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By Mallorie Barber Background Marilyn Ray Smith is a Brookline resident and tree lover. She is on the Brookline GreenSpace Alliance board and is a park advisor for the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. At her first meeting as a park...

By Sam Lambert On the evening of December 7th, we were joined by a fantastic panel of climate leaders and municipal elected, staff, and volunteers at the First Parish Church in Malden. Malden City Councilor Carey McDonald, Newton Energy...

By Art Desloges and Vick Mohanka During the October Plymouth Town Meeting, our elected Town Meeting Members voted to prohibit the sale of alcohol in bottles of 100mL or less (aka “Nip Ban”). The Massachusetts Chapter of the Sierra Club...

The Beyond Gas decision in Massachusetts and what it means for the future of climate justice in Massachusetts

By Art Desloges  In the process of decommissioning the Plymouth Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, Holtec International, the decommissioning company, must dispose of 1.1 million gallons of water containing radionuclides and other...

By Sam Lambert  Like many, the waning daylight and upcoming winter months leave me in an introspective frame of mind. As I reflect on the past few years and my journey to the Sierra Club, one of my fondest childhood memories...

By Nick Katkevich In 2013, in the face of growing protests, the owners of the Brayton Point Coal Plant in Somerset, Massachusetts announced a timeline to shut down the facility. The power plant was the largest coal plant in the...

By Sam Lambert  Hello, from the slightly exhausted but optimistic Political team at the Mass Sierra Club!  Small but spirited campaigns were the highlight of this round of municipal elections and showed the power of...

Why did the Massachusetts chapter spend a couple summers encouraging folks to walk in East Boston? The goal was to provide anyone with an opportunity to experience East Boston’s nature, history and culture through a guided tour that aims to uplift...

By Jess Nahigian  I became an environmental activist when I learned about Massachusetts environmental politics. One summer during college, interested in politics and hoping to avoid the quagmire of Washington, I interned with a...