Submit public comment by October 31st about Quabbin, Ware, Wachusett Public Forests
October 21, 2024
Join the MA Sierra Club Forest Protection team as we submit public comments to the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Division of Water Supply Protection (DCR-DWSP). For their fiscal year 2025, they have proposed cutting in 1,500 acres or...
An Energizing Day at Sea: Visit the South Fork Wind Farm with us
October 4, 2024
By Sam Lambert
On a perfect autumn morning, I woke up at dawn to prepare for a long ride down to Rhode Island from my home on the northshore of Massachusetts. After spending the better part of this year supporting our volunteer team...
Lawmakers: Pass A Comprehensive Climate Bill This Session!
October 4, 2024
To protect ratepayers from rising utility bills and meet the Commonwealth’s climate net zero emissions mandate by 2050, the Legislature must pass a comprehensive climate bill this session that includes provisions to begin a gradual, managed...
Tell the US Forest Service to protect Mature & Old Growth Forests!
September 17, 2024
Two pieces writing by NE Sierra Club volunteers calling for people to write the the US Forest Service before Sept 20, 2024!
The Waves Less Traveled
August 9, 2024
By Sam Lambert
I recently moved and left my familiar, fairly short, Orange Line commute into our office behind. Sure, I made jokes about being able to run faster than the train or my chronic anxiety as it traveled over the Mystic River,...
What the heck just happened at the end of the legislative session?
August 6, 2024
By Jess Nahigian
After a year and a half of legislative session, hours of testimony, briefings, citizen lobbying, and over two thousand calls and emails from Sierra Club members to their legislators, the Massachusetts legislature passed...
Gearing up for the 2024 MA Primary Election
August 6, 2024
By Sam Lambert
Quick…. Say one word about how you feel about Massachusetts State Lawmakers...
I wish I, and our State Representatives and Senators, could hear the word you chose. In our office, words like frustration, despair,...
What happened yesterday with the House climate bill?
July 18, 2024
By Jess Nahigian, State Political Director
I'm writing in the morning after a long day in the state house, where Sierra Club staff, members, and allies worked hard to strengthen the House version of the climate bill by amending it....
MA House Bill 2024 Amendments
July 16, 2024
Background:
107 amendments were filed on July 16th, 2024 for House bill H.4876 An Act accelerating a responsible, innovative and equitable clean energy transition.
Each of our supported amendments represents a step towards creating a cleaner,...
Gas Expansion Undermines MA Net Zero Emissions Goals
July 3, 2024
By Dana Fugate
Massachusetts is a national leader in legislating clean energy and climate justice. Unfortunately, the state’s efforts are being thwarted by business-as-usual gas utilities dragging their feet on energy transition while...