On July 19, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration released the report Mobilizing Federal Action on Plastic Pollution: Progress, Principles, and Priorities, the first comprehensive, government-wide strategy to target plastic pollution at production, processing, use, and disposal. In the report, the federal … Read More
Right now, a Committee of Massachusetts legislators are meeting to finalize the Climate Omnibus Bill. The Committee (Senators Barrett, Creem and Tarr, and Representatives Roy, Haggerty, and Jones) will determine whether the bill includes the amendment to modernize the Commonwealth’s Bottle … Read More
All released balloons return to Earth as ugly litter – including those marketed as “biodegradable latex”. Balloons kill countless animals and cause dangerous power outages. They can travel thousands of miles and pollute the most remote and pristine places. Balloons … Read More
You have a chance to make a big difference on a local level to protect our health and Newton’s natural environment from toxics. Please take a minute to email or call Senator Cynthia Creem to urge her to support the … Read More
In the July 11, 2024 opinion piece “Massachusetts Residents’ Health Depends on Fossil Fuel-Free Buildings” on the non-profit news site Energy News Network, authors Lisa Cunningham and Dr. Wynne Armand equate the persistent residential use of fossil fuels to the … Read More
The Newton City Council’s Zoning and Planning Committee will meet on Monday, July 22 to continue its deliberations about the BERDO proposal. The proposed ordinance pertains to existing non-residential buildings that are larger than 20,000 square feet in size. The … Read More
The temperature outside is expected to rise above 90 degrees again this week, creating high demand on the electric grid and requiring the use of dirty peaker plants to meet demand. Let’s do what we can to reduce that need … Read More
Saturday, July 27 from 10am-3pm. MIT Ray and Maria Stata Center (32 Vassar Street, Cambridge). FIRE Summit Greater Boston: Progress Toward Renewables is a FREE youth-led event to discuss the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy both in homes … Read More
The Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ represents Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) analysis of the latest fruit and vegetable testing data from the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration. The 2024 guide includes data from 47,510 samples of … Read More
Use Plastic Free July as a time to rethink the everyday plastic products we use in our lives. Here are some easy suggestions for the bathroom: Try a toothbrush made of bamboo and silk dental floss that can be refilled … Read More
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