The Organization for the Assabet, Sudbury & Concord Rivers (OARS) recently announced that it is joining with nine other river groups in filing a lawsuit to overturn the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) one-year delay in implementing new stormwater pollution requirements in Massachusetts.
Spreadsheet of gas leaks in Acton
This spreadsheet is tracking what we know about gas leaks in Acton. It includes the data from National Grid, and data from the MAPC/HEET study.
Background: Stormwater and Its Regulation
Stormwater: Stormwater is water that runs off the land when it rains or when snow melts. On landscapes impacted by human development, stormwater carries fertilizer, harmful bacteria, oil, gas, toxic metals, and salt into nearby waterways. Julia Blatt, executive director of the Massachusetts Rivers Alliance, says in the Boston Globe, “Stormwater is the state’s No. 1… Continue reading →
Here’s the official Acton Power Choice letter of August 2017
Did you get a letter that looks like this in the mail? If you didn’t, either you are not an Acton Eversource customer, or you chose an electricity supplier some time ago that isn’t Eversource. If you don’t remember getting this letter, but you want to participate in Acton Power Choice, get a recent electric… Continue reading →
Sign up for 100% renewable power
The Town and Green Acton are preparing various explanatory materials, but if you have been following along and are ready to get 100% renewable power for less than 2 cents more per kWh, you can grab your electric bill, call 1-866-220-5696 and ask to be signed up for Acton Power Choice Green. You can read all about… Continue reading →
Sustainability
When elected officials and Town staff in Acton are making decisions, they are thinking of maintaining health, welfare, financial solvency, and other measures of the town’s well-being. “Sustainability” takes those same measures, but deepens them to include future generations, and broadens them to include the wider web of life of which we are a part,… Continue reading →
Media coverage of sustainability policy discussion
The Beacon covered Green Acton’s July 24 presentation at the Board of Selectmen about a sustainability policy: http://acton.wickedlocal.com/news/20170727/acton-selectmen-address-sustainability-goals You can also watch it on Acton TV’s youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ24dJzzf-c&t=94m20s
Sustainability Policy background information, prepared for Acton Selectmen
By Debra Simes, Jim Snyder-Grant, and a host of commenters from Green Acton (For Board of Selectmen meeting on 2017-7-24) Hello Board of Selectmen and other Acton Sustainability Policy allies:
Sustainability brainstorming
On July 5, 2017, as a first step in developing a proposed sustainability policy, Green Acton hosted a sustainability brainstorming session. Many ideas emerged, placed on a large table with pieces of paper, and transcribed here in this Google document.
Acton’s electrical aggregation program, Acton Power Choice, approved by DPU
After a long delay, the Commonwealth’s Department of Public Utilities approved Acton’s Community Choice (electricity) Aggregation plan, Acton Power Choice! The old description still applies: http://www.acton-ma.gov/powerchoice (except for the launch date). As a summary, the Acton Power Choice program will bring to most electricity customers in Acton a new set of choices for their electricity… Continue reading →