WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019 AT 5:45 PM – 8:30 PM
John J Duggan Academy
GATHER AT DUGGAN ACADEMY AT 5:45PM
Info on biomass: http://www.pfpi.net/ma-bioenergy-backgrounder
We ask that you are mindful in centering the voices of our EJ community and Springfield residents. To help with this effort we have drafted the following:
June 5th Location: John J. Duggan Academy Auditorium
1015 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01109
Day of Hearing Schedule
4:30PM-5:30PM: Sign making at Arise
5:45PM-6:15PM Action outside the building
6:15PM-6:30PM City Council Press Conference
6:30PM Enter the hearing room and sign up to speak
Parking
Parking is available on the streets surrounding the building as well as at the school and across the street
Action Details
Arrive at 5:45PM outside the school and meet on the sidewalk.
We will hand out dust masks and have a large banner that says “welcome to Springfield, the Asthma capital of the United States”
Don’t Pay Polluters, We Breathe What They Burn.
Hearing Details
DOER will put out a sign up sheet for folks to speak in the order that they sign up.
Each person will have 3 minutes to speak.
We ask that Elected Officials sign up first followed by Springfield residents and those who have not been able to testify previously.
Social Media
Accounts to Like/Follow/Add/Retweet
Instagram: @AriseSocialJustice
Twitter: @AriseSocialJust
Facebook: Arise for Social Justice
#DontPayPolluters
#WeBreatheWhatTheyBurn
#NoMeansNoDOER
Sample Facebook Posts:
If it pollutes the air we breathe, it’s not clean energy. But Governor Baker is trying to let funds set aside for renewable energy pay for more wood and trash incineration in our state. There are two things you can do!
1) Join us on Wednesday, May 29 in Springfield, MA to tell the Dept. of Energy Resources to drop all plans to count incineration as renewable energy!
2) Send a letter to Governor Baker and the Dept. of Energy Resources to stop these changes today: https://actionnetwork.org/…/send-a-letter-burning…/
For 10 years, @Arise for Social Justice and other groups have been fighting off a biomass incinerator in Springfield to protect the air we breathe. But under Governor Baker’s proposed changes, that incinerator could make a comeback—and we need to stop it. Send a letter today to ask Governor Baker and the Dept. of Energy Resources to drop all plans to count incineration as renewable energy, and join us at the public hearing in Springfield on Wed. May 29! https://actionnetwork.org/…/send-a-letter-burning-trash…
Springfield MA is the asthma capital of the U.S. But Governor Baker and the Dept. of Energy Resources are trying to use funds for renewable energy to support burning wood and trash, which could make the air quality even worse. Send a letter today to ask Governor Baker and the Dept. of Energy Resources to drop all plans to count incineration as renewable energy, and join us at the public hearing in Springfield on Wed. May 29! https://actionnetwork.org/…/send-a-letter-burning-trash…
Why would we pay polluters with funds set aside for renewable energy? Clean energy doesn’t come out of a smokestack. Send a letter today to ask Governor Baker and the Dept. of Energy Resources to drop all plans to count incineration as renewable energy, and join us at the public hearing in Springfield on Wed. May 29! https://actionnetwork.org/…/send-a-letter-burning-trash…
Clean energy doesn’t come out of a smokestack. But Governor Baker and the Dept. of Energy Resources are trying to use money set aside for renewable energy to burn wood and trash. This puts Springfield and other environmental justice communities in harm’s way and we can’t let that happen. Send a letter today to tell Governor Baker and the Dept. of Energy Resources to drop plans to count incineration as renewable energy. https://actionnetwork.org/…/send-a-letter-burning-trash…
A clean, renewable energy future means that the energy we produce is good for our health, our climate, and our planet. Send a letter today to tell Governor Baker and the Dept. of Energy Resources to drop plans to count incineration as renewable energy and join us at the public hearing in Springfield on Wed. May 29! https://actionnetwork.org/…/send-a-letter-burning-trash…
Sample Twitter Posts:
If it pollutes the air we breathe, it’s not clean energy. Send a letter today to stop biomass incineration in MA: http://bit.ly/2JARWFh #DontPayPolluters #WeBreatheWhatTheyBurn #NoMeansNoDOER @AriseSocialJust
Why would we pay polluters with funds set aside for renewable energy? Clean energy doesn’t come out of a smokestack. Send a letter today to stop biomass incineration in MA: http://bit.ly/2JARWFh #DontPayPolluters #WeBreatheWhatTheyBurn #NoMeansNoDOER @AriseSocialJust
A clean, renewable energy future means that the energy we produce is good for our health, our climate, and our planet. Send a letter today to stop biomass incineration in MA: http://bit.ly/2JARWFh #DontPayPolluters #WeBreatheWhatTheyBurn #NoMeansNoDOER
Burning wood and trash means toxics in air we breathe. Environmental justice communities will be hit first and worst. We can’t let that happen. Send a letter today to stop biomass incineration in MA: http://bit.ly/2JARWFh #DontPayPolluters #WeBreatheWhatTheyBurn
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