Power Lines: News from the Mass climate movement

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...

Nov 05, 2024

Takeaways from the 2024 Climate Bill

This blog post leans heavily on the work of Jess Nahigian of the Sierra Club and Miriam Wasser of WBUR

Oct 18, 2024

Press Release: Climate Bill Emerges!

Note: The following Press Release was written with our Mass Power Forward Coalition and is cross-posted below. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct 17th, 2024 Contact Jess...

Sep 24, 2024

Movements Keep Us Safe

This is the speech I gave at the 2024 Boston Climate Strike on 9/20. We were gathered in front of the Massachusetts Statehouse. Read More

Aug 13, 2024

Climate Delayers in Power – Our State House is Slowing Down Climate Action

Note: This blog post has been edited on 7 October 2024 to emphasize that while the House bill did not include a fossil fuel phase out, we do not know...

Jul 18, 2024

How Our State House Let Climate Activists Down

Note: This blog post has been edited on 7 October 2024 to emphasize that it was the House Ways and Means Committee bill, not the House Telecommunications, Utilities,...

Jul 10, 2024

One Down, One to Go

Our House of Representatives is at it again, waiting until the last minute of the session to address climate legislation. The Senate has come out with their climate...

Nov 09, 2023

My experience at LCOY USA 2023

Inspiring! Reflective! Hopeful! After an amazing enriching experience as a delegate at...

Oct 24, 2023

Make Polluters Pay Webinar | October 22 2023

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