Massachusetts Archives

Apr 23, 2025

The Truth about Biofuels

Are fuels derived from crops and waste good climate solutions at scale? Short answer: No. Here’s why.

Biofuels, like those created from soybeans, are not a climate solution at scale.

Apr 22, 2025

Big Plastic has sold us on these easy-to-use plastic products and packaging, even though their effects, in the long run, are neither quick nor easy. In fact, the intrusion of plastic into every conceivable corner of our lives is contributing to the degradation of not only the planet but of our very own bodies.

Apr 18, 2025

Here’s What the Project Maple Gas Pipeline Means for New England

Enbridge, a fossil fuel company, wants to build polluting gas infrastructure when we should be upgrading to clean energy like solar and wind.

Two construction workers in blue jumpsuits wearing masks are bent over welding a large pipeline. The pipeline stretches far into the background against a dug-out dirt background, where more construction workers are seen in the distance.

Apr 18, 2025

Trump Attacks Marine Monuments in Rollback of Ocean Protection

The Trump administration’s attack on marine monuments and fishing regulations threatens our ocean.

Snake star attached to coral in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

Apr 14, 2025

Advocates Welcome Stronger Scrutiny of Truck Manufacturers’s Sales Practices, Criticize Delay of Vehicle Pollution Standard

The delays are projected to cost Massachusetts $519.2 million in public health impacts and result in up to 33 premature deaths from air pollution-related disease.

An exhaust pipe is shown spewing out black smoke

Apr 14, 2025

Abbie Badgett

Abbie joins us from Sephora, where she worked as a Sales and Service Coordinator, organizing paid services and events, training teams on service offerings, and supporting sales and service initiatives. She graduated from Simmons University and holds a B.A. in Public Relations, Marketing, and Communications. Abbie spent a month in Brazil and five months in… Continue reading Abbie Badgett

Apr 08, 2025

Exposure to Chemicals is Making Our Kids Sick

In the 1970s, Philip J. Landrigan conducted groundbreaking work linking lead in gasoline and paint to a lowered IQ in children exposed to it. Now he’s sounding the alarm about the pesticides and plastics in our lives that are also compromising the health of both children and adults.

Apr 07, 2025

Eight Earth Day Activities to Make an Impact

Learn some of the most impactful activities you can do this Earth Day.

Apr 04, 2025

How Plastic is Made Is Harmful to People and the Environment

Plastic is everywhere – even in the places you’d least expect, like chewing gum, tea bags, wet wipes, receipts, and microwaveable popcorn bags. Yet, manufacturers continue to make more and more plastic each year – even though how plastic is made fuels a toxic cycle of production, consumption, and disposal.