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On Thursday, June 30, the Massachusetts Senate released a bunch of really cool infographics and also voted unanimously to pass S2372, omnibus energy legislation that significantly increases our state’s use of clean power. The Senate’s legislation...

The time, the place, the urgency - they are all lined up. So this summer, Environment Massachusetts is undertaking a statewide outreach campaign, promoting the cause of Massachusetts obtaining 100% of its energy from clean and renewable sources.

Huffington Post Blog * June 29, 2016 * By Gina Coplon-NewfieldWith many environmental safeguards on the books and several major cities on their way to 100% clean energy, California is helping guide the United States to a clean energy...

On a damp day in April, I remember waking up to the Noon Rally in front of the Student Union at UMass Amherst. Students from all backgrounds and all majors gathered holding orange and black signs, symbolizing divestment. Singing songs of...

Boston’s North and South Stations are stub-end terminals located a little over a mile apart, each hosting commuter rail service as well as Amtrak’s long distance trains. As a result, arriving commuters must often transfer onto the city’s already...

On June 14, 2016, the Board of Building Regulations and Standards (BBRS) held a public meeting about updates to the State Board of Building Regulations and Standards. The main focus of the hearing was on three amendments to proposed updates to...

By Larry Chretien: Unambiguous. That’s the word the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court used in it's unanimous decision to describe a requirement of the Department of Environmental Protection to write regulations ensuring that we see “declining...

(Gloucester, MA) Senator Bruce Tarr joined the Earth Day event on April 22nd at the Cape Ann Community Cinema. Gloucester resident John Livermore presented Action, Inc. with a donation of $1,000 of clean solar electricity for two of their clients....

Change doesn’t happen unless people vote for it — and the changes needed to expedite our country’s shift away from fossil fuels won’t occur on a scale dramatic enough to avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis unless legions of voters focused...

Roughly two years ago, the Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) replaced six of its city buses with all electric plug-in equivalents. According to the MassDOT website, the new buses reduce WRTA emissions by over 50 tons and cost the city $...