants contains two major loopholes – offsets and leakage -- that threaten its effectiveness. | |
| BOSTON—According to environmental groups in the region, a preliminary proposal from the region’s governors to cut global warming pollution from power plants contains two major loopholes – offsets and leakage -- that threaten its effectiveness. | |
| Environmental advocates released a report today, Stopping Global Warming Begins at Home: The Case Against the Use of Offsets in a Regional Power Sector Cap-and-Trade Program; which calls on Northeast officials to stick to their commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. | |
| Just weeks after the strongest global warming legislation in history was introduced in Congress, a new report released today by the MASSPIRG Education Fund in conjunction with state PIRGs across the country shows how the U.S. can meet – and even exceed – the legislation’s goals. | |
| BOSTON - A “Report Card” released today by a coalition of environmental advocates in the United States and Canada has given Massachusetts a grade of C+ for its actions to reduce global warming pollution in the region. The C+ represents a drop from last year’s grade of B-, and is attributable to Governor Romney’s lack of action since releasing his Climate Protection Plan last year. | |
| Yesterday evening, during the last formal legislative session of the year, six more state Representatives endorsed the Global Warming Bill, S.B. 2516. | |
| Wednesday, August 1, Environment Massachusetts, the new home of MASSPIRG’s statewide environment work, will award Massachusetts State Senator Marc R. Pacheco the title of Climate Change Champion for his tireless work to tackle what he calls “the most pressing and complex issue of our time.” | |
| As the region's governors examine proposals to cap power plant global warming pollution, a new report released today has found that a small number of power companies in the northeast are responsible for the lion's share of that sector's global warming pollution. | |
| Temperatures across Massachusetts were unusually warm in 2006, according to a new report released today by Environment Massachusetts. The average temperature in Boston’s Logan International Airport was 1.8°F above average in 2006, while average temperatures at Worcester’s Regional Airport reached 3.1°F degrees above normal. Environment Massachusetts said this warmer-than-normal weather is indicative of what Massachusetts can expect with continued global warming. | |
| Energy companies are planning to build over 150 coal-fired power plants across the United States, according to a report released today by Massachusetts Public Interest Group (MASSPIRG). | |
| The Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment, analyzing impacts of global warming on the northeast states, coordinated by the Union of Concerned Scientists, was released today. | |
| With a twenty-foot tall “flaming” earth looming in the background and just four weeks left in the session, environmental leaders and lawmakers called on the state Senate to bring up the Global Warming Bill for a vote. | |
| Standing in front of a 20-foot, inflated model of the earth in Amherst today, the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group called on the state legislature to pass the Global Warming Bill. | |
| Representatives Balser and Khan today received an award from MASSPIRG, the statewide environmental group, for their work to pass the Global Warming Bill this session. | |
| Report Card Highlights Need for More Aggressive Action in the Region | |
| BOSTON—Today members of a coalition of over 50 environmental, public health and religious groups praised the release of the Massachusetts Climate Protection Plan. | |
| Boston—The pollution reductions needed to stave off the worst effects of global warming can be achieved if governments act now, according to a major consensus report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC is a United Nations body charged with assessing the scientific record on global warming. | |
| Today the legislature has taken an important step toward solving global warming. The Global Warming Bill (SB 2475) was given a favorable recommendation by the legislature’s environment committee at a hearing in the state house, and it is now expected to go to the Senate for further consideration. | |
| CAMBRIDGE —Senator Barrios and Representative Wolf today received awards from MASSPIRG, the statewide environmental group, for their work to pass the Global Warming Bill this session. | |
| SOUTH HADLEY—Representative Scibak today received an award from MASSPIRG, the statewide environmental group, for his work to pass the Global Warming Bill this session. | |
| Boston – The legislature’s joint Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources today had a public hearing at the State House to review legislation that would strictly limit global warming pollution from cars, trucks, power plants, and other sources. | |
| Approximately 20-30 percent of plant and animal species are at increasing risk of extinction if the global average temperature increases by another 2.2 to 4 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a major consensus report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC is a United Nations body charged with assessing the scientific record on global warming. | |
| On Tuesday April 25, MASSPIRG and UCS hosted an advanced screening on "An Inconvenient Truth" followed by a question and answer session with Al Gore. | |
| Environmental groups in Massachusetts are responding to President Bush’s gas price announcement with an announcement of their own: oil addiction and global warming go hand-in-hand, and solving one helps to solve the other. | |
| Environmental organizations from the Massachusetts Climate Coalition today joined in calling for strong state action on global warming at the inaugural hearing of the state Senate's Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change. The committee is chaired by Senator Marc Pacheco. | |
| On this Earth Day, MASSPIRG called on Congress and the Bush administration to get serious about ending America’s dependence on oil. The organization released a “12-step program” that will wean America from its addiction to oil and stop global warming. | |
| Opportunities Seen for Major Pollution Reductions from Electricity, Transportation Sectors | |
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