Environment

climate change, open space, parks, trees, urban wildlife, waste management, water

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• • Still Advocating… From Home (0)
  • Jan Devereux
  • October 27th, 2021
  When I chose not to run for reelection in late 2019, I knew I would want to take a breather from publicly engaging in community issues. Then, just three months after I left office, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and like many others I hunkered down and used the time to reflect. I’ve continued to follow […]
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• • Neither professor’s book nor Supreme Court give last word on climate. It takes an election. (Opinion) (0)
  • Jan Devereux
  • February 23rd, 2020
  My latest opinion column appears on Cambridge Day under the title: “Neither professor’s book nor Supreme Court give last word on climate. It takes an election.” My column is a recap of a recent talk by Harvard Law Professor Richard J. Lazarus on his newly published book The Rule of Five.   This April will […]
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• • The Power of Small Changes (0)
  • Jan Devereux
  • January 23rd, 2020
  This was published in Cambidge Day on 1/27/20 as “Even in climate crisis, changing habits is hard. Powers shows we can be weaned from bottles.” Recently I went to hear a talk by Samantha Power, President Obama’s UN Ambassador and Human Rights Advisor, and it left me thinking, not about foreign policy, genocide and war […]
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• • Taking Stock of the 2018-19 City Council Term (3)
  • Jan Devereux
  • January 2nd, 2020
  As I close the book on the second of my two terms as a city councillor, I’m looking back at the last two years as vice mayor and taking stock of what we accomplished, and what we didn’t. In comparison to my first term (see my 2016-17 recap), this term was both busier and more […]
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