<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>MON, APRIL 22: PUBLIC HEARING ON LEGISLATION RE: PLASTIC BAG REDUCTION & PLANNING FOR FLOODING DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE </div><div> </div><div>Plastic: <a href="http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/188/House/H787">http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/188/House/H787</a><br>Climate Change: <a href="http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/188/Senate/S344">http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/188/Senate/S344</a><br></div><div>"Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Public Hearing at 10:00, Hearing Room A-1 State House. The Committee will be accepting testimony on two bills - introduced by Rep. Lori Ehrlich and Sen. Jamie Eldridge - that would reduce the use of certain types of plastic bags, and one bill that would create a process for evaluating exposure to catastrophic flooding as a result of
climate change, sponsored by Sen. Will Brownsberger. An Executive Session will follow the hearing. For more information, contact Chairwoman Anne Gobi's office at (617) 722-2210." ~ELM newsletter 4-19-13</div><div> </div><div>If anyone would like to learn more about the impact of plastic bags, please see <a href="http://www.networkofopenspacefriends.org/">http://www.networkofopenspacefriends.org/</a> and/or borrow our copy of the movie "Bag It". Trailer available here: <a href="http://www.bagitmovie.com/get_involved.html">http://www.bagitmovie.com/get_involved.html</a></div><div> </div><div>To learn more about the impact of climate change, see "Chasing Ice", premiering tonight on the National Geographic Channel at 8:00, and/or "Do the Math" premiering Sunday. <a href="http://www.chasingice.com/">http://www.chasingice.com/</a> <a
href="http://350.org/en/math">http://350.org/en/math</a></div></div></body></html>