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 Friday, January 4th, 7:00pm, FREE
First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist
6 Eloit St, Jamaica Plain, MA

The Global Warming debate has come into the national spotlight in recent years with many politicians and celebrities taking it on as their core issue. We constantly hear about new scientific evidence leading to the same conclusion about the earth’s atmosphere: it’s getting warmer as a direct result of human activity. Pulitzer Prize winning Boston Globe journalist Ross Gelbspan has been watching and reporting on these climate change issues since 1984, and is considered an international authority on the issue. Ross visits the Jamaica Plain Forum to discuss new research findings, and share his long-sighted perspective.

Thanks to an energy off-set by the Mass Energy Consumer’s Alliance, this will be a Green event

Our Speaker

Ross Gelbspan was a reporter and editor for 31 years at The Philadelphia Bulletin, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe.  Following his retirement from daily journalism, he published The Heat Is On: the Climate Crisis, the Cover-Up, the Prescription (Perseus Books, 1998).  In 2004, he published a second book, Boiling Point which received the lead review in the Sunday New York Times Book Review section.

Recently, Gelbspan was one of several climate advocates featured in a new film, “Everything’s Cool,” that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. He has traveled and spoken extensively on the climate crisis, including appearances at The World Economic Forum, Renaissance Weekend, “Nightline,” “All Things Considered” and “Talk of the Nation,” “Now”, “Frontline,” and ABC World News Tonight. His articles on the climate issue have appeared in Harpers, The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, The American Prospect and a number of other newspapers and magazines. Gelbspan has met privately with executives of Shell/EGYPT in Cairo, ExxonMobil and several other oil companies – and attended several rounds of international climate negotiations.

He maintains the website: www.heatisonline.org which currently receives about 200,000 discrete visits a year. Several years ago it was rated as the best climate website by the Pacific Institute.

This event is generously co-sponsored by

Neighbors,

Snow storms are lots of fun but we also need to keep the following in mind:

• Move cars from main arterials during snow emergencies. A listing of main arterials can be found at: www.cityofboston.gov/snow/parking/asp. 
  
• Do not park cars within 20 feet of an intersection. Parking too close to an intersection can restrict emergency vehicle access.
• Do not throw snow back into the street. “Throwbacks” force the city to remove snow from the same street twice.
• Shovel out fire hydrants close to your home.
  
• Property owners are reminded to shovel snow from sidewalks that abut homes and businesses.
• Keep wheelchair ramps clear.
• Check on elderly and neighbors and others in need.
• Take extra precaution near school bus stops where children may be waiting without parental supervision.
• Treat non-working traffic lights as stop signs and proceed cautiously at intersections.
• Any Space-savers in on-street parking spaces that have been cleared should be removed 48 hours after a snow storm has ended.

If you have further questions you can call the City Storm Center at 617-635-3050.

Here are some additional places to park in JP:

CITY OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Office of the Mayor

Thomas M. Menino

For Immediate Release                              

December 13, 2007                                              

City Declares Snow Emergency

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today declared that a snow emergency and parking ban will go into effect at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon.  Putting public safety as the top priority, Mayor Menino reminded residents of the following:

·        The City of Boston encourages businesses to release employees early.  Rush hour is expected to see the storm’s heaviest snowfall.  Everyone is encouraged to use public transportation. 

·        All City of Boston afternoon and evening activities will be cancelled.

·        Move cars from main arterials during snow emergencies. A listing of main arterials can be found at: www.cityofboston.gov/snow/parking/asp .  

·        Do not park cars within 20 feet of an intersection. Parking too close to an intersection can restrict emergency vehicle access.

·        Do not throw snow back into the street. “Throwbacks” force the city to remove snow from the same street twice.

·        Shovel out fire hydrants close to your home.

·        Property owners are reminded to shovel snow from sidewalks that abut homes and businesses.

·        Do not double park.

·        Keep wheelchair ramps clear.

·        Check on elderly and neighbors and others in need.

During declared snow emergencies, discounted parking is available at several parking lots and garages to cars that display Boston resident parking stickers. A list of locations is available at www.cityofboston.gov/snow. The city’s Know Snow program will be in effect this afternoon to alert residents of the snow emergency.

The City of Boston Storm Center will open at 2:00 p.m., when the snow emergency goes into effect. Residents with storm-related questions or concerns should call the center at (617) 635-3050, starting at 2:00 p.m.