Posted on 04/13/2018 6:00:46 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A report to be released Friday by the University of Massachusetts points to the challenges the city and the region face in funding solutions to combat climate change, with local neighborhood projects expected to amount to $2.4 billion.
The report recommends a layered approach of federal, state, city, and private financing strategies, including:
■ A statewide carbon tax and an increase to the state gas tax that could support a climate resilience fund.
■ The possibility of a Boston climate resilience fee based on water and sewer bills, which could fund city general obligation bonds.
■ The creation of climate-focused District Resilience Improvement entities, modeled after Business Improvement Districts, which would capture revenue from those who would most benefit from resiliency actions.
■ The creation of a Climate Resilience Finance Implementation Working Group for the metro Boston region, to advance climate adaptation measures.
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...
“It’s a profit deal”
Here’s the real agenda — the need for “billions”. Massive tax increases funneled into government and NGO programs controlled by these people. Its all about control and enrichment on the backs of the taxpayer.
More excuses to raise taxes to buy more votes to elect more Democrats to vote to raise taxes to buy more votes to elect Democrats to vote to raise taxes to buy more votes to......
Well, something needs to be done. We’re freezing to death! :)
And the Lemming march straight to the sea. Headshake.
NOBODY is this STUPID?
Guess I was wrong, they are.
“Well, that takes the pressure off!”
More excuses to raise taxes to buy more votes to elect more Democrats to vote to raise taxes to buy more votes to elect Democrats to vote to raise taxes to buy more votes to......
Now even the left can’t keep the secret that “Global Warming” is simply a way to increase taxes without oversight or review.
What does Global Warming have to do with Water and Sewer maintenance?
You ever get the feeling your living in the final chapters of Atlas Shrugged?
Great! UMass can take the $2.4 billion it has no doubt received in government money and pay for it.
Well, something needs to be done. We’re freezing to death! :)
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Here in Minneapolis we are getting a major winter storm this weekend. Up to a foot of snow, 40 mph winds, severe winter conditions.
Global warming would be nice. Don’t need to shovel that.
” The possibility of a Boston climate resilience fee based on water and sewer bills, which could fund city general obligation bonds. “
Nothing to do with climate whatsoever.
MWRA (Mass Water Resource Authority) already charges outrageous fees.
Government greed and corruption at its finest.
Can you imagine everyone in this food chain from the Muni Bond promoters to all civic orgs, getting a piece of this 2.4 Billion and how many advocacy jobs they'd create with store fronts etc vs. installers of solar panels or heating and cooling up grades and retrofits?
BTW the State of MA for better of for worse has "MASS SAVE". They will come in, ( especially if you are low income elderly ) upgrade you to LED's and insulation and they have an assistant program to upgrade your furnace and they will help pay somewhere between 30 and 40% of it.
Seriously that is good stuff in a way, but what more will this program do? That State is all over you now, look at the Tax Increases they noted. hmmmm.....
Here in MA it’s been the coldest April I can remember...
...the Warmists will patronizingly tell you that’s all part of “climate change”, but can’t explain it vis-a-vis all the “excess” atmospheric Co2.
Federal funds? Count the rest of our states out of this local/regional boondoggle. MA should have stolen enough during the grotesque scam of the Big Dig to have lasted at least 100 years.
If MA goes under water when the sea ice melts, it will be good riddance .
As Midwest winter wheat is looking bad from this extended winter.
And as other scientists see a possible 50 year cooling period from old Sol’s Grand Minimum.
How DO we disable all the proggies’ lies?
“Dear Uncle Sam, Send more money. Thxbye.”
>>If MA goes under water when the sea ice melts...
...they’ll all know how Mary Jo felt.
“How about a pipeline that you have nixed?”
No kidding. There’s an endless supply of cheap NatGas just a few hundred miles away. Instead, I get my expensive gas from Yemen (our enemy) shipped in via French ships.
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