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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...

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,...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

The Paris Accord Rally at the Massachusetts State House, 13 June 2017

The so-called “Long War Over Long Wharf” continues to rage between the Boston Planning and Development Agency, officially known as the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), and a group of concerned North End residents known as the “North End Ten.”...

Volunteers from Worcester County (and beyond) helped make what could have been a 4-5 hour project into a 2 hour project and planted 38 trees.

No big speeches, no marches... just an opportunity to say thanks to those working to protect our environment and public health.