Power Lines: News from the Mass climate movement

Mar 05, 2026

The High Cost of Cutting Energy Efficiency: Why a $1 Billion Rollback Would Harm the Communities We Claim to Protect

Massachusetts is facing a pivotal moment in its energy affordability journey. As conversations intensify around a proposed $1 billion cut to the Mass Save program,...

Mar 04, 2026

Looking forward to abandonment

Looking forward to abandonment A vision for the post-industrial-capitalist, eco-socialist future By Quinton Y. Zondervan February 2026 Oligarchs and imperial governments are actively...

Mar 03, 2026

House Energy Bill Update - Feb '26

Last week, from February 24-26, the MA House of Representatives rammed through a massive energy omnibus bill. While there were significant improvements over the original version of the...

Nov 19, 2025

350 Mass’ Work for Climate Justice Will Continue, Despite Changes to 350.org’s US Staffing

Last week, 350.org announced significant layoffs to their global staff and a pause to campaigning in the US in a...

Nov 17, 2025

How We Stopped The Climate Rollback Bill - For Now

350 Mass, Mass Power Forward, and allies from across the climate movement just stopped Corporate Democrats from ramming a massive Climate Rollback Bill (H.4744) through the legislature. So many of...

Nov 10, 2025

Mocking the King

A day before the October 18 No❌Kings demonstration, Indivisible’s co-founder Ezra Levin said something that set me thinking: “Make it fun. Let’s have some fun! They want us...

Nov 04, 2025

350, No Kings, and the Climate

Check out this blog by 350 Mass member Sabine von Mering, originally appearing on Mass 50501's blog page. The number 350 is significant for all life on...

Oct 31, 2025

20 Students Come From Across the State To Drop MPP Petitions

Last week, I joined 20 other students from across the state and spanning 6 different colleges in putting aside our classes and commitments and traveling to the front steps of...

Oct 20, 2025

From UMass Amherst to the Make Polluters Pay Petition Drop

My name is Hannah Markelz, I organize with Sunrise UMass, and I am the 350 Mass Organizing Intern this fall, and on Tuesday, October 21st, I’ll be joining...

Sep 30, 2025

Make Polluters Pay is on the Massachusetts Democratic Platform! A Debrief with Larry Stoodt

Today’s blog post features an interview with Larry Stoodt, a longtime active member of 350 Mass who led the charge for 350 Mass at this year’s 2025 Democratic...

Apr 08, 2025

Ed Markey, Democracy, and the Climate Movement

ED MARKEY, DEMOCRACY AND THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT Sometimes, a rousing speech doesn’t even have to be about the climate to inspire us in the climate...

Apr 01, 2025

Driving Down GHG Emissions with Abundant Housing

Jesse Kanson-Benanav, Executive Director of Abundant Housing Massachusetts, will speak at the April 8 Transportation Working Group meeting on housing and transportation. He will cover how housing can...

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