Allow emitters of that pollution to trade credits and decide for themselves what costs that point source polluters are willing to pay for the ability to send Carbon Dioxide into the air. Weve heard over and over the Horror Stories coming from our friends on the republican side. As a member of the Energy Committee in the house of representatives when we debated the waxmanmarkey bill i heard it over and over again. They told us that electricity prices were going to dramatically spike and that yes, you are going to have a benefit to the environment from reducing Carbon Dioxide but you are going to have catastrophic consequences for the economy because everybody was going to have to pay for that. Well, you know, i guess i can understand how people would believe that if there wasnt any empirical evidence to test their theory. Luckily, new england has just that evidence. New england has tested this idea. Frankly, the whole world has tested this idea because weve reduced ozone depleting pollu
Hudson programs awarded $14K in grants
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HUDSON Massachusetts state Rep. Kate Hogan and state Sen. James Eldridge along with Patricia Luoto and Donna Specian, co-chairs of the Hudson Cultural Council, recently announced the award of 10 grants totaling $14,300 for cultural programs in Hudson and the surrounding area. There were 16 grant application requests, totaling $16,305 to be considered.
Some of this year s grant recipients include The Discovery Museum, Assabet Valley Camera Club, Hudson Division of Recreation, Assabet Valley Chamber of Commerce, Hudson Cultural Alliance, Symphony Pro Musica, Hudson Public Library, and River s Edge Arts Alliance.
The Hudson Cultural Council is part of a network of 329 Local Cultural Councils serving all 351 cities and towns in the commonwealth. The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, which then allocates funds to each community.