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28 Messages

  Sam Payne · [email protected]
December 14, 2020 at 1:32 PM

Action Alert: Stand with East Boston against dangerous substation

Hours to Go Until Major MA Climate Bill Votes! Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Despite significant opposition from community members and lead…
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
December 8, 2020 at 10:21 PM

Climate Weekly: Staying engaged at year's end

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, We know that 2020 is on track to be one of the warmest years on record, if not the warmest. …
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
December 2, 2020 at 12:04 AM

Climate Weekly: Climate Committee Bill

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Yesterday, MA House and Senate leaders announced they had come to an agreement on the long a…
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
November 24, 2020 at 8:26 PM

Climate Weekly: National Day of Mourning

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  Sam Payne · [email protected]
November 19, 2020 at 10:45 PM

Climate Weekly: Local Clean Energy

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Now that the 2020 election cycle has (for the most part) come to an end, I imagine many are …
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
November 10, 2020 at 7:29 PM

Climate Weekly: MA House Budget Action

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, This week, you can make a big difference. The Massachusetts House of Representatives is sta…
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
November 3, 2020 at 9:42 PM

Climate Weekly: Election Night

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, The day has finally come. It's possible we may not know the final results for some time, whi…
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
October 28, 2020 at 11:26 PM

Climate Weekly: Defending Democracy

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Many members of 350 Mass feel it is important to call on people to get ready to resist an il…
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
October 21, 2020 at 8:32 PM

Climate Weekly: Preparing for November

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, What does Colorado's first gigafire—a fire that burned a million square acres—have to do wit…
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
October 19, 2020 at 8:11 PM

"What's on the Ballot?" Webinar Info

Hours to Go Until Major MA Climate Bill Votes! Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Hello Friend, Our next webinar, What's on the Ballot? is tonight, Monday…
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
October 13, 2020 at 7:38 PM

Climate Weekly: Renewable Energy is on the Ballot

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, It's hard to focus on anything other than the upcoming federal election. But something else …
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
October 6, 2020 at 8:14 PM

Climate Weekly: Ballot Questions and Beyond

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  Sam Payne · [email protected]
September 29, 2020 at 6:47 PM

Climate Weekly: End of Legislative Session Approaching

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, It's never been more obvious that our systems weren't built to withstand overlapping crises,…
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
September 22, 2020 at 6:02 PM

Climate Weekly: Committee Bill and Direct Action

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, If you know someone who's asking, "But what can I do about climate change?", point them to t…
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
September 15, 2020 at 11:17 PM

Climate Weekly: Weymouth Valve Leak

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Dear friends, I'm Ken Kronenberg of the 350 Mass Cambridge node. I just returned from a FRRACS (Fore …
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
September 1, 2020 at 11:39 PM

Climate Weekly: Solidarity Opportunities

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, In light of the primary election today, I will keep this brief. I am optimistically crossing…
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
August 18, 2020 at 4:56 PM

Climate Weekly: The Power of the Climate Voter

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Are you a climate voter? You're not alone. As the effects of climate change become increasi…
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
August 11, 2020 at 5:58 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Setting Goals Before 2050

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, This week's newsletter is quieter than usual. That's because we, our partners, and countles…
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
August 4, 2020 at 4:58 PM

Celebrating Climate Victories and Looking Forward

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, It's been a big week. Last Wednesday, 350 activists organized a bike rally in front of the …
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
August 3, 2020 at 8:23 PM

2050 Roadmap Bill Recap

Hours to Go Until Major MA Climate Bill Votes! Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, On friday night at 9PM the Massachusetts House of Representati…
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
July 30, 2020 at 8:17 PM

Hours to Go Until Major MA Climate Bill Votes!

Hours to Go Until Major MA Climate Bill Votes! Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, The House of Representatives is IN SESSION RIGHT NOW voting on …
  Sam Payne · [email protected]
July 29, 2020 at 8:34 PM

Hours to Go Until Major MA Climate Bill Votes!

NationBuilder Hello Friends, The day has finally come. The “Act creating a 2050 roadmap to a clean and thriving commonwealth” S.2500 has been released from the Ways and Means Committee, and we are expecting to have the amendments we are seeking submitted in the next hour…
  Craig S. Altemose for 350 Mass · [email protected]
June 26, 2020 at 10:04 PM

Emergency Phone Bank For Ballot Initiative SUNDAY!

NationBuilder Dear John, Thank you for helping us get climate and transparency on the ballot in November! Hundreds of you have jumped on this time-sensitive opportunity to sign the petitions and spread the word to your friends and neighbors.  We've made great progress th…
  Craig S. Altemose for 350 Mass · [email protected]
June 24, 2020 at 6:38 PM

Sign ballot initiative petitions *Online*, and spread the word!!

NationBuilder Dear John, We have an urgent need for your help getting 2 key questions on the ballot this November. The problem: MA Legislators vote down climate bills in committee without transparency. The solution: Putting referendum questions on ballots in November in …
  Craig Altemose · [email protected]
May 21, 2020 at 9:33 PM

Help Our Climate and Democracy - From Your Home!

NationBuilder Dear John, Can You Help Us Collect Signatures for the Climate and Democratic Accountability? I’m writing to ask you to get involved with an important and strategic initiative of 350 Mass: helping us collective ballot signatures for referendums of 100% renew…
  Craig Altemose · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 11:01 AM

Time is running out - last chance to give!

NationBuilder Dear John, In these last hours of 2020, I wanted to ask you one last time to please consider donating to Better Future Project. We’re working hard to build the climate movement. From our 18 chapters of 350 Mass who are fighting hard for climate justice…
  Craig Altemose · [email protected]
December 29, 2019 at 2:02 PM

I’ve been in this for 10 years

NationBuilder Dear John, It’s hard to believe that it’s almost 2020. This year will mark a full decade for me as a professional climate organizer. I hate to admit it, but I remember telling someone in the fall of 2010 that “if I still need to be doing this work in f…
  Craig Altemose · [email protected]
December 2, 2019 at 7:55 PM

Climate anxiety?? We need climate action.

NationBuilder Dear John, It’s more apparent every day that climate change is real, it’s scary, and it’s no longer a future threat -- it’s already here. As more and more Americans wake up to this reality, it’s hard to know what to do about it.  That’s where Better Futu…