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Boston Trinity Academy’s Headmaster Frank Guerra To Receive Award from Harvard Club of Boston  

Boston Trinity Academy’s Headmaster Frank Guerra To Receive Award from Harvard Club of Boston  

NBP Editorial Board

On Tuesday, October 2, Frank Guerra, Headmaster of Boston Trinity Academy, will be honored by the Harvard Club of Boston with the Friends of Education Award.  According to the foundation, this award is given "to individuals who have made significant contributions towards the education of secondary students."  Past recipients of this award include Mayor Tom Menino, Governor Charlie Baker, Reverend Dr. Ray Hammond, and William L. Burke, III, headmaster of St. Sebastian's.

This year marks Mr. Guerra's 10-year anniversary as Boston Trinity Academy's headmaster. The school was founded in 2002 by a group of educators, clergy, and business leaders who saw the need for first-rate, Christian education in the city of Boston. The founders envisioned a Christian school on par with the best private schools in New England. But unlike other schools, Boston Trinity would reflect the rich diversity of the city of Boston and the world.

War on Gas-Powered Cars Needed To Combat Climate Change, Environmentalists Say
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War on Gas-Powered Cars Needed To Combat Climate Change, Environmentalists Say

Matthew McDonald

Targeting motors that burn fuel and replacing them with electricity-powered mass transit, electric cars, and bikepaths are among the goals of a coalition seeking to fight climate change.

The coalition, called Our Transportation Future, anticipates government-mandated caps on emissions under a framework called the Transportation and Climate Initiative. The initiative includes 12 states — Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia — plus Washington D.C., the nation's capital.

An official of the Sierra Club, an environmental advocacy organization, praised the new framework.

"We are in a climate crisis and burning motor fuels is the largest source of climate-disrupting pollution regionally and nationally. Now is a time for states to make bold and transformative investments, particularly with and for communities overburdened by pollution and under-resourced for clean transportation opportunities, including setting a strong cap on pollution, expanding access to zero-emission vehicles, providing electric mass transit as an alternative to driving, and investing in safe walking and biking paths to revitalize neighborhoods," said Mark Kresowik, deputy director of the Sierra Club's Eastern Region, in a written statement Tuesday, October 1.

Supporters of the new framework consider Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, an ally.

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