Beyond Gas MA

Massachusetts cannot meet its binding climate targets with gas system expansion. It's time to plan #BeyondGas. Image: gas pipeline leaks in Boston area.

[Beyond Gas MA @BeyondGasMA]

🚨🚨🚨 Check out these great tips from @HEET_MA on how to protect yourself from gas stove pollution.

[HEET @HEET_MA]

There’s a lot in the news right now about the risk of asthma with an inadequately vented #gasstove. But there are steps you can take right now to improve your indoor air quality and health! A thread:

[Beyond Gas MA @BeyondGasMA]

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[Cambridge Mothers Out Front @CambridgeMOF]

Dec 10, RALLY to tell DPU no more rate hikes, no more expensive toxic gas, YES to cheaper renewables ☀️🌬🌍 #JustTransition #climatejustice #mapoli @MOF_Mass @350Mass RSVP https://t.co/cHclzKiOVd

[Mothers Out Front Massachusetts @MOF_Mass]

Action alert: Join the Rally tomorrow (Sat Dec 10 South Station/Dewey Sq Boston) to tell the DPU no more expensive fossil fuels, yes cheaper renewables. RSVP https://t.co/bisY9RzorG

[Beyond Gas MA @BeyondGasMA]

👉 New reporting by @shankman in @BostonGlobe today raises serious questions about the gas industry in MA and @UMassLowell study on hydrogen

This deeply flawed study must not be used by lawmakers or regulators as they decide the future of gas in MA

[Sabrina Shankman @shankman]

Out today: Study touting hydrogen — a technology favored by gas firms — was funded by gas interests, e-mails show https://t.co/CggUV4Yrh6 via @BostonGlobe

[Itai Vardi @itai_vardi]

A report by public university @UMassLowell claimed hydrogen can be blended into gas pipelines. It was quietly funded by gas utilities and pipelines. One of them, @nationalgridus even provide comments on a draft. Phenomenal reporting @shankman @BostonGlobe https://t.co/0q1D0tXXsx

[HEET @HEET_MA]

Exciting news!! Work has begun in @Framingham_MA, the site of @EversourceMA's first utility-installed #networkedgeothermal system. It will provide heating and cooling to ~45 buildings, including residential homes and apartments, businesses, a fire station and low-income housing.

[Beyond Gas MA @BeyondGasMA]

The continued use of natural gas in MA’s buildings leads to:
🚒Greater risk of pipeline explosions near homes
😷Increased rates of respiratory illness in kids
📈High heating costs thanks to volatile fossil fuel prices
Tell the DPU: Leave gas in the past! https://t.co/9BL5zC9IOd

[Beyond Gas MA @BeyondGasMA]

Boston is ready to switch to all-electric new buildings! The city wants to join a building electrification pilot program.
Building homes that can run on 100% clean⚡️:
✅ Lowers building costs
✅ Improves air quality in 🏡=healthy🫁
✅✂️climate pollution
https://t.co/rEMg1DPC8Z

[HEET @HEET_MA]

We had an amazing time visiting @EastieFarm's geothermal-powered greenhouse, the first and only in MA! Three boreholes will provide a stable temperature to grow veggies all year. We gifted the greenhouse a chili pepper plant--another way nature pulls heat from the ground! 🔥🌶️

[Beyond Gas MA @BeyondGasMA]

👉Heating MA's homes w/ hydrogen = "saying you could heat your home using $20 bills as kindling in your living room fireplace. Sure, you may be able to do it, but is that really the wisest idea?" #mapoli
Read @AcadiaCtr's @KyleTMurray1 👇
https://t.co/LkS3kMrjnD

[Sabrina Shankman @shankman]

Ten MA communities now have the green-light to ban fossil fuels from new buildings. And if the effort succeeds in those cities and towns, advocates say, the rest of the state could eventually follow.
https://t.co/10mvbwdrH5

[Miriam Wasser @MiriamWasser]

🌎 BIG environmental news out of Massachusetts today as Gov Baker signs a sweeping climate and clean energy into law!

The law is long and complicated, but here is what's in it. (Spelled out in simple English) @WBUR
https://t.co/PJhOz1RJe8

[Beyond Gas MA @BeyondGasMA]

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BREAKING: @MassGovernor has signed the #MAClimateBill into law!

This law will allow 10 municipalities to phase out polluting gas & support a more sustainable & healthy future.

[Mass Power Forward @MAPowerForward]

HAPPENING NOW: Advocates we’re on Beacon Hill urging @MassGovernor to #SignMAClimateBill. This is the last day for action and our communities cannot wait! Gov Baker: #PutTheWindInOurSails and #BlowUsAway…SIGN THE BILL!

#mapoli #ClimateActionNow

[Carol S. Chamberlain @CSChamberlain75]

Dear @MassGovernor - please don't let your #agita over the 10-town pilot stop you from signing the MA climate bill. Those towns will have to prove they are providing affordable housing before they can implement no-new-fossil-fuel hookups. #SignMAClimateBill

[Beyond Gas MA @BeyondGasMA]

📣 @MassGovernor
Solidify your climate legacy & the health, safety and future of our residents by signing the climate bill today.

We're counting on you.

[Beyond Gas MA @BeyondGasMA]

Dear @MassGovernor Baker: cement your climate legacy today by signing the climate bill! This is your moment to help ensure Massachusetts can realize a clean energy future with offshore wind & healthier homes, all while creating good-paying jobs. Our future is counting on you!

[Beyond Gas MA @BeyondGasMA]

Wind energy is our clean energy future - let’s have Massachusetts lead!

@MassGovernor: solidify your legacy and our clean energy future by signing the climate bill today! Our future is counting on you!

[Brad-Reed @ bsky @Brad_Reed_Ore]

This thread is wild. 🧵
There's no such thing as a "tight" gas system. Methane is leaking everywhere, all the time, despite billions in OUR money poured in to support an industry on its way out.
Everything gas can do clean electricity can do better. #BreakUpWithGas

[Kristine Jelstrup @CSHandWellness]

.@MassGovernor: Your own @MassDOER has found that nearly all new buildings can cost-effectively be all-electric. For your children and grandchildren, #SignMAClimateBill as is.
#NoVetoNoChangesNoDelay #ClimateEmergency
https://t.co/pZClPxKjDW