THE PRINT EDITION
THURSDAY APRIL 22, 2021
VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 74
Happy Earth Day Global Warming: It Affects South Boston by Rick Winterson
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es, today – Thursday, April 22 – is Earth Day. Earth Day began here in America just over 50 years ago in 1970, after the highly destructive Santa Barbara oil spill in 1969. The Day went international in 1990, which then led to the historic Paris Agreement – historic because more than 150 of the nations on Earth recognized that Earth was in trouble, and joined in efforts to control climate change. At least on paper, most agree that Earth, our home planet, is being harmed. Here in South Boston, we are being specifically influenced by global warming and sea level rise, because 80% of our borders are the ocean’s salt water. A few
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Condon CC Gears Up
New Year’s Days back, you’ll recall major f looding in Fort Point and the Seaport. Drainage of Moakley Park has become an issue. Our storms (those good old Northeasters) have become more frequent and violent, especially when they occur at high tide. Sea level rise comes from melting of Earth’s polar icecaps, which results from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. And that results from the use of carbonbased fuels – coal, oil, and natural gas. There’s no doubt that global warming is occurring. Only two questions remain: How rapidly is it occurring? And what can we do about it? Both of these questions must be answered – sooner rather than later. This may seem to be a bad time to ask such questions. After all, we are still in the middle of the Coronavirus/COV ID-19 pandemic. Despite the rapid Continued on Page 2
by Rick Winterson & Barbara Kelly
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verything seemed to neatly come together on Tuesday. After the Patriot’s Day Weekend, it was the first full day of the April school vacation. South Boston’s recently unpredictable sunshine behaved itself for a change; birds, tree buds, and spring flowers were everywhere. So, the Condon Community
Center joined with the Community Policing Unit at our BPD Station C-6 for a very successful outdoor Spring Kickoff on Tuesday that the Center called “Gear Up”. Not bad! “Gear Up” was a bike repair and fun day, with lots of high energy activities everywhere anyone looked. And you know something remarkable? All the “Gear Up” participants of any age whatever followed the COVID19 procedures and protocols. Continued on Page 4
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