The MCAN Climate Minute - Victory in Falmouth!

If it's Friday, it's the Climate Minute.  Big news this week, as the voters of Falmouth reject the ballot question to tear down the two turbines at the wastewater treatment plant.  Not only did the voters choose not to remove the turbines, they elected the one candidate who had spoken in favor of the turbines, as well as returning the member of the board who had previously been supportive of the installation. During this edition we talk to Megan Amsler, a Falmouth resident who has been a leading supporter of the turbines.  Megan discusses her thoughts on what the vote means and where Falmouth goes from here. In Keystone news this week the House approved yet another attempt to short circuit the environmental review of the pipeline, this time with fewer Democratic members in support.  Congressman Stephen Lynch, who had previously supported Keystone, voted "no" this time. The tornado in Moore, Oklahoma got many people thinking about climate change.  We have to be careful about attributing climate change to every instance of extreme weather, as there are good reasons why climate change shouldn't be blamed for the rising number of, and damage caused by, tornadoes.  Read NOAA's two page fact sheet and impress your friends with your tornado knowledge. Locally, two business groups took out a full-page ad in the Boston Globe  decrying the cost of the Cape Wind project.  Mark Rogers penned an op-ed counterpoint you should read here.  New Bedford has a large stake in the construction of Cape Wind, as the deep water port will be a major staging area for the construction, and would also serve efforts to develop deep wind resources further south of Nantucket. We'd love to see you at our Climate Education Meeting on the state Clean Energy and Climate Plan and Green Communities Program on Wednesday, May 29th, at 8pm in the Arlington Senior Center. As always, it's been a pleasure sharing climate news and views with you.  You know, you can subscribe to our iTunes feed and get our podcasts automatically here.  Feel free to give us your thoughts on our Facebook page, or through old-fashioned email. You can donate and support the Climate Minute and all of MCAN's other climate change fighting activities by hitting that "donate now" button, or going to www.massclimateaction.net/donate. Remember, for climate activities near you check out our MCAN climate action calendar.  You can enter events as well as browse for interesting things to do. As always -- remember, for these reasons we have discussed, the United States must place a price on carbon.