*A public meeting has been scheduled for February 14, 2017 at 1:00PM at Kenmore City Hall located at 18120 68th Ave NE Kenmore, WA 98028.*

There are major problems with the Tree Ordinance as it is currently written and interpreted. First, in evaluating proposed developments, Town staff regularly interpret the Ordinance so as to equate newly planted saplings with mature trees in calculating the requirements for tree cover. Replacing future canopy coverage can take decades; planting a spindly sapling is not a substitute for a 100 foot oak tree. Canopy trees are identified and then allowed to be cut. Second, violations of the Ordinance are subject only to token fines. Based on these deficiencies, we petition Town Council to revise the Tree Ordinance to achieve the following goals:

WHY SIGN THIS PETITION?
Rise Gold, a junior mining company with questionable experience, wants to re-open the Idaho-Maryland Mine in Grass Valley, CA.

Our Nevada County Supervisors will vote on it as early as 2021. Residents and businesses think it's a really bad idea.

Here's what's at stake:
*Wrecks our neighborhoods with drilling and blasting for 80 years
*Pollutes our air with rock crushing, loading, and truck hauling
*Devours our power using 12% of Nevada County’s consumption annually
*Erases our County’s plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions
*Drains our water using South Fork Wolf Creek as a storm drain
*Reduces property values and threatens 300+ private wells

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The town just received correspondence that Wilbraham Road is AGAIN in the process of coming out of 61A Forestry to prepare for a 2-megawatt commercial farm.

Watch the 9/26/17 Selectmen mtg, starting at 1:14:18 via the MPACT link above. My father and I both speak at the end.

I know this whole solar topic is confusing. It's been a rollercoaster for us all. Here's what's been going on:

Since January 2017, these 22.6 acres have been under a very choppy process of land-use conversion. Steps were initiated to remove this land from the state's 61A Forestry program to prepare for solar construction. Then in April, while Selectmen were originally considering whether to purchase the land (and land appraisals were being conducted), the land was withdrawn from that process, keeping it under 61A Forestry. In July, the landowners submitted a forest cutting plan to the state for the objective of "long-term forest management", and substantial timber harvesting took place in August. This month, steps have been taken in an effort to again remove this land from the state's 61A Forestry program in preparation for construction of commercial solar.

In short, the future of this solar project soon lies in the hands of our Selectmen. They must decide:

- To exercise the town's first right to purchase the land and keep it under continued 61 protection status (no solar farm),
OR
- To waive the town's right to buy the land and in doing so, officially allow construction of this solar farm to begin.

We continue to say: Going solar isn't green if you cut down tons of trees. This project just does not make environmental sense.

OUR COLLECTIVE STRENGTH is in YOUR SINGLE VOICE. Please SIGN this electronic petition and SHARE it/TAG others who live in Monson.

Even if you signed the original paper petition from earlier this year, please DO sign this one as well. It's new. Also, each person should sign individually--every head counts!

From the very bottom of my heart, THANK YOU.

Jessica Lee Allen

We call on the legislature to pass legislation in 2020 that:
1. Commits Massachusetts to zero greenhouse gas emissions by or before 2050, with 50% reduction by 2030.
2. Funds our transition to a green economy with corporate polluter fees along with investments and rebates that give money directly to low and moderate-income people.
3. Protects low-income people and people of color.

All governments and councils (national, regional and local) have a duty to limit the negative impacts of Climate Breakdown, and local councils that recognise this should not wait for their national governments to change their policies. It is important for the residents of Worthing and the UK that communities commit to carbon neutrality as quickly as possible.

The consequences of global temperature rising above 1.5°C are so severe that preventing this from happening must be humanity’s number one priority.

Bold climate action can deliver economic benefits in terms of new jobs, economic savings and market opportunities (as well as improved well-being for people in Worthing, the region and worldwide).

기후변화 걱정없는 깨끗한 미래를 만들기 위해 여러분의 서명이 필요합니다!
그린피스와 함께 행동하는 전국대학생연합, "그린유스"는 국가 경쟁력 향상을 위한 혁신을 창출하고 인재를 양성해야 할 사회적 책임을 가진 국립대학교가 교내 재생가능에너지 확대해 기후변화 대응에 앞장설 수 있도록 행동하고 있습니다.

2018년 12월, 그린유스는 기후변화 걱정없는 세상을 염원하는 대학생의 요구가 담긴 서한을 거점국립대학교총장협의회에 전달할 것입니다. 이 서한에 여러분의 서명을 받아 얼마나 많은 청년이 기후변화 없는 세상을 위해 행동하고 있는지 보여주고자 합니다.

기후변화 시대 미래 인재를 양성할 책임이 있는 국립대학교가 먼저 에너지전환의 솔선수범을 보여줄 수 있도록 지금, 서명해주세요!

When local Conservatives warned people that Liberal Democrats had plans to build houses on former school sites last year, Lib Dems said we were lying. Now, local people know the truth.

A cross party campaign has now been established to fight these plans.

Many local residents have expressed disappointment that Lib Dems have chosen to ignore the findings of the consultation the council carried out in 2008.

The preference of the vast majority of local residents was for the site to be kept for education use or open space improvements, why then would the council offer the land for social housing?

When challenged by local councillor, Marc Donnelly, at the meeting, the Leader of Council would not even agree to take notice of the original consultation and instead insisted that residents would again be consulted. This is not good enough.

Together, we can fight to ensure that the council listens to the views of local residents about land that we - not the council - own.

 

This petition is also available as a paper copy, which you can download from the website above or by emailing mail@newcastlefirst.co.uk.