SALEM — State Rep. John Keenan, chairman of the House energy committee, met at his Salem office yesterday morning with five college students who arrived by bicycle.
The riders from the New England Climate Summer program are in the city this week to learn about renewable energy initiatives here and in surrounding communities. They met last night with members of the Salem Alliance for the Environment and with HealthLink, a North Shore environmental group.
Over the summer, six teams of riders from New England Climate Summer, a program of the Better Future Project, a Cambridge nonprofit, are visiting cities and towns across New England to learn about sustainability projects and to share information.
They will compile a "State of the Movement" report at the end of the summer and share it with all of the participating communities.
"We are spreading the message that we need a rapid and responsible transition away from fossil fuels," said Sara Hopps, outreach coordinator of the Climate Summer team stopping here. Hopps, 19, is a sophomore at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Beverly native. Her father, Fred Hopps, is the volunteer site director for the Beverly solar field.
The Salem team has been to Lowell and Newburyport, and plans stops in Waltham, Worcester and Springfield. The group includes students from Skidmore College, Columbia University, Wellesley College and Pacific Lutheran University in Washington state.
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