Hello Friends!

I wanted to update you all that, this week, on or before Weds., the MA statehouse committee will be voting on whether or not to advance Senator Michael Moore's current smart meter opt out bill, S.2204, which would ensure every resident of MA the right to opt out of smart utility meters, without penalty or fee. Lets show our MA lawmakers the significant importance of this issue to their constituents, as well as to those watching from other states! Please take a few moments to send a quick email urging them to advance bill S.2204. To make this as quick and easy as possible, feel free to copy and paste from the template below! Thank you guys so much for your continued efforts!!

Template Below:

To:  Mike.Barrett@masenate.gov; Marc.Pacheco@masenate.gov; adam.hinds@masenate.gov; Barry.Finegold@masenate.gov; julian.cyr@masenate.gov; Bruce.Tarr@masenate.gov; Paul.Mark@mahouse.gov; Dylan.Fernandes@mahouse.gov; Joan.Meschino@mahouse.gov; james.hawkins@mahouse.gov; david.robertson@mahouse.gov; kate.lipper-garabedian@mahouse.gov; richard.haggerty@mahouse.gov; Steven.Owens@mahouse.gov; Leonard.Mirra@mahouse.gov; Bradley.Jones@mahouse.govJeffrey.Roy@mahouse.gov; Michael.Moore@masenate.gov; Barry.Finegold@masenate.gov; Linda.Campbell@mahouse.gov; Carolyn.Dykema@mahouse.gov; ma4safetech@gmail.com
(Also use this opportunity to cc: your own legislators; if you're from MA ask them to please advocate on your behalf, especially if they serve on the Committees. Find you legislator here)

Subject: Support S. 2204 An Act Relative to Smart Meters

Salutation: Esteemed Chairs of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Body: Please copy and paste all or parts of the text below Or in your own words, include a very brief statement indicating why you care about wireless risks, and that you look to their leadership to protect our citizens, especially our vulnerable, with safe technology solutions.

Sample Text:"In August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled against the FCC. The opening brief filed with the Court specifically refers to issues associated with smart meters. The Court ruled that the FCC failed to provide a reasoned explanation for its determination that current FCC guidelines adequately protect against harmful effects of exposure to radiofrequency radiation. The Court found “the Commission’s order arbitrary and capricious in its failure to respond to record evidence that exposure to RF radiation at levels below the Commission’s current limits may cause negative health effects unrelated to cancer” ...and also  “arbitrary and capricious in its complete failure to respond to comments concerning environmental harm caused by RF radiation.”  The Court’s decision means that the current FCC guidelines, which have been remanded to the FCC, have not been shown to protect the public or the environment from harm from exposure to radiofrequency radiation. In the past, Massachusetts legislators and the D.P.U. have relied on these same FCC guidelines to assume safety of the smart meter program. They can no longer do so.  The full text of the Court’s decision is here: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/FB976465BF00F8BD85258730004EFDF7/$file/20-1025-1910111.pdf

If we are serious about climate change, Massachusetts must transition away from wireless technology which consumes 10x more energy than the safer, sustainable solution of running signal through high speed cable, upgraded copper lines, or high speed fiber-optics to and through the premises -- not through wireless smart meters on properties or small cells at the curb.  A Greenpeace analyst examined wireless consumption, and noted if the wireless industry were a country, it would be the fifth or sixth largest consumer of energy in the world."

Signature: In MA, it is required to include your name, address and phone number.

Thank you again!