UMD, MASSPIRG celebrate environmental win
November 14, 2008 8:35 PM
UMASS DARTMOUTH
Students and staff at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth recently got together for a celebration.
The
reason: the passage of the Global Warming Solutions Act by the
Massachusetts House of Representatives. The bill mandates 80 percent
cuts in greenhouse gases by the year 2050.
At
the celebration the attendees ate cake and acknowledged the historic
moment: Massachusetts is among the few states in America to pass this
legislation.
“Historically, Massachusetts has
always been a leader in change, starting with the first shots of the
Revolution. It is only fitting that we should be a leader in combating
global warming,” said Vanessa Wright, MASSPIRG campus organizer at the
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Ms.
Wright noted that while neither was able to personally attend the
celebration, both Sen. Mark C. W. Montigny and Rep. Antonio F.D. Cabral
offered words of congratulations, noting that both MASSPIRG and the
UMass Dartmouth campus have worked hard to draw attention to the issue
of global warming.
“I think it is important
to show what we can individually do,” said sophomore and president of
the Social Change Society Christy Mullen. “We all have the power to
change things. The farmers’ market was started by one student on campus
and look at the legacy it has created.”
