Massachusetts Senate Energy Bill: S.3143
July 7, 2026
By Eva Morgan Background: On Wednesday, July 1st, the first day in a historic heatwave across Massachusetts, the Senate voted 32-8 to pass a bill aimed to cut our utility bills and pave the way for a cleaner, cheaper, grid....
Activism Looks Like You
June 30, 2026
By Savanna Elizabeth Activism has many faces. It is you checking in on a friend who's running low just as much as it is a celebrity showing up to a protest. It's sharing what you know with someone who needs it the same way that it...
Massachusetts Senate Energy Bill: S.3143
June 26, 2026
By Eva Morgan For the past year, our state leaders have been attempting to respond to increasing concerns about affordability in Massachusetts. Multiple bills proposed by the Governor, the House, and now the Senate have thought up ways...
Don't Let the Power Company Take Your Power
June 3, 2026
What the proposed cut to Mass Save means for renters in Greater Boston, and why you have more say than you think.
Battery electric locomotives to come on the Providence/Stoughton MBTA Commuter Rail Line
March 3, 2026
By Celeste Venolia The MBTA announced that they are issuing an “request for proposals” to procure 10 new battery electric locomotives for the Providence Commuter Rail line and 10 new diesel locomotives at a significantly higher tier...
Is Your Community Ready for a Data Center?
March 3, 2026
By Sam Lambert The time to ask is now. On March 2, 2026 two Massachusetts municipal Planning Boards, in Lowell and Everett, were debating this very question. Lowell, MA is home to the Markley Data Center, a 14 acre colocation data...
The Energy Omnibus Bill Take 3: Better but not Good
February 25, 2026
By David O’Leary A new 105 page version of an omnibus energy bill is quickly moving through the House this week, with a vote in the full chamber scheduled for Thursday afternoon, with only two days for legislators to review this...
Sierra Club Massachusetts Calls on Speaker of the House Ron Mariano to Remove Rep. Mark Cusack as Chair of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy
January 27, 2026
By Vick Mohanka By a unanimous vote of its Executive Committee, the Massachusetts Chapter of the Sierra Club calls on House Speaker Mariano to remove Representative Mark Cusack from his Chairmanship on the Telecommunications, Utilities...
Letter from the Massachusetts Sierra Club Legislative Committee
December 2, 2025
A letter from the leaders of the Massachusetts Sierra Club Legislative Committee with our priority bills and action steps for 2026.
The Lessons of November
December 3, 2025
By Sam Lambert I had almost forgotten what November could feel like. At least when it comes to electoral politics.This municipal election cycle in Massachusetts, while it rarely got the headlines it deserved, restored something in...