We need to think about the intersection of climate change and housing beyond our HVAC systems. How does climate change affect housing costs, particularly in the face of growing migration? How does housing affect climate change, particularly as we seek to build new units? How can changes to zoning laws affect greenhouse gas emissions and […]
Research shows that majorities of registered voters prefer candidates who support action on the climate, want development of clean energy sources, and support policies to reduce the pollution that causes global warming. However, an estimated 11.2 million environmentalists did not vote in the 2024 presidential election, and many more skip midterm, state, and local elections. […]
MassIPL and Greenlight America invite you to a lunch hour webinar all about batteries for the grid! We'll cover battery storage as a long-duration clean energy technology — how it works, how it fits into MA's clean energy goals, the environmental and social justice dimensions, and ways that your local advoacy can have an outsized […]
Energy utility corporations are raking in record profits while we’re struggling to pay our energy bills. With our money in hand, utilities like Eversource, National Grid, and Berkshire Gas are attempting to increase our reliance on expensive and polluting fossil fuels, destroying our health and our planet. These utilities spend hundreds of thousands of dollars […]
Join local artist Lisa Link on Monday, June 15, 2026, for the opening celebration of Climate Conversations: Visual Notes on a Changing Planet at the West Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library. Through interviews, photography, and visual storytelling, this exhibition explores how people respond to environmental challenges in their communities, daily lives, and public […]
Join us for a geothermal webinar co-hosted by MassIPL, PA IPL, and GreenerU. Geothermal installations still qualify for a 30-40%+ federal direct pay incentive, often making them cost-competitive when replacing a fossil fuel heating system. You'll hear directly from two congregations — Wellesley Village Church (MA) and St. Christopher's Episcopal Church (PA) — about how […]
Debate on the Senate version of An Act to Save People Money, Repair the Climate and Grow the Economy, also known as S.3143 begins today, and a vote will follow shortly after. Before the environmental bill goes from the Senate to the Conference Committee, we feel that including several proposed amendments would improve it. Our […]
Although we still mourn the destruction of the Temple on Tisha B’av, we know that this tragic day was the beginning of a transformation that enabled our people to survive and thrive. From the ashes of the Temple, Jews built a new center of Judaism in Yavneh. Their innovations became the rabbinic Judaism that we […]
As the sun sets on Tisha B’Av, the most sorrowful day on the Jewish calendar, we will gather to read Eicha (Lamentations)—an ancient text mourning the catastrophic destruction of Jerusalem 2,500 years ago: its women, children, animals, buildings, gates, and walls. Together, we will take turns reading from the text (bring your phone to follow […]
The problem with plastic goes way past those ubiquitous and annoying plastic straws and bags. When microplastics are being found in fetal tissue, the scale of the problem isn't about personal habits but systems--and that's the scale of the solutions we need. Did we mention that plastics *are* fossil fuels? And that they're the industry's […]