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Climate Action Committee

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Selectmen Vote Unanimously in Favor of Climate Action Plan

Check out the Climate Action Committee's Wiki page to see how they plan to reduce Green House Gas emissions.

The Climate Action Committee is on a mission to reduce Brookline’s greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent of the 1990 levels by 2020. This goal is on an equal course with the rest of the Commonwealth. “It has been nearly ten years since the town adopted a climate action plan,” Selectman Jesse Mermell said. “Starting in January of 2011, the Climate Action Committee started looking into how we could update our climate action plan.” To maintain their action plan as a live document, as opposed to an archaic, the committee has created a Wiki page as well as a printed hard copy of the plan.  “The goal of the Wiki page is to maximize public participation,” Mermell said. On top of the exstensive outline, the Wiki page has six categories under the …

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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Public Input Sought for Brookline Climate Action Plan

Climate Action Committee to Host Community Workshop

The following is a press release from Selectman Jesse Mermell The Selectmen’s Climate Action Committee has announced a community workshop to be held on June 9, 2011, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Hunneman Hall of the Main Library, 361 Washington Street. The workshop will be focused on soliciting public input regarding the updating of the Town’s 2002 Climate Action Plan. “We are very excited to be taking on the task of revising the nearly decade old Climate Action Plan,” said Selectman Jesse Mermell, the committee’s co-chair. “Brookline has made great strides on issues of climate change since the plan was last reviewed, but there is still much to be done. This workshop is an opportunity for the community to share their ideas for how Brookline …

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