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Climate change is an unprecedented challenge. It is also an opportunity. There are paths forward, and it is through the support of individuals like you that Lexington Climate Action Network can continue to take meaningful steps.         Please consider donating to LexCAN: Click Here    

Eco-Tip: Simplify the Season

Resources for a more sustainable holiday season

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350 ppm (CO2)!

The Way Life Should Be!

LexCANers come out to change the countdown clock to 350 as 350 ppm is when the climate was stable. Let's work to get back there!

The Most Important Thing You Can Do to Address Climate Change:

Talk About It! (Click to learn more)

We did it! Your signatures help us to get a robust Climate Bill in 2024

Learn about critical Sustainability features for the new LHS Project

Listen to SB member Mark Sandeen and SLC Chair, Cindy Arens discuss the sustainability features of the new LHS project.

Breaking Boundaries and Taking Action

Learn more about the movie and its actions

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Transition to Clean Heat Technologies: HeatSmart

Coming Up

LexCAN Annual Meeting Featuring Senator Mike Barrett

January 14th 2025 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Please join us for our annual meeting. Our speaker will be Senator Mike Barrett

Details to come!

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Upcoming Events
Tuesday Morning Standout to Stop Hanscom Private Jet Expansion

Dec 24th @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am

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Tuesday Morning Standout to Stop Hanscom Private Jet Expansion

Dec 31st @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am

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Small Yet Mighty Winter Market

Jan 4th @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Climate Conversations

LexElectrify!

On September 21, LexCAN and the town of Lexington introduced a new campaign to help Lexington residents contribute to the goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Featured speakers were Lexington’s Sustainability and Resilience Officer, Maggie Peard, and CleanHeat […]

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New England’s Climate Future: City, Land and Sea

Llink to a recording of WGBH’s event featuring Dr. Katherine Hayhoe, esteemed climate scientist, Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, Chief of Environment, Energy & Open Space at City of Boston, and Melissa Hoffer, Climate Chief of MA, in a conversation on New […]

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Some Good News! Lexington HeatSmart Assists 200 Lexington Households

With the summer news cycle dominated by floods and record-breaking heat, it can be hard to feel anything but discouraged about the future of our planet. And while the evidence of climate change is impossible to ignore, taking a moment […]

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Learn & Educate

Impacts of Climate Change: Oceans

Just as a heart circulates blood and regulates the body’s temperature, the ocean controls the circulation of heat and moisture throughout the climate system. When we burn fossil fuels, we put a lot of stress on the ocean, damaging its […]

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The Science of Climate Change

When we burn fossil fuels for energy to heat and cool our homes, run our vehicles, and power our electronics and appliances, we emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This adds to the blanket of heat-trapping gases that has kept […]

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