Five of the train cars that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3, 2023, were carrying vinyl chloride which is a known human carcinogen. Vinyl chloride is used almost exclusively to make polyvinyl chloride plastic (commonly called PVC) which … Read More
Thursday, March 23 and Sunday, March 26 at 7pm. Online and in-person. The UU Plant-Based Eating Club is hosting a group read of The Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue Diet: Eat Plants, Lose Weight, Save Your Health by Rip Esselstyn. Available … Read More
Thursday, March 23 at 6pm. Online. MassDOT will hold a Public Information Meeting online to discuss progress and future plans for the Needham-Newton Corridor Project. Pre-registration is required. The project aims to improve traffic safety and operations and multimodal accommodations … Read More
Tuesday, March 21 from 12-1:30pm. Intersection of Beacon and Center Streets in Newton Center. Our banks – where we have our credit cards, our checking and savings accounts, our mortgages, our home equity loans – our banks are financing the … Read More
Thursday, March 9 from 4:30 – 5:30pm. Online. Want to get involved in greening our schools? Join the next Green Newton School Connections meeting. (See agenda.) We are expecting a good number of students at next week’s meeting, and we look forward … Read More
Our state’s landfills and incinerators pollute the air and water of neighboring communities. But millions of tons of that waste could have been recycled or composted. The solution? We need the Commonwealth to get serious about reducing the amount of … Read More
Thursday, March 2 at 11am. 306 Congress St., Boston. Join a coalition of activists on March 2 to demand changes to our regional electric system, ISO-New England, calling on our new Governor Maura Healey to demand reform from ISO-New England: … Read More
On February 17, 2023, The Boston Globe published a poll in The Argument asking, “Should Massachusetts adopt a moratorium on commercial harvesting on state-owned forest land?” Read the two opposing views and vote in the poll. (You need to be … Read More
Newton sports fields are an investment in our quality of life, the sustainability of our community, and the healthy development of our children. Why spoil it by spending $3,240,000 on two artificial turf fields at Newton South? On February 16 … Read More
Thursday, February 9 from 4:30 – 5:30pm. Online. Want to get involved in greening our schools? Join the next Green Newton School Connections meeting. (See agenda.) Green Newton School Connections (GNSC) is a collaborative group of students, families, educators and community … Read More
Recently on Twitter