Clear Cutting: Boon to Builders, Disaster for the Environment
March 16, 2018
This blog post was originally published by the Worcester Tree Initiative. It is reposted here by permission of WTI and the author, Tom Valolic.
Proposed Allston I-90 Interchange Project
February 15, 2018
This post is adapted from a letter to Matthew Beaton, Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs sent February 8, 2018 by John Kyper, Co-Chair of the Transportation Committee.
Thank you for inviting public comment on the proposed...
Don’t Undervalue Our Region’s Trees
February 1, 2018
Late last year the City of Cambridge reported that the city’s tree canopy shrank by 6.7 percent between 2009 and 2014. This finding was based on an analysis of an aerial LiDAR survey by researchers at the University of Vermont and documented in a...
Good Clothing Company
August 13, 2017
by Sonali Deshpande, Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter internAs Abigail Dillen of Earthjustice put it,"When policy experts think about climate change, what they have in mind is a big coal-fired power plant or cars we drive or the freight that moves...
The Little Leaks Are a Big Problem
August 13, 2017
Starting out at the Sierra club, gas leaks seemed like a non-issue, something small and inconsequential when compared to the other issues I hoped to help tackle. I had an idea in my head that gas leaks were most likely rare and when they did exist,...
Massachusetts Sierra Club Activist Training
August 13, 2017
"Pretend you’re on a dare," suggested Emily Norton, Massachusetts Chapter Director of the Sierra Club. “You have 120 seconds to impart information for them to be tested on the next day.” In her July 12 Activist Training session in Quincy, she...
Sustainability Spotlight: Ed, May, and the Town of Natick, MA
August 4, 2017
Christian MeoliSummer Intern July 2017Massachusetts towns and residents are working hard to minimize their impact on the environment.I first met Ed and May, dressed in their Tesla jackets, at a Mass Sierra Club wind turbine and electric vehicle...
From Novice to Advocate
July 15, 2017
Diane SimmsSummer Intern July 2017"We are still in” declared Ken Kimmell, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists at the June 20 statehouse hearing on the carbon pricing bills. He added that the silver lining to Trump pulling out of the...
Why we should be worried about the Gypsy Moth caterpillar
June 22, 2017
Callan SmallSummer InternJune 2017My first day as a Mass Sierra Club intern threw me head first into a research project into the invasive Gypsy Moth insect that has infested Massachusetts for the past two summers.These annoying caterpillars have a...
Sierra Club Rallies for the Paris Accord
June 17, 2017
The Paris Accord Rally at the Massachusetts State House, 13 June 2017