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<div class=""><i class="" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">Sierra</span><span class="" style="font-size:11pt"> Cape Cod</span><span class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">’s</span><span class="" style="font-size:11pt"> 3rd
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<div class=""><span class=""><span class=""><font class="" face="Arial" size="4"><b class="">Community Benefits from Offshore Wind Power: Stabilizing Electric Rates & Decarbonizing the Cape, featuring Rep. Dylan Fernandes</b></font></span></span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="font-size:14px"><font face="Arial" class=""><font class=""><span class="">Virtual, via Zoom: </span></font></font><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89176128525?pwd=V2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09" data-auth="VerificationFailed" originalsrc="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89176128525?pwd=V2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09" shash="XO63vmZj+k67xfi87bVNAcwmL0ZoZOGA4LiRMkeG9wtQiCg3X64SHq06mh9RbG9H3gP816mwDY/iCibvHh6K9pDu9zhDsV63MGlVJKv355/jkXNT8zfVkoxgnoDNveLS4bnyQavasQQL0OH5JN+la7ZOumJHpiTZYKJw5ZsIZj4=" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAc788c328-627d-2141-c2e0-f1940155b3ef" data-loopstyle="linkonly">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89176128525?pwd=V2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09</a> </span></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size:15px"><span class=""><span class="">Sierra Cape Cod’s virtual speaker series continues Tuesday, September 19 at 7 pm with
<b class="">a talk by State Representative Dylan Fernandes addressing the highest-impact approach for achieving the net-zero goals established for Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard</b>.
</span></span>This event is free and open to all; time will be reserved for audience Q&A.</font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:15px">Now in his fourth term serving Nantucket, Dukes County, and portions of Falmouth, Rep. Fernandes focuses on climate change, affordabie housing, public health, economic development,
and social justice issues and is recognized as a leader in efforts to localize the benefits from offshore wind projects. </span></font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:15px">As construction of Vineyard Wind continues, several d</span></font><font face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:15px">evelopers are competing to secure state-brokered
utility power purchase agreements (PPAs) needed for financing future projects. </span></font><font face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:15px">In this talk, Rep. Fernandes will review key provisions of state law enacted in 2022, as well as
proposed legislation (</span><a href="https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H3161" data-auth="VerificationFailed" originalsrc="https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H3161" shash="uN2jGxI2RSVr4cZFyI8+6vMIw80IexJzQ/R6icUSWjGwxz9EPtwTqLUCOuC4ulhiDBnUd3CROuSLiMZy70pPYzlboOA6xgTtKeFy6PPfWidH0wJORlwfUbZzNT0FyuSEp9Kq7nTIHrjbQrNNJMprliYC7fukJ9T84uqFa8kM/so=" class="OWAAutoLink" style="font-size:15px" id="OWA2e1de592-e773-55c0-4163-0a9267552cb7" data-loopstyle="linkonly">H.
3161</a><span class="" style="font-size:15px">), designed to help </span></font><span class="" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:15px">municipal aggregations like the Cape Light Compact, as well as individual towns and federally recognized tribes, enter
into long-term PPAs with these developers.</span><font face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:15px"> He also will highlight the broad base of support for offshore wind power purchasing on Martha’s Vineyard—and the anticipated benefits. </span></font></div>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="font-size:15px; font-family:Arial"><b class="">By encouraging Cape Light Compact to commit to buying as much offshore wind as possible, climate advocates have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to promote deployment of additional
turbines for not only decarbonizing our electricity supply but also ensuring that heat pumps and electric vehicles run on clean energy, not electricity generated by burning fracked gas.
</b>M</span><span class="" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:15px">aking offshore wind accessible to all local consumers, on an equitable basis, also will deliver rate stability and resilience to market disruptions like those that have driven electricity
prices to unprecedented levels over the past year. </span></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size:15px"><b class="">Sierra Club</b> is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than 3.8 million members and supporters. In addition to protecting every
person's right to get outdoors and access the healing power of nature, Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education,
lobbying, and legal action. </font><span class="" style="font-size:15px; font-family:Arial">As part of Sierra Club's Massachusetts Chapter, <span class="">the
</span><b class="">Cape Cod & Islands Group</b> represents members and supporters in Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties. For information, visit </span><font class="" style="font-size:15px; font-family:Arial"><a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/massachusetts/cape-cod-islands-group" data-auth="VerificationFailed" originalsrc="https://www.sierraclub.org/massachusetts/cape-cod-islands-group" shash="ycT27SQyYVZrrlvDH+vi1isYa4yCbmdB0kylRghaE665FF8TML9vjHfBBZOpxxwrZPDGzOh+u9HSD09UYulZHU4R7zskAJYReBeUEIzkVtv0/Z540p0INcC0fmoGc7EE+JDVwSTaSSVAc73CEmQen2i02/hO9JYX/RQhqoKIDVw=" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA0200d157-d914-6eaf-e701-3a73b07da130" data-loopstyle="linkonly">https://www.sierraclub.org/massachusetts/cape-cod-islands-group</a>. </font><span class="" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:15px">Videos
of recent “3rd Tuesday” talks are available at this page and via the links below. </span></div>
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<div class=""><b class="" style="font-size:15px">Recent “3rd Tuesday” Talks presented by Sierra Cape Cod</b></div>
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18, 2023: </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n_ScREuvz9gGndnEwu3MpZiUT_Sv4vRi/view?usp=drive_link" data-auth="VerificationFailed" originalsrc="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n_ScREuvz9gGndnEwu3MpZiUT_Sv4vRi/view?usp=drive_link" shash="p7J61Z4nqV1Jrt1DkIJAxpqm6n5s+rtrHOOfMzZZ8/3MBtJcGCHPYFatasdAL8etr8QPA2YAm7C4w3rVVT5t8oLBEiB/iwgMHtFhpgXU9J9pDaOWBhKrke2GjSyNMWgUJpHDlJSHNBIKBbPbyPpjik8WqgHXaQic2fRwYIf5weE=" class="OWAAutoLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; font-family: "Ringside Regular A", "Ringside Regular B", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; color: rgb(0, 130, 148); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="OWAbdef634e-cc77-c36d-4b31-7610a88f55dd" data-loopstyle="linkonly"><u class="">State
Senator Julian Cyr on PFAS sources, contaminated sites on Cape Cod, and proposed legislation, “An Act to Protect Massachusetts Public Health from PFAS”</u></a><span class="" style="font-family: "Ringside Regular A", "Ringside Regular B", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(57, 59, 62); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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Ryley of Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod presents “Net-Zero Homes & Building Codes: Habitat Cape Cod’s Decarbonization Experience"</a></p>
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May 16, 2023: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1koKGX8BawzdjMyyS0nL8ccQRFUYw6cjN/view?usp=sharing" data-auth="VerificationFailed" originalsrc="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1koKGX8BawzdjMyyS0nL8ccQRFUYw6cjN/view?usp=sharing" shash="rOZ+fcAkBP0HljFgYggMWhak01A/WvGfZ2fhnamm0vbwnUy33h3XWKZjbX9UN90K/VX4DlCSjUtsqRO9G7tVyCbs02M0kr2Bb9ENTEaZo2Zkilna4r/ja99JgVW7n9U1ePj9ZQmNxzw4GStNlPLzfK17iz9bpk0AGsFVuVjVufU=" class="OWAAutoLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline rgb(51, 122, 183); font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 130, 148);" id="OWA789f3c15-5585-2ae7-9906-b8393c107b32" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Tom
Cambareri, Sole Source Consulting, and Laurel Schaider, Silent Spring Institute, discussing the science, sources, and solutions for PFAS contamination in Hyannis</a></p>
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Gottlieb, Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC), on Holtec’s proposal to discharge radioactive contaminants to Cape Cod Bay</a> </p>
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March 21, 2023: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-aBCZ7KS6jjXoYmm025JMZhyzzRrkTHk/view?usp=share_link" data-auth="VerificationFailed" originalsrc="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-aBCZ7KS6jjXoYmm025JMZhyzzRrkTHk/view?usp=share_link" shash="ORQUvlJKdLJp7GUzqflEPI9q9WRbaa7t/RF5kgF8O4SJxCf3RpEIkCVlraF+48j8Dfz/hnkQOq72MG27odQe8MBZGSnqs0y6JIKOgEf/9tzsY/WFQ+tFDlhyWL37mi20sv4qNmW/eDOB6n4lkIydl+qPrluCufRHhRr1Jmm5jSY=" class="OWAAutoLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline rgb(51, 122, 183); font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 130, 148);" id="OWAe52c38c0-d8a6-314a-a1ea-770058fae0f8" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Mark
Faherty, science coordinator for Wellfleet Bay Audubon Sanctuary, on threats facing horseshoe crabs and proposed state regulations for protecting local populations</a></p>
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February 21, 2023: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a5wMsPEcKJIdDjPH4rqy8MBHDtVMCb82/view?usp=share_link" data-auth="VerificationFailed" originalsrc="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a5wMsPEcKJIdDjPH4rqy8MBHDtVMCb82/view?usp=share_link" shash="pFdCwcut5GTYuM6c99KFyreezZChJdCGZz0hhjNaqq69ZKAXcgyW/JDeiJPE+MRBpSqobFVGuu9DWqT9o3927prv47mJUBWdv/v3NzBHc6zE1fFQnA2YGTTdLWZudZvUai3RrTllSKI1BsVj0nJ+Fry22TQIsdfMinlq208Q+Qc=" class="OWAAutoLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline rgb(51, 122, 183); font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 130, 148);" id="OWAbc9ad46d-5cb5-abfe-524a-50298f6a0926" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Madhavi
Venkatesan, executive director of Sustainable Practices, on the ongoing campaign to ban single-use plastic water bottles and foodware</a></p>
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Crocker, executive director of Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, on proposed state regulations to accelerate water quality improvement on Cape Cod</a></p>
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Marchand, power supply planner for Cape Light Compact municipal aggregation, on opportunities for greening and cleanup up the local electricity supply mix</a></p>
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