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As we face this crisis together, let’s not repeat our mistakes from last century. Let’s build an equitable 21st century renewable energy economy: rethinking our fuel sources, how that energy is delivered, how the costs are shared, and how we can all...

The purpose of the Climate Leadership newsletter is to features stories of environmental and climate action in Massachusetts. It provides a platform to highlight work being done by cities, climate leaders, and local groups in communities across the...

Welcome to the first edition of the Climate Leadership newsletter from the Massachusetts Sierra Club, with updates on local environmental, clean energy, and climate action from communities across the Commonwealth.

The Albany, NY chapter of the Sierra Club recently hosted MA Sierra Club member Sue Butler, at an evening presentation, “Eco-Chat: Sustainable You, Sustainable Me,” which included a screening of the film,” Leaving the Carbon Economy” and a very...

Last night, on the final day of the legislative session, the Massachusetts House and Senate passed a clean energy compromise bill. While this bill does make some incremental positive changes, such as a small annual increase the Renewable Portfolio...

The Massachusetts Senate passed an ambitious energy omnibus bill on Thursday, June 14, compiling several pieces of legislation that would keep Massachusetts on track to meet its 2050 greenhouse gas reduction goal: reducing emissions to 80% below...

On a bright and early Saturday morning, Harvard’s Geological Lecture hall was filled with energetic and eager faces ready to learn. With a great program ahead, the seats were filled with people with thoughtful questions and an open mind ready to...

This blog post was originally published by the Worcester Tree Initiative. It is reposted here by permission of WTI and the author, Tom Valolic.

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...

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...