Storms Define New Chapter for Massachusetts: Legislators Must Address Threats of Climate Change
By Ken Kimmell, President, Union of Concerned Scientists and Abbie Goodman, Executive Director, American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, we aren’t only storm weary, we’re storm wary. Nor’easters are part of our history, but the extent of damaging coastal floods, power outages and loss of life seen this year has alarmed and shocked us. These are no longer the hazards of our past where we hunker down, clean up, and put them out of our mind until the next one. These storms are defining a new chapter for Massachusetts—one where we’re forced to deal with the effects of climate change. And while we can’t change the plot entirely, we can write a better ending….
Published in the Patriot Ledger, 4/6/2018: Link to full Op-Ed