Tues, Dec 4, The Massachusetts Coastal Training Program (Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve) is pleased to present: Climate Change and Cape Cod: Coastal Impacts and Adaptation Strategies Workshop 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Cape Cod and Islands Association of Realtors Conference Center, Yarmouth MA, This workshop will enhance understanding about the state of the science related to global climate change, what impacts can be expected on land, water and ecological resources in coastal regions like Cape Cod, and what it means to adapt to a changing climate.Target audience: Coastal managers, municipal officials, conservation commissions, planners, water resource managers, health agents, DPW directors, town board members and local environmental organizations. Contact Tonna-Marie Rogers to register Tel: 508-457-0495 ext. 110

Here is a status report on the Island Plan. The public process, which kicked off last summer, is planned to continue to mid 2009.

1. Five Work Groups met over last winter and spring, and presented preliminary results in a series of summer forums.
2. The first five Work Groups will use the results of the summer forums to prepare summary reports. Some groups will keep working; others may go into hiatus, with individual members directing their efforts to implementation on their own.
3. New work groups will be set up this fall (see below)
4. Over the coming winter, the Steering Committee will continue working on Development and Growth issues, and will start articulating an overall vision.

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Ever since dryer sheets took the place of the summer breeze, clotheslines seemed to have gone the way of the porch radio - quaint traditions of previous generations, now confined to black and white photos and period films.

But a recent movement has tied the clothesline to one of today's most pressing issues and, quite possibly, made the line a hip place for clothes to dry.

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For the last six years the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound has worked diligently, energetically and at great expense to defeat Cape Wind’s 130 off shore wind turbine proposal. No matter what you think of their efforts, the Alliance’s creation of Nantucket Soundkeeper - Martha’s Vineyard, has initiated an environmentally diverse agenda that deals with more than just wind.

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PARIS: One of the boldest attempts by the European Union to impose its climate policy on other parts of the world received a boost Tuesday when legislators voted to strengthen a plan to cap carbon emissions from aircraft flying to and from Europe.

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