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How Massachusetts feels about climate change in 12 graphics – The Boston Globe
That’s simply one discovering from a brand-new survey, a cooperation of The Boston World and also the MassINC Ballot Team.
MassINC has actually checked citizens concerning environment modification regularly considering that 2011. For the brand-new survey, the company checked 1,890 Massachusetts citizens in between March 23 and also April 5 on the phone and also online.
The brand-new evaluation is a chest of details on citizens’ transforming mindsets towards ecological plans. You can check out the entire point by clicking the web links listed below.
Below are 12 of the largest takeaways from the brand-new study.
In spite of several climate-related disasters and also alarming cautions from researchers around the globe, problem concerning environment modification has actually lessened in Massachusetts over the last couple of years.
The state’s plan for reducing carbon exhausts relies on transforming houses and also vehicles to eco-friendly electrical power, however several Massachusetts citizens have no strategies to relocate far from fossil fuel-powered vehicles and also houses.
The majority of Massachusetts citizens believe worldwide warming is either currently taking place or most likely to influence the state in the following 5 years, however they still see environment as much less immediate than various other problems, and also environment plan isn’t driving lots of people’s ballot choices.
There is considerable assistance for plan adjustments, refunds, and also aids that would certainly push the state far from nonrenewable fuel sources.
Oversamples were performed to get a total amount at the very least 250 Black, 250 Latino, and also 200 Oriental citizens, and also results within race and also ethnic background were weighted by age, sex, and also education and learning degree and afterwards integrated and also weighted by race, age, sex, education and learning, location, and also celebration to mirror the demographics of the Republic’s grown-up populace. Margin of mistake: +/- 2.6%.
John Hancock can be gotten to at john.hancock@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @Hancock_JohnD. Dharna Noor can be gotten to at dharna.noor@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @dharnanoor.
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Residents displaced after fire at a group home for people with disabilities
Residents were displaced after a fire at a group home for individuals with disabilities in Groveland, Massachusetts on Saturday afternoon.
Groveland Fire responded to a fire alarm activation on 8 View Hill Road at around 12:15 p.m.
Authorities say they found smoke and fire coming from the basement when they arrived.
Residents and staff had evacuated the building when the fire department arrived, according to authorities.
There were no injuries reported.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation but it appears to be accidental.
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