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ANALYSIS But it also includes a massive poison pill in the form of a $1 BILLION cut to the Mass Save budget. This essentially would shut down Mass Save in 2027, taking with it the tens of thousands of clean energy jobs that are supported by energy efficiency and electrification work. It would immediately strip Massachusetts families’ ability…

Easy version of this here. With the Trump administration denying climate change, we rely on our state leaders to protect families, workers and the planet by creating more affordability with more energy efficiency and more clean, renewable energy. The House moved in November on creating an energy affordability package, but paused because the Costly Climate-Rollback Bill…

Policy Priorities For MA House Energy Package 12/2025 The House moved in November on creating an energy affordability package, but paused because the Costly Climate-Rollback Bill (H.4744) took us in the wrong direction (see here and here for details on that). Now, we need to move beyond stopping legislation to passing truly transformative policies that build a clean, affordable…

Mass Power Forward condemns President Trump’s illegal, unauthorized and unprovoked attacks on Iran. The U.S. government has long sought to control and dominate this region in service of its strategic economic, political and military interests in oil, uranium, and other natural resources along with the supply and sale of military weapons and equipment. These policies…

June 25, 2025 To: Governor Healey & the General Court of MA Re: H.4144 Energy Affordability Bill Hearing in T.U.E. Massachusetts has a choice: we can throw our hands up and watch our temperatures climb, health problems worsen, and communities be flooded, or we can be leaders, create jobs, meet our clean energy goals, and…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct 17th, 2024 ContactJess Nahigian, Sierra Club Massachusetts, jess.nahigian@sierraclub.orgClaire Karl Müller, UUMass Action, claire@uumassaction.org; 781-775-1429Daniel Zackin, 350 Mass & Better Future Project, dan@betterfutureproject.org, 203-802-7464 Climate Advocates Climate advocates Relievedthat a Balanced Climate Bill finally emerges Boston, MA– Months after the formal legislative session ended, the conference committee for the climate bill…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Contact Jess Nahigian, Sierra Club Massachusetts, jess.nahigian@sierraclub.orgClaire Karl Miller, UUMass Action, claire@uumassaction.org; 781-775-1429Daniel Zackin, 350 Mass and Better Future Project, dan@betterfutureproject.org, 203-802-7464 Climate Activists Furious over Absence of Gas Transition Language in Governor’s BudgetGovernor Healey’s Siting and Permitting Plan Will Raise Costs for Ratepayers without Reducing Climate Pollution BOSTON,…

For Immediate Release – August 1st, 2024  Contact: Claire Karl Miller, (they) (781) 775-1429, claire@uumassaction.org UU Mass ActionJess Nahigian, (617) 460-6351, jess.nahigian@sierraclub.org, Mass Sierra ClubDan Zackin,  (203) 802-7464, dan@betterfutureproject.org, 350 Mass Climate Justice Advocates Disappointed and Angry Boston — Running the clock down to the very last moments, the Massachusetts legislature adjourned without passing any climate policy.…

A new blog post from 350 Mass Legislative Coordinator Dan Zackin describes how our State Representatives passed an inadequate climate bill on Wednesday, July 18. Read on to learn about our broken legislative process and how you can help make the final bill better before it is signed into law. We arrived at the State…

Today, this letter was emailed to every Representative. July 8th, 2024 To the 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, House of Representatives, RE: Climate Organizations Priorities for the House Climate Bill The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has made a commitment to environmental justice and to meeting our climate goals in order to ensure a…