August 2, 2020. It happened!  With three days left before the scheduled end of the legislative session on July 31st, the Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee favorably reported out “An Act creating a 2050 Roadmap to a Clean and Thriving Commonwe...

Read our monthly newsletter for the latest Massachusetts climate news, analysis, and actions you can take to make a difference. Keep informed about our chapter meetings, educational events, and ways to connect with other elders who are working to fight cl...

August 27. Elders Stand for Fair Elections is committed to ensure a safe and fair 2020 election. We are mobilizing as strongly and quickly as possible because there are extraordinary threats to our democracy that cannot be ignored. Our community of conce...

Biomass and bioenergy are often thought of as using wood for heat or electricity or using corn for ethanol.  It is now known the use of this type biomass has many problems not the least of which is savings of greenhouse gas emissions relative to fos...

July 17, 2020. In the final countdown to the end of the legislative session, Elders Climate Action and seventeen other advocacy organizations held a Virtual Rally on July 15. Over 260 participants attended to advocate for passage of H3983, An Act to create a ...

For over a century flowing water has been used to generate electricity and today hydroelectric energy provides a significant share of electricity in the U.S. and globally.  But hydroelectric power is controversial because of the environmental and human effect...

By Seth Evans, ECA Massachusetts Leadership Team. There are many memes connecting the ideas of crisis and opportunity.  Winston Churchill, for example, invoked the idea in the aftermath of World War II, saying, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Many of ...