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September e-Newsletter

Climate Actions for Everyone

Reducing Emissions, Building Resilience



Thursday, October 24, 2024

Emerald Resort, Hyannis

The conference will feature panels with climate leaders on crucial topics like coastal resilience, electrifying transportation on Cape Cod, and practical actions for reducing emissions and enhancing community resilience. We will focus on providing actionable steps that each person, business, organization, and local municipality can take to make a difference in our community.

We are also pleased to announce that, in our effort to make this event accessible to all, this year’s conference will be free to attend! Join us for a day of important conversations about achieving a net zero future and strengthening regional resilience to climate change impacts. Speakers and panels will be announced soon.

Light continental breakfast and boxed lunch will be provided.

Please register no later than October 17.

What Can I Do?

Utilizing our own collaborative verbs, here are some suggestions on how Cape Codders can contribute to building a more sustainable future.



Convene • Communicate • Collaborate • Advocate • Act

Convene

Register for Net Zero 2024

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Climate Actions for Everyone

Reducing Emissions, Building Resilience

Register now for our 6th annual Net Zero 2024 on October 24th! This conference will bring together climate leaders to focus on solutions for reducing carbon emissions.

Educate and Communicate

Join BLT for their climate conversations

In honor of National Environmental Awareness Month, Barnstable Land trust (BLT) will showcase 15+ ‘hot topic’ programs and a Fish Flags/Rising Tides Public Art Installation in Hyannis throughout this month.

Collaborate

Attend Boston's Climate Beacon

Register today for Boston’s premier global climate change gathering, Climate Beacon 2024, from October 16-18. And, scroll down to check out the newly published National Resilience Guidance, calling for collective action and innovation within communities working together toward a secure, resilient future.

Advocate

Explore the NRG

The National Resilience Guidance (NRG) is a collaborative effort spearheaded by FEMA to build broader, more inclusive approaches to resilience nationwide.

The NRG emphasizes resilience in areas such as climate, infrastructure, economy, and health – and readers are encouraged to look for new opportunities to build new partnerships to engage all members of your communities and to utilize the tools available to you.

Act

Follow Dr. Katharine Hayhoe

Hayhoe, author of Saving Us, is an atmospheric scientist. She studies climate change and does not accept global warming on faith: She crunches the data, analyzes the models, and helps engineers, city managers, and ecologists quantify the impacts.

Hayhoe advocates for finding common ground to inspire collective action, offering an optimistic and practical approach to addressing the climate crisis through shared values and understanding.

Be a BFF to planet Earth!

Think you've waited too long to do something about climate change? Think again. Join Cape Air founder and former State Senator Dan Wolf and the author of Am I Too Old to Save the Planet? Lawrence MacDonald for a conversation on this very topic.

This fundraising event kick off the BFF (Beyond Fossil Fuel) Solar Initiative to support Lower Cape TV's community studio's transition to a solar powered electric facility, including a match for a TERN Foundation Solar Grant.

Sunday, September 29

3 - 5 PM

Lower Cape TV

5 Namskaket Road, Orleans

Local News

Housing and climate 'All Stars' cover all bases

This summer, the Massachusetts Housing and Climate Innovation Center (Mass HCIC), a new non-profit, sent 8 college students to Cape Cod to tackle key housing and climate issues. 

The “All-Stars,” as they are referred to in this story, lived with host families across the Cape for eight weeks. They split their time between cataloging assets of 5 different towns — Barnstable, Chatham, Eastham, Orleans and Sandwich — for an “Innovation Atlas,” thinking up independent project proposals, and hearing from various speakers and stakeholders. 

CCRTA awarded grant for low-emission buses

On August 1, a press conference was held at the Hyannis Transportation Center to announce that the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) had been awarded a $14.6 million grant for low-emission buses.

“We are pleased to provide federal support to CCRTA to invest in its bus system, which provides important connections for Cape Cod residents and visitors,” said FTA Regional Administrator Peter Butler. “The new hybrid electric buses will help CCRTA reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and meet a goal to transition to a fully electric fleet. As it does so, CCRTA will train workers to develop the skills necessary to maintain buses powered by new technology.”

State News

Markey's Climate Hub

The passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act provide a historic opportunity to deliver on the most significant climate and clean energy investments in our nation’s history. These laws put us on a path to combat the climate crisis, repair historic harms to disadvantaged communities, and create good union jobs. 

Senator Markey is proud to have secured key provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, including the creation of a $27-billion national climate financing network based on his National Climate Bank Act, funding for environmental justice mapping and community engagement, support for local air quality monitoring, and a brand-new production tax credit for offshore wind technologies made in the United States.

OffShore Wind

Three offshore wind farms selected for powering up Massachusetts and Rhode Island

New England Wind 1, SouthCoast Wind, and Vineyard Wind 2 were selected for contracts in MA and RI. These projects will generate 2,678 megawatts of power for Massachusetts, covering 20% of the state's energy needs. The wind farms are expected to provide clean energy to 1.4 million homes and create thousands of union jobs.

Blade removal begins at Vineyard Wind

Workers have started cutting away part of the remaining portion of the turbine blade that broke one month ago at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm.

This article from CAI discusses the removal of blades for repair and Nantucket's push for stricter emergency protocols and better communication related to offshore wind turbines. Learning from these mistakes and making appropriate modifications will be important for the project’s success.

Pictured above: Image from Vineyard Wind and GE Vernova's incident response plan shows the broken turbine blade.

We welcome climate news from your home, school, business, town, faith community, or organization. Please submit your news, events, or article ideas to info@capecodclimate.org.