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"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.

"We’re biking more than 360 miles to the People’s Climate March to embody our belief in the necessity to move beyond fossil fuels." What a challenge, and what a commitment! Join the Sierra Club of Massachusetts in sponsoring and following this...

My wife and I just purchased a new Chevy Volt LT.  It’s an electric car with a gasoline generator that greatly extends its range.It goes about 50 miles on a full charge before switching over to gas. Its total range on a full charge and a full...