The holier-than-thou gun-totin' mother of four and grandmother Repugnican rep from Colorado "simply falls short of her values on Sunday" (of all days!) after being recorded vaping and groping her date in public. Setting an example for the youth of this god-fearing nation any fool would be...um...proud of? Will the real Lauren Boebert please rise?
We imagine Boebert denies "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" but experts agree, "The average temperature in September was "absolutely gobsmackingly bananas." Not exactly a technical term but one the Repug from Colorado might relate to, and yet "A study published this week in Nature found that although development in cities, towns, and villages worldwide increased 85 percent between 1985 and 2015, building in flood-hazard areas jumped 122 percent." Instead of heading for the hills folks are going the wrong way. Silly humans. As fossil fuel pollution traps heat, flooding is intensifying and disasters are becoming more frequent and more intense around the world. "In Rust Belt cities like Detroit with combined sewer and rainwater systems, untreated sewage can back up into streets and homes when pipes become overwhelmed with stormwater." reports Grist. Meanwhile "Giant new oil and gas wells that require astonishing volumes of water to fracture bedrock are threatening America’s fragile aquifers." Wait, is there a theme in there somewhere?
Wait, maybe Biden isn't abidin' with any of that? Nah! It seems he's actually backslidin' when it come to fossil fuels: "The U.S. Interior Department announced [last month] its five-year plan for the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, including three new areas in the Gulf of Mexico where fossil fuel companies will be permitted to drill....As the head of the United Nations and has said, continued fossils fuel development is incompatible with human survival. We need to transition to justly sourced renewable energy that's democratically managed and accountable to frontline communities as quickly as possible." We're glad The Prez is doing some good things lately but hey, Joe "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!"
We have a sad tale in The Enviro Show Echo Chamber that almost took our breath away when we learned someone in the UK cut down a 300-year old Sycamore tree by Hadrian's Wall. The beloved tree is being widely mourned and the hunt for the vandal is now focused on a retired logger ( Surprise!) or his grandson who lived nearby. Interestingly, the tree could have lived another 100 years but in the likelihood the stump sends up sprouts (Sycamores often do) it could live another 400 years. Onward!
Whomever entertained the idea of cutting down a 300 year old tree could easily be accused of committing a brainless act but how about burning down an entire rainforest? "It was supposed to be a good-news story out of the damaged Amazon rainforest: a project that replanted hundreds of thousands of trees in an illegally deforested nature reserve in Brazil. Then it went up in flames, allegedly torched by land-grabbers trying to reclaim the territory for cattle pasture." Mindless cowboys strike again!
Here's an Enviro Show Quote of the Week to take us to our interview:
"The primary users of Hanscom Field are ultra-wealthy travelers that fly to luxury destinations for short trips, emitting tons of carbon and worsening the climate crisis. An expansion would release a “carbon bomb” of emissions so the richest people on the planet can fly from Boston to Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and the Hamptons on Long Island, NY rather than drive and take the ferry."
- Chuck Collins
After our conversation with Chuck it's on to the Bus Stop Billboard:
Wednesday, October 25, 9:30am. Waterways hearing with the Mass Department of Enabling Polluters (DEP) will be beginning at 9:30 AM on the DEP YouTube channel. You can access the channel here. The Hearing will conclude at 5:00 PM or be continued to Thursday 10/26 if more time is necessary. Our expectations of the DEP are very, very low, but with a new administration at the helm, one never can be sure. We do hope you will be able to join us to watch the proceedings. More info HERE.
Wednesday, October 25, 1pm. Come with us to the State House! Please join SAVE THE ALEWIFE BROOK in person or remotely via Zoom. Support House Bill 886 ~ An Act Relative to Combined Sewer Overflows, A Sensible, Achievable, and Necessary Response to Raw Sewage Being Dumped into our Waterways through Combined Sewer Outfalls. Go HERE.
Wednesday, October 25, 6:30-8:00pm. Lawrence Buell—Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently. The Walden Woods Project, 44 Baker Farm Rd., Lincoln, MA. Doors will open at 6:30 pm for a wine and cheese reception with the author. The talk will begin at 7:00 pm. Register HERE.
Thursday, October 26, 6 to 8 pm. Save the Pine Barrens Members Meeting 2023. via video conference or phone via Zoom HERE. Meeting ID: 833 9619 16. One tap mobile: +16465588656,,83396191623# US (New York).
Thursday, October 26, 7-8:30pm. “Recycling: All you want to know about recycling in Franklin County and future possibilities”. Speaker: Amy Donovan, Program Director, Franklin County Solid Waste Management District, co-developer of the popular “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Guides”, and Member, Springfield MRF Advisory Board. Zoom link HERE.
Friday October 27 from 11:30 am to 1 pm, we are planning a 101st Day celebration at the State House and we want you to join us! We'll gather at the General Hooker entrance. During the celebration, attendees will write postcards while speakers deliver inspirational addresses on the importance of No New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure. Then the crowd will go into the State House together and deliver postcards to Healey's, Mariano's, and Spilka's offices while members of the XR Choir perform choral selections. Afterwards, we'll engage in a performative Die-In to demonstrate the loss of life that has happened and will continue to happen because of climate change. Special Stand-Out postcards will be provided for participants to fill out. Because this is a lunchtime event, some food will also be available. You are welcome to bring snacks to share! The Massachusetts State House is located at 24 Beacon St., Boston Massachusetts 02133. Accessing the General Hooker entrance requires climbing some stairs.
Saturday, October 28, 11am. - 1pm. Myles Standish State Forest- Plymouth MA. Please join us for a walk and talk to learn more about the Pine Barrens ecosystem restoration in Myles Standish State Forest. MSSF has approximately 12,437 acres, and is the largest public recreation area in southeastern Massachusetts. It is one our reserve forests - a designation that is meant to have the highest level of protection from human management on our state lands. Exact Location: Myles Standish State Forest near Charge Pond For more information, contact: Janet Sinclair - jasinclair@verizon.net
Sunday, October 29, 2pm. Join the Sierra Club MA Chapter on a nice Fall walk adjacent to Hanscom Airfield! We will be taking an easy walk through the Hartwell Town Forest in Bedford, MA, while learning about the proposal for a private jet expansion at the adjacent Hanscom airfield. This development threatens to clear 500,000 square feet of land, and will result in irreversible environmental damage in the form of environmental degradation and greenhouse gas emissions from private planes. Join us as we hear more details about the development from local advocates, and take action to stop this expansion. For more information on the campaign: https://www.stopprivatejetexpansion.org/
Sunday October 29, 5:30pm. Please join us for a public pagan ritual at the UMass Amherst Stone Circle in honor of Samhain and the turning of the year/end of harvest season. All pagan and pagan leaning people are welcome to join us in the common purpose of honoring our ancestors, those who have recently passed and those who have recently been born. This ritual is inclusive of all traditions, paths, perspectives, backgrounds, ages, cultures, gender identities, abilities, experiences, etc. Please consider bringing a photo or two of those who have passed that you would like to honor during our time together. Go HERE.
Thursday November 9, in-person gathering begins at 5:00 PM; presentation and Zoom start at 6:00 PM. [Critical thinking Alert!] Join us online or in person at our November Berkshire Green Drinks event with Tom Ryan, a forester with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). Tom will touch on several areas within forestry, including an overview of the current state of our forested landscape, a summary of state forestry programs and the existing land use designations for DCR state properties, conservation options for private landowners, forest-climate adaptation and carbon management concepts, landscape-scale habitat restoration efforts, MA forest product consumption trends, biochar, and supporting local forest products and how this can help mitigate climate change. Big Elm Brewery – Sheffield Taproom*, 65 Silver St, Sheffield, MA 01257 or Registration is required to attend virtually and receive the Zoom meeting info. Click here to register for online participation. Please RSVP if you plan to join us for the in-person gathering.
Sunday November 12, 6:30 to 7:45pm. Save the date!! The People vs. the NED Pipeline
or a celebration and blueprint of how David took on Goliath in MA - a multi-media recollection starring YOU . Community Church 105 Main St Northfield, MA Have an affinity group reunion!!
Saturday November 18, 9am. Mothers Rebellion Climate Circle. Amherst Farmers Market on the Common. Be part of the 3rd Global Mothers Rebellion for Climate Justice. Go to www.xrwesternmass.org or Mothersrebellion.com
Saturday November 18, 3 to 5pm. Living Rivers Flow Downstream - A Case for the Connecticut River Ecosystem. Shea Theater, Avenue A ,Great Falls [Turners Falls, MA]. Testimony from those knowledgable about and affected by FirstLight’s Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Station. A panel of respected Judges will render findings. Entertainment during the Judge’s deliberations. Information: Ctriverdefenders@gmail.com
That's all for now, folks but please remember to listen to your Mother!
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