Newton’s plans for an new artificial turf field at Albemarle and to replace artificial turf fields at the high schools are incompatible with its “green” reputation. Surprisingly, in spite of expert testimony and scientific evidence that artificial turf causes health and environmental harm, Newton is proposing to spend $6,872,000 (*)…
Posts published by “Ellie Goldberg”
Gas is not safe, not clean, not green. With our own eyes we see how the climate crisis is increasing the social and financial costs of increasingly extreme weather. The answer is to stop burning fossil fuels while transitioning to a rapid, equitable transition to carbon-free energy sources. On March…
For years, members of Mothers Out Front, 350Mass Newton, and Green Newton watched in frustration as the DPW and Newton’s Public Facilities Committee agreed to National Grid’s whack-a-mole scattershot approach to gas pipelines. They have not reduced the many high volume and dangerous leaks nor curbed methane emissions. At the…
Members of the environmental organization, Mothers Out Front Newton (MOF-Newton) were invited to discuss their concerns about Newton’s defective gas pipeline infrastructure at the June 22nd Public Facilities Committee meeting. According to MOF Newton, National Grid has not been maintaining gas turn-off valve caps (also called gate boxes) in accessible and operable condition. Turning off…