Press Releases
Local Residents Rally to Ask Governor Patrick to Stand Up For Strong Clean Air Protections
2011.12.03
Pioneer Valley asthma rates high from coal pollution
Biomass is not a clean energy solution for air quality issues in Massachusetts
ADVISORY: Local Residents Rally to Ask Governor Patrick to Stand Up For Strong Clean Air Protections
2011.12.02
Pioneer Valley asthma rates high from coal pollution
Biomass is not a clean energy solution for air quality issues in Massachusetts.
New Report Shows Pioneer Valley Air at Risk; Health Professionals and Activists call on DEP to Act
2011.11.10
Air quality model shows unhealthy levels of sulfur dioxide
emissions from Mt. Tom Coal Plant
ADVISORY: Pioneer Valley In Danger of Unhealthy Air, New Model Shows
2011.11.09
Air quality model shows unhealthy levels of Sulfur Dioxide emissions from Mt. Tom Coal Plant
Toxic Coal Ash from We Energies Coal Plant Pours into Lake Michigan
2011.11.02
Disastrous collapse comes just weeks after House votes against strong coal ash protections – will the Senate vote to protect Americans?
Holyoke City Council Members Pass Resolution for Advisory Group to Create Reuse Plan in Preparation for Retirement of Mt. Tom Coal Plant
2011.10.19
Action/Acción for a Healthy Holyoke! Coalition supports Holyoke City Council resolution to plan for coal plant retirement
ADVISORY: Holyoke City Council Members Propose Community Advisory Group to Create Reuse Plan in Preparation for Retirement of Mt. Tom Coal Plant
2011.10.17
Action/Acción for a Healthy Holyoke! Coalition supports Holyoke City Council resolution to plan for coal plant retirement
Massachusetts House Delegation Protects Public Health; Votes Against Deadly, Pro-Polluter Bill
2011.09.26
Approval of TRAIN Act would mean More Toxic Mercury and Dirty Air in Massachusetts
State and Local Officials and Residents Promise Clean Air
2011.08.05
Citizens launch “clean air promise” campaign
State and Local Officials and Residents Promise Clean Air
2011.08.01
Citizens launch “Clean Air Promise” campaign
Southeastern Massachusetts ‘Orange Alert’ Air Quality Warning Day
2011.07.23
Southeastern Massachusetts Residents Need Protection from Toxic Pollution from Coal-fired Power Plants on ‘Orange Alert’ Air Quality Warning Day. Sierra Club Says Dirty Air Costs Our Families too Much, Urges Strongest Possible Protections from the EPA
Hundreds of Thousands of Letters of Support Delivered to EPA in Boston
2011.07.19
National Coalition Encourages Strong Mercury Safeguards
Coalition To Deliver More Than 500,000 Comments to the EPA
2011.07.15
Groups Express Support for EPA Mercury Safeguards
Local Residents Call For Clean Air Protections in Holyoke
2011.06.29
Asthma in Holyoke More Than Twice the Rate of Massachusetts
Holyoke Ozone Alert Media Advisory
2011.06.27
High rate of asthma concerns Holyoke residents as summer bad air quality days approach
People’s Rally For Clean Air Delivers Clear Message to Sen. Scott Brown
2011.05.20
In response to Sen. Scott Brown's vote to limit the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to protect public health and clean air 50 Massachusetts residents gathered outside his Boston office to rally for clean air.
Community Members, Environmental Groups Praise Legislative Effort to Kick Coal Out of Massachusetts
2011.05.18
BOSTON –Today the Massachusetts General Court begins debate on H. 2614, an act designed to create a coal free Commonwealth. The bill provides a framework to responsibly phase out coal-fired electric generation in Massachusetts by 2020.
Boston Moms Line Up To Test Hair For Mercury At Sierra Club Event
2011.04.29
Concerned citizens decry toxic air pollution from dirty coal plants, call for strong EPA protections
Boston Moms Line Up to Test Hair for Mercury at Sierra Club Event
2011.04.27
Concerned citizens decry toxic air pollution from dirty coal plants, call for strong EPA protections
Sierra Club Volunteers Deliver Clean Air Message to Senator Scott Brown
2011.04.13
Sierra Club volunteers personally deliver 78 handwritten letters of support for clean air
Scott Brown Sides with Polluters As Rest of Massachusetts Delegation Votes for Clean Air and Public Health
2011.04.07
Senator Scott Brown votes for polluters as Senator Kerry and MA House delegation vote for clean air and public health.
Senate Defeats Multiple Assaults on Clean Air Act
2011.04.06
Senator Scott Brown Votes Against Clean Air and Clean Water
New Report: Securing a Clean Energy Future for the Northeast
2011.03.01
Includes Specific Recommendations for making clean energy stick
Sierra Club Screening Coal Country in Greater Boston
2011.02.25
Environmental groups hosting three free screenings of Coal Country in Greater Boston
Sierra Club Screening Coal Country at Cinema Salem
2011.02.25
Sierra Club, HealthLink and SAFE screening Coal Country in Salem; movie about lifecycle of coal
Northampton Coal Country Screening
2011.02.24
Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign Screening Coal Country in Northampton
Congress Guts the Clean Air Act
2011.02.19
Rep. Markey unable to stop pro-polluter legislation
1,000 Members Ask GDF-Suez to Move Mount Tom Beyond Coal
2011.01.27
1,000 Sierra Club members from Massachusetts ask GDF-Suez VP James Ginnetti to stop burning coal at the Mount Tom coal plant and invest in clean renewable energy.