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What an election night! The 2021 municipal elections in Massachusetts included a number of open seats in communities like Somerville, Boston, and Medford that paved the road for newcomers. Of Sierra Club’s endorsed candidates on Tuesday night, 33...

By Emma Brown I’ll be honest, my heart is feeling heavy today. Right now, five young people—Abby, Paul, Kidus, Ema, and Julie—are outside the White House in Washington D.C. on hunger strike until Joe Biden and Democrats deliver on their...

87% of the 259 communities have detectable levels of up to 13 different PFAS chemicals in their water sources. See the full list here...

By Emma Brown Last week, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released it's latest report—the 6th such report since the panel was created in 1988. While the report is sobering, the report's authors make it clear that we...

By Taalin RaoShah On July 22nd, the City Council held a virtual hearing on amendments to the Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO), proposed by Councilor Matt O’Malley. The new legislation, the Building Emissions...

Paul Dale, Energy Committee Chair The proposed peaker power plant in Peabody, Project 2015A, is wrong on many levels. This comes into focus by looking at the realities behind the three justifications put forward as reasons for building...

And the Problem is Growing By Alanna McKee The US is the biggest producer of natural gas in the world, and natural gas usage and infrastructure are steadily increasing in Massachusetts, according to the United States Energy and...

Goldmine Brook Falls Chester, Massachusetts and more! By Robert Kearns Conservation and Outings Chair Massachusetts Chapter   A must-see waterfall is located off the beaten path in DCR’s Chester-Blandford State Forest in Chester,...

Greetings fellow lovers of trees and forests! My name is Lynne Man. I am excited to introduce a new working group within the Massachusetts Sierra Club dedicated to Forest Protection. Current logging practices in the state are devastating some of...

The Sierra Club's Cape Cod Group (CCG) is dedicated to applying the organization’s mission "explore, enjoy, and protect the planet" locally.