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  Better Future Project · [email protected]
December 10, 2020 at 1:02 PM

A message from the Board Chairs

Dear John, It’s December. Our democracy appears to be holding, threatened but unbowed. We have vaccines in sight; there is light at the end of the COVID tunnel.   We’ve all had to come up with creative solutions to live our lives--like curbside pickup, and physically distanced hangouts. Ca…
  Craig Altemose - Better Future Project · [email protected]
December 2, 2020 at 1:01 PM

Support for another year of climate action!

Dear John, 2020 has been a rough year, but the progressive movement tackled the most pressing item on its list - engaging millions of people across the country to defeat Donald Trump.  This was a huge task, and climate champions can breathe a bit easier as we prepare to welcome a climate realis…
  Alan for 350 Mass Action · [email protected]
July 28, 2020 at 11:01 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Crunch Time

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, We're in the thick of the final week of the legislative session. We can't let another two-year session end without a single major climate acc…
  Phoebe Dolan for 350 Mass · [email protected]
July 21, 2020 at 7:28 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Environmental Justice Now!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, This is a critical time. We're nearing the end of this two year legislative session, and there are so many issues that need action. We c…
  Phoebe Dolan for 350 Mass · [email protected]
July 15, 2020 at 1:55 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Ballot Sigs Are In!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Hello Everyone, This June, I joined 350 Mass as the Organizing Intern. I am originally from coastal Maine and I have been organizing for labor justice…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
July 7, 2020 at 7:13 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: "When we Fight, We Win!"

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Yesterday was a HUGE day in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. A federal court ruled that the pipeline must be shut down and empti…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 7:16 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: A Critical Time to Act!!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, This is a critical time. In the midst of the pandemic, historic unemployment, inaction on racial justice, and the ever-escalating climat…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
June 23, 2020 at 6:34 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Let's Put 100% Renewables and Gov. Transparency on the Ballot

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Amazing news: The courts approved electronic signature collection to bring to bring transparency and renewable energy to the November ballot! We know that th…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
June 16, 2020 at 5:15 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Which Side Are You On?

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, It's all connected. We're in one of those history-defining moments when struggle after entangled struggle brings clarity, crystallizing our core …
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
June 9, 2020 at 4:52 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: COVID-19's Lessons for Climate Change

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Dear friends, Recently, I wrote a opinion piece for Commonwealth Magazine, "COVID-19’s lessons for climate change". You can read the full piece here, ([link …
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
June 2, 2020 at 5:10 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Mobilize for Black Lives

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  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
May 26, 2020 at 3:55 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: For Our Climate and Our Democracy

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, 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 st…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
May 19, 2020 at 4:33 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Recognizing Our Common Stake

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, If you're like me and you spend a lot of time (too much time) on social media, you've probably seen stories about how the United States is sharply d…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
May 12, 2020 at 5:28 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Interconnected Crises and Shared Solutions

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, No crisis happens in isolation. Every challenge interacts with existing challenges—and, because of policy and regulatory choices, communities of col…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 6:55 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Forging Our Future Together

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  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
April 28, 2020 at 7:38 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Our Movement Evolves

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Earth Week is over, and it was a week of bold action, despite the challenges. We found new ways to continue our fight for a habitable planet and jus…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
April 21, 2020 at 5:42 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: A Historic Earth Week

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, This Wednesday, April 22, marks the fifty year anniversary of the first Earth Day. The battle has changed in immeasurable ways since 1970—but we're …
  Cory for 350 Massachusetts · [email protected]
April 17, 2020 at 6:56 PM

Earth Day live-stream and STOP THE MONEY PIPELINE actionar

John -- together can Strike, divest, and vote for our future. From April 22, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, to April 24, activists, performers, thought leaders, and artists will come together for an empowering, inspiring, and communal three day livestream mobilization. The fights ag…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
April 14, 2020 at 4:21 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: All we have is each other

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, This is my last week with 350 Mass, since I've got some big life changes ahead (all good stuff). But don't worry: This newsletter is in the capable …
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
April 7, 2020 at 4:50 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Don't build pipelines in a pandemic!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Things are so hard right now, but you're far from powerless. There's so much you can do about the climate crisis, and that's good because there's so…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
March 31, 2020 at 5:16 PM

Followup: Climate Movement Weekly: Protect Native sovereignty, email your legislators, and more digital actions!

John -- I hope you are well. Some of your Climate Movement Weekly newsletter emails may not show the full content of the email (including the sidebar where node meetings and Zoom links are listed). Some email clients "clip" emails after a certain length. Since there were so many digital actio…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
March 31, 2020 at 5:04 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Protect Native sovereignty, email your legislators, and more digital actions!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Addressing climate change is about taking care of people. Right now, there's another issue that affects our community, one that is intertwined with …
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
March 24, 2020 at 4:54 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Sign for transparency during the COVID-19 emergency

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, During hard times like these, governmental transparency can slip through the cracks. But transparency is the key for true progress, and we need to k…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
March 17, 2020 at 5:25 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Digital actions, Zoom meetings, and mutual aid

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Hello. I hope you're safe and well. You'll notice some changes in this week's newsletter. Employees and volunteers (like me) are working from hom…
  Jon Wishnie for 350 Mass · [email protected]
March 14, 2020 at 1:00 PM

Mutual aid networks for 350 Mass during Coronavirus

John -- We hope you are staying healthy and finding support during these disorienting times.  As climate activists, we know that as climate change worsens, we will see increasingly frequent and dangerous crises like this one.   This is a grim thought, but I also find it a powerful one: the…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
March 10, 2020 at 4:32 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Coronavirus and climate justice

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, There's no arguing around the reality and science of the coronavirus. As we struggle to figure out what to do, COVID-19 is revealing cracks of our b…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
March 3, 2020 at 5:25 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Super Climate Tuesday - Remember to vote!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Don't forget to vote! Today's the day to make your voice heard and vote for your preferred Democratic presidential candidate. Find your polling plac…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
February 25, 2020 at 5:26 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: How to engage in electoral politics in 2020!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, The repeated refusal of Massachusetts’ municipal and state governments to take sufficiently bold action to address the climate crisis has made it cl…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
February 18, 2020 at 5:06 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Report back from the MA Green New Deal Kickoff!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Last week I attended the Green New Deal Partnership Coalition kick-off. After months of preparation, we listened to and shared with our allies in th…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
February 11, 2020 at 5:30 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Register to vote for bold climate solutions!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, This Wednesday is the last day to register to vote for the Massachusetts primary elections, which take place on March 3. These elections are a ch…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
February 4, 2020 at 6:04 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Hunger strike for justice!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, My name is Dr. Nathan Phillips, and I'm on a hunger strike. I'm a member of 350 Mass' Newton node and an ally of Fore River Residents Against the…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
January 28, 2020 at 5:38 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: The story of how we got arrested

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, This is the story of how we got arrested. Two weeks ago, members of the 350 Mass Boston Node took part in an action in solidarity with the FRRACS…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
January 21, 2020 at 5:33 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Chase earns while Australia burns

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Let us introduce ourselves. Hi, we're Climate Courage! Climate Courage is the direct action wing of 350 Mass. We use street theater, nonviolent c…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
January 14, 2020 at 5:40 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Building a unity movement!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, News of the Australian wildfires and their devastating impact on lives, homes, and wildlife is driving home the severity of climate change for all o…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
January 9, 2020 at 4:08 PM

All hands on deck - Lobby Day 1/14

John -- As 2020 begins, we are faced with deadlines on bold climate action in Massachusetts. In order to build towards a Green New Deal in the state, 350 Mass and Mass Power Forward have been organizing for 100% Renewables for All, Environmental Justice, and Equitable Investment in Green Infrastr…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
January 7, 2020 at 6:15 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Decade of the Green New Deal!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, The 2020s are off to a roaring start. This will be the decade of the Green New Deal, and there's never been a more important time for a vibrant, bol…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
December 17, 2019 at 5:48 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Support the Roadmap Bill!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, In the past year we've seen the power of strikes, marches, sit-ins and rallies. The State House seems to be gearing up to take bold action on the cl…
  Bill McKibben · [email protected]
December 12, 2019 at 7:41 PM

Fund Climate Action, not Climate Destruction

Dear John, It's not April yet, but I'm already thinking about Earth Day 2020, which will be the 50th time people come together to proclaim their support for the environment . Now more than ever, we need to channel the activist spirit of that first Earth Day in 1970, when 20 million Americans t…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
December 10, 2019 at 6:04 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Building hope in our movement!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Climate change is unrelenting. But so are we. Last Friday, we gathered in Boston—and in cities across the US—to keep up the pressure. We marched …
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
December 3, 2019 at 5:28 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Strike, workshops, and more!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, This week is a big week for defining what a future with a Green New Deal in Massachusetts could look like. As a part of their cycle of escalation…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
November 26, 2019 at 6:14 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Strike for the climate - Dec. 6!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, In September, youth and allies shocked the world with a series of mass protests. Millions of people took to the streets in the largest climate actio…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
November 19, 2019 at 5:59 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Join the picket line to stop Enbridge!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Last week, the Office of Coastal Zone Management approved the final permit ([link removed]) for the proposed Weymouth Compressor Station. It was jus…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
November 12, 2019 at 6:24 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Taking climate action in the final stretch of 2019

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Since the beginning of the year, California and Australia have been engulfed in flames and the Southeast has born the brunt of hurricanes. Extreme w…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
November 7, 2019 at 7:23 PM

Take climate action everyday next week!

John -- As the 2019 legislative session fast approaches its end, the New Year’s Resolution signed by 36 Massachussetts Senators to pass bold climate legislation in 2019 remains unfulfilled. We need to encourage both our senators and representatives to equitably accelerate our transition to 100% r…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
November 5, 2019 at 5:59 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Support the MA climate agenda in the State House!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Yesterday, Trump began the process of withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement. But Trump can't stop Massachusetts from showing fea…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
October 29, 2019 at 7:58 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: 350 Mass Statewide Summit on Sunday!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Are you worried about climate change? Want to know how 350 Mass fits into the picture? Join us this Sunday, November 3rd for the 350 Mass Statewide …
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
October 22, 2019 at 5:06 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: People and planet over profit!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, Earlier today, Cambridge node volunteer Fred Hewett wrote in WBUR Cognoscenti ([link removed]) , "[Oil companies are] doing all they can to sustain …
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
October 15, 2019 at 4:30 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Supporting the MA Indigenous Peoples Agenda

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, For our intro this week, read this message from Adriene in the Allston-Brighton Node on Indigenous Peoples Day: "As Indigenous Peoples Day (known…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
October 9, 2019 at 6:25 PM

Together we can stop the Weymouth Compressor Station!

John -- With construction slated to begin the first of November, the time to act against the Weymouth Compressor Station is now. Pledge to take action to stop the Weymouth Compressor Station now!  Whether that looks like a phone call or showing up to a community meeting, there’s lots of other way…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
October 8, 2019 at 4:33 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Gearing up for Honk and Indigenous People's Day!

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) Friends, The youth climate strike in September was reinvigorating. It brought new momentum and life into our climate movement. Now it's our chance to esca…