Climate Action Planning Committee

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Hingham's Climate Action Plan Is Available

The Hingham Climate Action Planning Committee spent approximately two years focused on community engagement as they prepared a plan to make the Town of Hingham carbon neutral by 2040. The final Hingham Climate Action Plan has now been delivered and is accessible below. The work of the Hingham Climate Action Planning Committee is therefore complete, and progress on implementation of the Climate Action Plan will transition to the Hingham Climate Action Commission. Thank you to all for your support of this important initiative.

Hingham's Climate Action Plan (PDF)

CAPC Members

  • Brad E. Moyer, Chair, Energy Action Committee Representative
  • Maria Zade, Cleaner Greener Hingham Representative
  • Alyson Anderson, School Committee Representative
  • Thomas Morahan, Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant Representative
  • Gary Tondorf-Dick, Planning Board Representative
  • Henry (Bob) Hidell, Conservation Commission Representative
  • Nancy Wiley, Development & Industrial Commission Representative
  • Kathy Reardon, Select Board Appointee
  • Elliott Place, Select Board Appointee
  • Beth Porter, Moderator Appointee
  • Carlos DaSilva, Moderator Appointee

Contact Us

Questions and comments may be forwarded to the Climate Action Planning Committee (CAPC) through our Contact Form.

Mission Statement

Background: A Climate Action Plan (CAP) is a means to combat changes in the environment threatened by the continued release of carbon and other climate changing gases.
 Many cities and towns throughout Massachusetts and indeed much of the world have completed, are currently undertaking, or are beginning the process of planning how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to lessen the effects of climate change.
 Throughout 2020 and 2021, Town Administration, the Selectboard, the Energy Action Committee, and concerned citizens groups have deliberated on the need for Hingham to engage in a climate action planning process.
 In recognition of this effort and in acknowledging the need, the Town voted at Town Meeting April 2021 to create a Climate Action Planning Committee (CAPC).

Mission: At Town Meeting April 2021, the Town voted to establish the CAPC to fulfill two charges:

  1. Evaluate a wide range of carbon emission reduction strategies, and
  2. Propose measures to achieve a zero sum of carbon emissions produced and taken out of the atmosphere (i.e., “net zero” carbon emissions) by the year 2040 or another target date deemed feasible.