Thursday, April 27, 2017

Voter Choice - Ranked Choice Voting

Seema Mathur, Voter Choice MA
aylafur@gmail.com, 508-614-5702, www.voterchoicema.org
Tuesday May 9th @ 6:30pm - 8pm
Address: 14 Beacon St, #604, Boston, MA 02108

Preparation
- Read all informational pages on the VCMA website.
- Read and become familiar with all the items in our promo kit.
- Begin reviewing Adam's presentation deck. This is what we will train on.

I'll be sending you the RCV elevator pitch (and maybe some other items) sometime in the next 2-3 days.


Adam Friedman :: Executive Director
Voter Choice Massachusetts

Democratic Platform

DETAILS HERE: http://massdems.org/platform 
Every four years the Democratic Party adopts a platform as we go into gubernatorial elections. In addition to the official hearings conducted by the Platform Committee of the state party, Democratic Town and City/Ward Committees, DSC members and Democratic organizations may conduct platform meetings prior to the 2017 Democratic State Convention on June 3rd. The purpose of these meetings is to facilitate dialogue and encourage input from Democrats on the local level to inform the party platform hat will be voted on by delegates at the June convention. 

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Rotary Talk on Carbon Pricing 2017/2/17

Title 1
Marblehead Harbor Rotary Club
Masons Lodge, 62 Pleasant Street
April 18, 2017,

Presentation by
Steven Levy, stevenlevymath.com

Title 2
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Charges: AKA Carbon Pricing, Carbon Fee and Dividend, Carbon Tax

Adaptation Topics
1 - Gulf of Maine
2 - Carbon Pricing Legislation
3 - Possible Outcomes

It's Like Selling Life Insurance, Only Worse

The Gulf of Maine
Gulf of Maine Image
Found on the english Wikipedia Image :GulfofMaine.jpg. Digital bathymetry map of the Gulf of Maine. Credit: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Woods Hole, MA Labels by Syagria.)  Digital bathymetry map of the Gulf of Maine. Credit: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Woods Hole, MA. Labels by Syagria.

Water Temperature in the Gulf of Maine
"Warming waters a major factor in Gulf of Maine cod collapse" by NOAA Research 
http://research.noaa.gov/News/NewsArchive/LatestNews/TabId/684/ArtMID/1768/ArticleID/11410/Warming-waters-a-major-factor-in-Gulf-of-Maine-cod-collapse.aspx


Temperature is rising 15 times faster in the Gulf of Maine than the rest 

of the ocean.





References
Analysis of a Carbon Fee or Tax as a Mechanism to Reduce GHG Emissions in Massachusetts


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