Meetings Ahead
Meetings in Truro are often held remotely. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details on how to join.
Thursday, Jan. 30
- Ad Hoc Building Committee, 4:30 p.m., online
Friday, Jan. 31
- Finance Committee, 8:30 a.m., online
Monday, Feb. 3
- Ad Hoc Walsh Property Advisory Committee with Zoning Task Force, 11 a.m., Town Hall and online
- Conservation Commission, 5 p.m., Town Hall and online
- Part-Time Resident Advisory Committee, 5 p.m., online
Tuesday, Feb. 4
- Budget Task Force, 8:30 a.m., online
- Board of Health, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall and online
Wednesday, Feb. 5
- Climate Action Committee, 10 a.m., Town Hall
- Planning Board, 5 p.m., Town Hall and online
Conversation Starter
Taking Climate Action Locally
Christopher Palmer began his job as the town’s new climate action coordinator on Jan. 21.
That day was “kind of perfect,” Palmer told the select board on Jan. 28, “because all the climate action isn’t going to be at the federal level over the next four years. It’s all going to be on the local level, and so more capacity here is going to be important.”
Palmer holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from University College London and a master’s in environmental sustainability from the University of Edinburgh. His experience includes work with the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative and the Sunrise Movement in Portland, Ore. He will take over certain energy and climate-related responsibilities from Dept. of Public Works Director Jarrod Cabral and Health and Conservation Agent Emily Beebe.
“I’m excited to make us more of a climate leader in reducing our emissions and making us more resilient to the climate change that’s coming,” said Palmer.
“I’m really trying to bring this ‘whole government’ approach,” he added, noting that housing, water, and economic development decisions could be made with a climate lens and vice versa.
Vice chair Bob Weinstein warned of the challenges posed by a second Trump administration. “He’s going to make your job very difficult,” said Weinstein, calling this moment “The Revenge of the Dinosaurs.”
Palmer acknowledged potential federal funding losses but said that he thought local action could counterbalance setbacks. —Aden Choate
