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Thursday, July 26, 2009
"Green Acton, a grassroots group that has taken on several environmentally friendly projects in its first year, is looking ahead to new initiatives this fall."
Special to the Beacon
Solar Panels: Let the sun shine in
Thursday, July 9, 2009
"By the summer of 2008, the state of Massachusetts offered generous rebates to households producing solar power. This convinced me to pay attention and grasp the science."
Special to the Beacon
Green Acton hits one year mark
Thursday, June 25, 2009
"One year ago, on May 20, 2008, 15 Acton residents got together to form a broad-based green group that would look at all kinds of environmental issues and figure out new ways of tackling them."
The Beacon
Acton Green Energy Fair focuses on improving environment
Thurs. May 21, 2009.
Acton, MA - Despite the gray afternoon, things took on a distinctively greenish hue at R.J. Grey Junior High School where dozens of residents gathered on May 17 to learn about the latest in renewable energy.
The Beacon
Benson wants plastic grocery bags taxed
Thurs. April 30, 2009.
Acton, MA - State Rep. Jen Benson, D-Lunenburg, filed legislation that would levy a 5-cent tax on single-use
plastic bags at supermarkets to cut the number of bags that wind up in landfills or as
litter.
The Beacon
Wed. March 18, 2009.
Acton, MA - Town officials have already made reducing climate change a priority for Acton and now they're voicing their concerns at the national level.
Boston Globe
Hub among 1,000 cities to turn out lights for climate change
Wed. March 11, 2009.
Boston, MA - Boston and Acton join Earth Hour celebration.
The Beacon
Thu. Nov 06, 2008.
Acton, MA - The Board of Selectmen voted this week to create a new town board to advise them on how to best achieve their goal of making the town more environmentally friendly.
Globe Northwest
Sun. Oct 26, 2008.
Acton, MA - The new group Green Acton is focusing on townwide approaches to saving energy and being environmentally responsible.
The Beacon
Green team gets its start in Acton
Fri Sep 26, 2008.
Acton, Mass. -
Following the lead of many surrounding towns, environmentally concerned local citizens have formed a new group to come up with ways to make Acton a greener community.
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