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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><SPAN class=490492704-25112008><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG>Senator John Kerry will speak tonight, Tues Nov 25, at 6pm at
Faneuil Hall as part of the Rally for an Energy Empowerment Revolution.</STRONG>
Other speakers include <SPAN
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Hurmon Hamilton of Black Ministerial Alliance, Cindy Luppi of Clean Water
Action, and <SPAN
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Aikens, International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><SPAN class=490492704-25112008><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Come out -- despite the rain -- to demand urgent and revolutionary
action for Energy Empowerment -- taking money away from oil and coal
corporations and putting it to work rebuilding our communities and providing
"pathways out of poverty."</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=490492704-25112008>The housing crisis, the jobs crisis, the climate
crisis, the food and fuel crisis -- a</SPAN>ll these different problems could be
addressed by the same response: <B>a massive transformation in how we use
energy, not only in industry and commercial buildings, but in our
homes</B>.<SPAN> </SPAN>This would create jobs, stabilize housing
prices, put dollars back into peoples’ wallets, correct structural injustice,
advance the green economy, and lower climate impacts.<SPAN>
</SPAN>The Patrick administration has taken some preliminary steps in the Green
Communities Act and the the Green jobs act. <SPAN> </SPAN><B><U>But much
more needs to be done.</U></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Some good efforts are being
made by well-intentioned people inside and outside government, but their plans
are not adequate to the scope and scale of the problem.<SPAN> </SPAN>For
example, one proposal suggests that we could improve the energy efficiency of
25,000 homes in Massachusetts over 4 years.<SPAN> </SPAN>That would
be a good start, but even if that were successful that would affect only ONE PER
CENT of the Massachusetts housing stock of 2,700,000
households.<SPAN> </SPAN>At that rate, it would take Massachusetts
<U>four hundred years</U> to reach every
home.<SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=490492704-25112008>Come out tonight to show that you are ready for a
revolutionary change in our housing stock and energy use. Join with others
to demand private and public prioritization of
weatherization</SPAN> <SPAN class=490492704-25112008>and other clean energy
inititatives. "Green the Bailout" and make sure it "lifts all
boats."</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>---<BR></FONT><FONT size=2>Loie Hayes<BR>C<SPAN
class=839115813-14062007>oordinator, Boston Climate Action
Network</SPAN><BR>Roxbury MA 02120<BR>617-278-1885<BR></FONT><FONT size=2>cell
857-544-6846<BR></FONT><SPAN class=577221102-21082007><FONT size=2><A
href="http://www.bostoncan.org/">www.bostoncan.org</A></FONT></SPAN></P>
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