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Energy
Association
Forum:
Thursday,
April 11th,
2013</strong></p>
<div
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Massachusetts
(350ma.org)<br>
Local
Grassroots
Growing</em></strong><em><strong><br>
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Massachusetts
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to stop the
Keystone XL
pipeline. The
immediate
focus is to
flood the
State
Department
with the
voices of
citizens
expressing
their
concerns,
before the
public comment
period closes
in mid April. </p>
<p
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<p
style="margin-top:
0px;
margin-bottom:
0px;">Eli
Gerzon, leader
of 350ma.org's
Political
Accountability
team, will
give us a "how
to"
presentation,
so BASEA
members can
quickly and
easily join
this effort.
Eli will also
provide an
insider's view
on the process
of expressing
one's concerns
to elected
representatives,
with some
encouraging
anecdotes from
his
experiences.</p>
<p
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0px;
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0px;"> </p>
<p
style="margin-top:
0px;
margin-bottom:
0px;">Our
April Forum
will then
expand to look
at the rapid
growth of 350
Massachusetts,
which got its
start in late
2012 and has
organized
around several
campaigns,
namely:</p>
<p
style="margin-top:
0px;
margin-bottom:
0px;">-
Solutions
(renewable
energy, public
transportation,
cultural
awareness)</p>
<p
style="margin-top:
0px;
margin-bottom:
0px;">- Carbon
Tax (aligned
with Citizens
Climate Lobby
for a national
carbon tax) </p>
<p
style="margin-top:
0px;
margin-bottom:
0px;">- No Gas
Mass (opposing
potential
fracking and
increased
natural gas
infrastructure) </p>
<p
style="margin-top:
0px;
margin-bottom:
0px;">-
Divestment
(encouraging
institutions
and
individuals to
divest from
fossil fuel
businesses)</p>
<p
style="margin-top:
0px;
margin-bottom:
0px;">- Tar
Sands (not
just Keystone
XL, but also
the
Northeast/Line
9 pipeline to
Portland, ME)</p>
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<p
style="margin-top:
0px;
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0px;">(Forward
on Climate
Rally, Feb.
2013. 350
Massachusetts
sent 5 buses
here!) </p>
<p
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<p
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seeds were
planted by the
global <a
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growing here
under the
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350
Massachusetts.</p>
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you voted for
action, not
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usual...But
that doesn't
mean your work
is done. The
role of
citizens in
our democracy
does not end
with your
vote."</p>
<p
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President
Barack Obama's
victory
speech, 2012</p>
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<span>First
Parish in
Cambridge
Unitarian
Universalist; </span></span><span>
3 Church
Street,
Harvard Square<br>
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