Massachusetts tax returns ought to give residents a way to donate money to the United Nations to encourage third-world countries to fight climate change, environmental activists told state legislators.
The measure (Massachusetts Senate Bill 1602 and Massachusetts House Bill 2414) would establish a "Massachusetts Fund for Vulnerable Countries Most Affected by Climate Change … to further the mission of the United Nations Least Developed Countries Fund, … established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to help under-developed nations adapt to climate change," according to the text of the bills.
The first-ever archaeological dig of Chinatown has so far unearthed pieces of porcelain, pottery, and brick, among other things.
Chinatown is on land made from a former tidal flat during the second quarter of the 19th century. (Beach Street in Chinatown, for instance, though far from the water now, runs along what used to be a beach.)
