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Recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Trump Administration make it clear that action is needed now to prevent, mitigate, and adapt to climate change. To do so, increasing amounts of clean energy will be needed.

Speakers include:

• Marcy Reed, President, MA and EVP US Policy & Social Impact, National Grid
• Peter Rothstein, President, NECEC
• Dan Sosland, President, Acadia Center
• Janet Gail Besser, Executive Vice President, NECEC (moderator)
• More to be announced soon!

Please join NECEC to kick off the new year by hearing from some of the region’s thought leaders about their visions of the future and the path to a clean energy economy.

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Women’s Energy Network Boston will be volunteering at Rosie's Place, a shelter for poor and homeless women in Boston’s South End. The mission of Rosie's Place is to provide a safe and nurturing environment that helps women and children in need maintain their dignity, seek opportunity, and find security in their lives.

WEN Boston will help cook, serve, and clean up a meal for 75-150 women and children in need (no professional cooking skills required!)

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Massachusetts has awarded Vineyard Wind a 20 year power contract for 800 MW of offshore wind south of Nantucket. Rhode Island and New York have awarded Deepwater Wind/Ørsted another 290 MW between Martha’s Vineyard and the 30 MW Block Island Wind Farm. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management are awarding 3 more leases south of Nantucket on December 13, 2018. Come hear Offshore Wind (OSW) Developers and Stakeholders discuss how OSW can expand while addressing concerns of stakeholders who share the sea, including commercial fishermen, Native Americans, and endangered whales, birds and sea turtles

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Partners, friends, and cleantech champions, join Greentown Labs for their 2019 Winter Edition EnergyBar networking event on February 7 from 5:30 - 8:30PM. Stay warm inside of Greentown Labs and meet new cleantech friends over appetizers and beverages.

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Transportation has become the biggest source of GHG emissions in the Northeast and one of the leading drivers of climate change worldwide. An important step toward solving these seemingly intractable problems is on the horizon: the Transportation and Climate Initiative, through which states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are developing a regional approach to modernize, and reduce emissions from, the transportation sector. As commuters, members of the business community know all too well how badly these changes are needed, but what role should and can private industry play as states such as Massachusetts bring their transportation systems into the 21st Century?

Please join E2 New England at “Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Planning and Paying for Tomorrow’s Transportation” as they explore the business perspective on our broken transportation system, how tools such as regional rail can help, and where Massachusetts and its neighbors are headed with the Transportation and Climate Initiative. 

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Join the Northern Forest Center for the Northeast Wood Heat Leadership Summit. The event will include:

• Discussions about tough questions facing this sector
• New research on consumer decision-making
• Updates on state policies and incentives
• Guest speaker Neil Harrison from re:heat and the UK Renewable Heat Association
• Good food, drink, and informal conversation time!

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USGBC MA’s mission is to drive sustainable and regenerative design, construction, and operation of the built environment. The only way to accomplish our mission is to collaborate with community members. To that end, we are kicking off a series of practice (architects, engineers, contractors….) and topic (health & wellness, net zero, living buildings…) roundtables. The Solar Roundtable will enable like-minded professionals to gather and explore specific issues, define actions, develop strategies and explore solutions related to solar in the green building industry. Join us in moving the needle towards a net positive environment, society, and economy.

Learn more and register here.