The Village Bank and the City of Newton are trying to give away microgrant money! The microgrant program supports local projects designed to address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and still has funds available. The Village Bank and … Read More
If you are reading this, you probably know that the Massachusetts legislature failed to produce a climate bill by the 2023/2024 session’s deadline of July 31. They even suspended their rules and went into August 1st but to no avail. … Read More
Legislature ignores constituents and puts the Commonwealth’s 2030 climate goals in jeopardy. The Commonwealth closed out its two-year legislative session despite failing to pass a Climate Bill with crucial reforms, including a modernized Bottle Bill. Other important pieces of legislation, … Read More
Wednesday, August 14 at 7:30pm or Thursday, August 15 at 10am. Online. Maybe you know Massachusetts has a rebate for electric cars and trucks called MOR-EV. What you might not know: The rebate is now available for qualifying new and … Read More
Researchers at PSE Healthy Energy released a first-of-its-kind study published yesterday in Energy Policy that calculates the incidence of uncombusted gas leaks nationwide as well as the burden on fire departments. The researchers found that nationwide gas leaks cost taxpayers half … Read More
Massachusetts and four other New England states recently received a $450 million federal grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help boost efforts to get residents to replace natural gas or oil heating systems with electric heat pumps. The … Read More
Rising utility bills are a huge concern for U.S. families – ⅓ of households had to forego basic necessities to pay energy bills last year. But new Energy Innovation research finds the biggest culprits behind rising prices include fossil fuels … Read More
We are coming up on the last week of the Massachusetts Legislative session and need your help. Join 350 Mass and the Mass Power Forward Coalition for six daily rallies in Nurses Hall at the heart of the State House. … Read More
Newton replaced the artificial turf fields at Newton South High School last year and is in the process of replacing the field at Newton North High School. The City has promised that the old material would be recycled and reused … Read More
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
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