Polluters Pay MA

A campaign by @BetterFuturePro, building a coalition to pass the Polluters Pay Bill and generate $25B for climate adaptation.

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Want to learn how to make the biggest polluters pay for the cost of the climate crisis, to the tune of $75 BILLION over 25 years? Read about the #MakePollutersPay bill, filed by climate champions @JamieEldridgeMA and @VoteSteveOwens – a 🧵

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Join the MPP campaign for a municipal resolution strategy workshop on April 7th over Zoom! You'll hear from experts and we'll share tools to get you started on passing a local resolution in your municipality. RSVP here! https://t.co/Lzt3dSn6eF

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Remember the Big Dig? How would and your wallet feel about EIGHT more? Per the state's recent ResilientMass report, climate events will cost MA $90–130 billion between now and 2050—the equivalent of eight Big Digs. The question is, who should pay—us, or Big Oil? #makepolluterspay

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Today, over 200 of our young allies from the Massachusetts Youth Climate Coalition showed up on Beacon Hill to stand up for a livable future, climate education, transparency and Making Polluters Pay!

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Curious about how attribution science underpins the climate superfund bills in the Make Polluters Pay campaign? Check out this recent article from The Union of Concerned Scientists!

https://t.co/IHgV6ltcNQ

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In this fourth and final installment of the Polluters Pay Perspectives series, Dr. Racine shares why medical professionals like her stand in support of a climate superfund in MA and how the public health movement plays a key role in supporting the MPP campaign. See link in bio!!

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Is your legislator a climate champion or villain? What does the ongoing fight for State House transparency have to do with our climate movement for a just, sustainable world? Join our discussion on February 5th to find out!

🔗 Link in bio to sign up

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In part three of our four-part Polluters Pay Perspectives series, (link in bio!), hear from Marissa Zampino—community organizer with MyRWA—about why she supports a climate superfund in MA and about how the broader conservation movement's plays a role in the MPP campaign.

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In part two of our four-part Polluters Pay Perspectives series, (link in bio!), hear from Sarah Wilfred—AFT MA Policy Director and former Boston Public Schools teacher—about why educators like her support a climate superfund in MA and about AFT's role in the MPP campaign.

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Big Oil is claiming the Massachusetts climate superfund will raise prices at the pump, a claim right out of Big Oil's disinformation playbook that is not supported by available economic evidence. Check the link in our bio to read more.

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MPP MA is kicking off a four-part mini series: Polluters Pay Perspectives! In it, we'll be amplifying youth, conservation, education and labor, and public health leaders' voices. In part one (link in bio!), we interview youth activist Hannah Markelz about her campus organizing.

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Hearing about federal funding cuts and budget gaps? Check out our latest op-ed with @masscdcs and @CLF on three sorely needed solutions for how we fund climate justice, affordable energy, and a livable future.

Read on here: https://t.co/RdKL6Jjdzg

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.@danzackin of @350MassAct is now talking about the Make Polluters Pay campaign. #mapoli

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Overv 50 activists are packing the hearing room for the #MakePollutersPay hearing! And first up are our sponsors, @JamieEldridgeMA @VoteSteveOwens @electjacklewis

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Massachusetts taxpayers are already on the hook for the health impacts, property damages, and tax burden of climate disasters. We cannot bond our way out of this crisis through more public debt. We must make polluters pay.

Read the full statement at https://t.co/A5hrVr8hbd.

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Tuesday, the Governor filed the long awaited environmental bond bill called the “Mass Ready Act.”

We applaud the governor’s decision to issue a $3 billion bond authorization for climate adaptation and resilience. Response 🧵:

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The climate superfund will make the biggest #oil and #gas companies pay billions - potentially as much as $75 billion - for climate damages over 25 years. Our plan offers 25 years of funding at the same level as the governor’s one time bond plan, with none of the debt.

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"This isn’t just about New York," says @CassDiPaola. "It's about whether states have the fundamental right to protect their citizens from a crisis that industry documents prove fossil fuel companies not only foresaw, but actively worked to worsen.”
https://t.co/HQJE48uOu9

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@mccuskeyforwv thinks that if massive corporations make a mess, taxpayers should pay to clean it up

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The political wing of the fossil fuel industry is coming for the successful NY #MakePollutersPay act.

Are they even trying? Their weak argument won't get far. #ClimateSuperfund bills follow clear precedent around preemption of the Clean Air Act.
https://t.co/t8QQmLQ99K

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The political wing of the fossil fuel industry is coming for the successful NY #MakePollutersPay act.

Are they even trying? Their weak argument won't get far. #ClimateSuperfund bills follow clear precedent around preemption of the Clean Air Act.
https://t.co/t8QQmLQ99K