The Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project (REEP) is an Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE) program that trains young people environmental awareness, social justice and community organizing skills. REEP has been working to bring awareness to air quality issues for more than a decade. One of REEP's current campaigns is to educate decision-makers in the City of Boston about the need for a city-wide solution to diesel emissions. REEP's goal is passage of a diesel emissions reduction ordinance by the Boston City Council in 2012. REEP in partnership with City Councilors Felix G. Arroyo and Stephen Murphy are preparing for a public hearing on Tuesday, December 20 at 5:00 p.m. at Boston City Hall.
The order for the public hearing discusses diesel exhaust particle pollution as a clear and present health risk to the people of Boston, including asthma and asthma-related symptoms. The public hearing is a great opportunity for law students to see a youth-led campaign that involves a legal strategy (passing a city ordinance). Following the hearing, Councilors Arroyo and Murphy intend to file a diesel emissions reduction ordinance.
Your presence is requested at the public hearing to support those who testify about the health and climate impacts of clean construction and diesel emission reduction. The hearing will be held:
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
5:00 p.m.
Iannella Chambers, 5th Floor of Boston City Hall