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
Stand Up! Speak Up! A Story Inspired by the Climate Change Revolution (2020) Written and illustrated by Andrew Joyner Stand Up! Speak Up! is a picture book about a young girl with a mission to inspire climate activism. I highly … 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
In May, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released results from its 2023 Waste Composition Study. The study found that the state significantly increased the amount of food waste diverted from disposal over the last six years. In 2017, … Read More
Wednesday, August 21 at 7pm. Online. Rev. Vernon Walker, Climate Justice Program Director for Clean Water Action, will explore how climate resilience and climate justice are connected and why it makes sense for advocates of climate mitigation and climate adaptation … Read More
Not all travel-sized toiletries are recyclable. Small, empty plastic bottles longer than 3” can go in the household recycling bin, but send tubes to the trash. Full sized plastic tubes are also not recyclable, and you may want to rethink … 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
During a talk by Douglas W. Tallamy, an entomologist at the University of Delaware, he suggested controlling mosquitos at the larval stage instead of the adult stage. Spraying adult stage mosquitos requires spraying at such high concentration that it kills … Read More
Saturdays in August from 10am-12pm. Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Mattapan. Drop in at the Boston Nature Center (BNC) on Saturday mornings and learn all about honey bees from the Boston Area Beekeepers. The BNC hosts apiaries on the … Read More
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