Just wanted to pass this along from Massachusetts Subject: State Sustainability Executive Order > > I am pleased to report that yesterday at 11:00 a.m. at a State House > press conference, the Governor signed Executive Order #438, > establishing the State Sustainability Program. We did try to get in > touch with many of you prior to the event, but please accept our > aplogies for not notifying everyone beforehand - we were only told > about this event late last week and were scrambling to put the pieces > together. > > For those of you not able to attend yesterday's event, the Governor, > Attorney General Tom Reilly, and EOEA Secretary Bob Durand all spoke > briefly, reminding the audience of the importance of government > leading by example, protecting our environment for future generations > and recognizing the connection between sound environmental and > economic policy. For those of you able to attend, thank you for > coming and demonstrating your interest in this issue. > > I am attaching the final Executive Order for your review. Please feel > free to forward it on to others in your agencies. At the next Clean > State Council Meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, August 13th at 11 a.m., > we will review the final language of the Order and answer any > questions you may have. We will notify all of you about the location > shortly. > > I would like to thank the members of the Council for your ongoing > review of the Order and for providing feedback to us over these past > months. Your comments were extremely helpful and I hope that we have > been able to address many of them into this final version. If you > have any questions, please feel free to contact myself or Charlie > Tuttle. We look forward to seeing you at the next Council meeting. > Eric > <<Executive Order #438 - Final.doc>> > > > ---------------------------------------------- > Eric Friedman > Director of State Sustainability > Executive Office of Environmental Affairs > 251 Causeway Street, 9th Floor > Boston, MA 02114-2150 > 617-626-1034 > 617-626-1180 fax > eric.friedman@state.ma.us > ----------------------- Internet Header -------------
Executive Order #438 - Final.doc