Beyond Coal Massachusetts

03/12/2020

For personal health and climate stability, writes Philip Warburg, it may be time to ground ourselves and give localism a chance.

02/12/2020

More than 50 campuses — including Harvard, Boston College, Boston University, Tufts, MIT, Brandeis, Clark, Worcester Polytechnic, Stanford, Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania — will work with Divest Ed to participate in Fossil Fuel Divestment Day.

02/10/2020

Now that the construction hassles of the proposed Allston highway project are clear, some advocates are urging MassDOT to consider other alternatives.

02/04/2020

Thank you AG Healey. This is a situation where she is defending the consumer AND the environment in one fell swoop - these companies are not only gouging the most vulnerable ratepayers, they are "greenwashing" by telling people they are selling a greener product when they really aren't.

THE COMPETITIVE ELECTRIC SUPPLY INDUSTRY has overcharged Massachusetts consumers for far too long. We’ve all seen these companies in action. They go door-to-door, send letters in the mail, and call over and over with promises of cheaper electricity, or a locked-in low rate that they claim will sav...

01/26/2020

A massive bald eagle is filmed in slow motion taking off from a street in Melrose, near Boston.

12/08/2019

"Emily Norton, a Newton city councilor and former director of the Massachusetts chapter of the Sierra Club, cointroduced the measure in the west Boston suburb. She doesn’t remember another time in her years working on environmental issues in the state when fossil fuel interests were fighting at the local level."

Brookline, Massachusetts, passed a measure prohibiting new oil and gas pipes, the first on the East Coast.

11/23/2019

Bless us, Father, for we have environmentally degraded.

09/18/2019

"... a recent study of methane leaks in cities in the Northeast shows that these leaks put out twice the amount of gas as the EPA thought."

The leaks can be stopped, but the financial incentives aren't in place.

07/26/2019

There is enough common ground on this issue to make it pivotal for the election.

07/20/2019

For some, the story of Atlantis, the island that sank beneath the waves, is just that – a myth or a story from the past. But for many Pacific

07/18/2019

Coalition including Sierra Club releases climate platform - check it out

The broadly worded document is called the 'Equitable and Just National Climate Platform.'

07/11/2019

Boston led the Northeast Atlantic region for most high-tide flooding days last year, a concerning trend that’s expected to only increase in the Hub and for coastal communities across the coun…

07/10/2019

Congratulations Lowell Mass - what a great example for other cities and towns to follow!

http://www.lowellsun.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=32721769&siteId=105

City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to support a Community Choice Aggregation agreement that increases the portion of green energy purchased through the program by 45 percent.

07/01/2019

"The interior of the electric bus looked essentially identical to any other bus, and the ride was similar as well, with one major change: It was eerily quiet, without the roar of the engine that passengers have come to expect."

The MBTA is in the midst of rigorous testing of five battery-powered prototype buses, and will also be introducing nearly 200 hybrid buses later this summer — part of a continued push toward sustainable transit options.

06/26/2019

“Your indigenous are here to say that it is not acceptable to have us as a mascot. We are not novelties."

Native American mascots could be banned from schools across the state as advocates and legislators argue that the practice is “racist” and offensive. “Your indigenous are here to …

06/24/2019

Youth climate activists from across Massachusetts constructed a giant whale mosaic on Boston Common to draw attention to the urgency of our climate crisis.

06/17/2019

Deb Pasternak, chapter director for the Massachusetts Sierra Club, said the city has laid out plans, such as the Carbon Free Boston report, but officials need to start taking action on those plans. She called on the city to do more to promote carbon-neutral building. “It requires bold steps now, and the mayor is yet to start implementing them,” she said.

Roughly 19 months after voters gave him a commanding reelection win, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh has, in many ways, watched from the sidelines as others spearhead bold initiatives.

06/08/2019

AS THE NATION enters hurricane season, Massachusetts is one of a handful of states on the East Coast facing the greatest financial risk because of the heavy concentration of business activity in hurricane flood zones. According to a report released Wednesday by Moody’s Investor Service, total wage...