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

A message from the Board Chairs

NationBuilder 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,…
  Craig Altemose - Better Future Project · [email protected]
December 2, 2020 at 1:01 PM

Support for another year of climate action!

NationBuilder 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 easie…
  Alan for 350 Mass Action · [email protected]
July 28, 2020 at 11:01 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Crunch Time

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, We're in the thick of the final week of the legislative session. We can't let another two-ye…
  Phoebe Dolan for 350 Mass · [email protected]
July 21, 2020 at 7:28 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Environmental Justice Now!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, This is a critical time. We're nearing the end of this two year legislative session, and the…
  Phoebe Dolan for 350 Mass · [email protected]
July 15, 2020 at 1:55 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Ballot Sigs Are In!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Hello Everyone,  This June, I joined 350 Mass as the Organizing Intern. I am originally from coastal M…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
July 7, 2020 at 7:13 PM

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

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Yesterday was a HUGE day in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. A federal court ru…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 7:16 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: A Critical Time to Act!!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, This is a critical time. In the midst of the pandemic, historic unemployment, inaction on r…
  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

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Amazing news: The courts have approved electronic signature collection to bring our transparency and r…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
June 16, 2020 at 5:15 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Which Side Are You On?

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  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
June 9, 2020 at 4:52 PM

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

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Dear friends, Recently, I wrote a opinion piece for Commonwealth Magazine, "COVID-19’s lessons for cl…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
June 2, 2020 at 5:10 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Mobilize for Black Lives

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Dear friends, We mourn the lives of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Sean Reed and Breonna Taylor, all rece…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
May 26, 2020 at 3:55 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: For Our Climate and Our Democracy

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Can you help us collect signatures for the climate and democratic accountability? I’m writi…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
May 19, 2020 at 4:33 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Recognizing Our Common Stake

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, If you're like me and you spend a lot of time (too much time) on social media, you've probab…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
May 12, 2020 at 5:28 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Interconnected Crises and Shared Solutions

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, No crisis happens in isolation. Every challenge interacts with existing challenges—and, beca…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 6:55 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Forging Our Future Together

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, While the COVID-19 crisis rages, we at 350 Mass and our allies in the movement for climate j…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
April 28, 2020 at 7:38 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Our Movement Evolves

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Earth Week is over, and it was a week of bold action, despite the challenges. We found new w…
  Alan Palm for 350 Mass · [email protected]
April 21, 2020 at 5:42 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: A Historic Earth Week

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, This Wednesday, April 22, marks the fifty year anniversary of the first Earth Day. The battl…
  Cory for 350 Massachusetts · [email protected]
April 17, 2020 at 6:56 PM

Earth Day live-stream and STOP THE MONEY PIPELINE actionar

NationBuilder 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…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
April 14, 2020 at 4:21 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: All we have is each other

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, This is my last week with 350 Mass, since I've got some big life changes ahead (all good stu…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
April 7, 2020 at 4:50 PM

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

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Things are so hard right now, but you're far from powerless. There's so much you can do abou…
  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!

NationBuilder 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.…
  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!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Addressing climate change is about taking care of people. Right now, there's another issue t…
  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

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, During hard times like these, governmental transparency can slip through the cracks. But tra…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
March 17, 2020 at 5:25 PM

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

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Hello. I hope you're safe and well. You'll notice some changes in this week's newsletter. E…
  Jon Wishnie for 350 Mass · [email protected]
March 14, 2020 at 1:00 PM

Mutual aid networks for 350 Mass during Coronavirus

NationBuilder 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, b…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
March 10, 2020 at 4:32 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Coronavirus and climate justice

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, There's no arguing around the reality and science of the coronavirus. As we struggle to figu…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
March 3, 2020 at 5:25 PM

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

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Don't forget to vote! Today's the day to make your voice heard and vote for your preferred D…
  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!

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  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!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Last week I attended the Green New Deal Partnership Coalition kick-off. After months of prep…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
February 11, 2020 at 5:30 PM

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

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, This Wednesday is the last day to register to vote for the Massachusetts primary elections, …
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
February 4, 2020 at 6:04 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Hunger strike for justice!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, My name is Dr. Nathan Phillips, and I'm on a hunger strike. I'm a member of 350 Mass' Newto…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
January 28, 2020 at 5:38 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: The story of how we got arrested

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, This is the story of how we got arrested. Two weeks ago, members of the 350 Mass Boston Nod…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
January 21, 2020 at 5:33 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Chase earns while Australia burns

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Let us introduce ourselves. Hi, we're Climate Courage! Climate Courage is the direct action…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
January 14, 2020 at 5:40 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Building a unity movement!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, News of the Australian wildfires and their devastating impact on lives, homes, and wildlife …
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
January 9, 2020 at 4:08 PM

All hands on deck - Lobby Day 1/14

NationBuilder 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,…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
January 7, 2020 at 6:15 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Decade of the Green New Deal!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, The 2020s are off to a roaring start. This will be the decade of the Green New Deal, and the…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
December 17, 2019 at 5:48 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Support the Roadmap Bill!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, In the past year we've seen the power of strikes, marches, sit-ins and rallies. The State Ho…
  Bill McKibben · [email protected]
December 12, 2019 at 7:41 PM

Fund Climate Action, not Climate Destruction

NationBuilder 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…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
December 10, 2019 at 6:04 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Building hope in our movement!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Climate change is unrelenting. But so are we. Last Friday, we gathered in Boston—and in cit…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
December 3, 2019 at 5:28 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Strike, workshops, and more!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, This week is a big week for defining what a future with a Green New Deal in Massachusetts co…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
November 26, 2019 at 6:14 PM

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

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, In September, youth and allies shocked the world with a series of mass protests. Millions of…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
November 19, 2019 at 5:59 PM

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

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Last week, the Office of Coastal Zone Management approved the final permit for the proposed …
  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

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Since the beginning of the year, California and Australia have been engulfed in flames and t…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
November 7, 2019 at 7:23 PM

Take climate action everyday next week!

NationBuilder 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 eq…
  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!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Yesterday, Trump began the process of withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
October 29, 2019 at 7:58 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: 350 Mass Statewide Summit on Sunday!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Are you worried about climate change? Want to know how 350 Mass fits into the picture? Join …
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
October 22, 2019 at 5:06 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: People and planet over profit!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, Earlier today, Cambridge node volunteer Fred Hewett wrote in WBUR Cognoscenti, "[Oil compani…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
October 15, 2019 at 4:30 PM

Climate Movement Weekly: Supporting the MA Indigenous Peoples Agenda

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, For our intro this week, read this message from Adriene in the Allston-Brighton Node on Indi…
  Vignesh Ramachandran for 350 Mass · [email protected]
October 9, 2019 at 6:25 PM

Together we can stop the Weymouth Compressor Station!

NationBuilder 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 c…
  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!

test Check out the latest news from the Massachusetts climate movement! View this email in your browser Friends, The youth climate strike in September was reinvigorating. It brought new momentum and life i…