legislation
2022 Legislation and Lobbying Training (MA Sierra Club)
Online/ZoomMonday, January 10 @ 6:30 p.m. Learn about how we'll pass meaningful climate legislation this session as well as how to effectively use your power as a constituent! We'll give you the tools and resources you need to successfully lobby…
Phasing Out Fossils Fuels – Massachusetts Policy Roundup
Online/ZoomTuesday, May 24 @ Noon Ready to help pass another important and necessary climate bill? The MA House & Senate have each passed a climate bill this legislative session! They now have to work together to come up with one…
Massachusetts Climate & Transportation Bill
Online/ZoomWednesday, August 10 @ Noon In July 2022, the Massachusetts legislature passed a climate bill. The House started with a bill that focused mostly on offshore wind. The Senate followed with a broader climate bill that touched on clean electricity,…
Meeting with Senator Paul Mark
Online/ZoomState Senator Paul Mark will join 350ma-Berkshires at their March monthly meeting to discuss the issue of hydrogen and three important bills before the legislature. The public is invited to join by Zoom. For information, email: info@350ma-berkshires.org. DATE: Wednesday, March…
Advancing Clean Energy, Equity, and Innovation in MLPs and Statewide
OnlineJoin Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN) and their partners via Zoom on Wednesday, April 19th at 6:00 PM to discuss H.3150/S.2117 An Act advancing clean energy, equity, and innovation within municipal utilities. This is an exciting opportunity to learn from…
Advocacy Grassroots Summit – Mass Audubon Climate Champions
Virtual meeting to begin planning to launch a series of home-rule petitions to ban second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) in communities across the state. Mass Audubon will give you the training you need to launch a campaign in your town…
Advocacy Hour: Protecting our Night Skies
OnlineIn the natural environment, we take the day-night cycle for granted. But human activities have altered our reality. Increasingly, the deep dark of night is muddied by artificial illumination. Yes, our 24/7 society requires a certain amount of light at…
Understanding Governing Structures
OnlineWhat: Understanding Governing Structures Join the conversation and bring your questions on zoning, ordinances, public works, land development, who to contact for contamination, what the county commission is, and when do I reach out to them versus my municipality. Also,…
Legislation Rally: Don’t Let Utility Companies Control Our Future!
Park Square Pittsfield, MAJoin No Fracked Gas in Mass, BEAT, the 350 MA Berkshire Node and Mass Power Forward as we call on the legislature to move on climate and environmental justice policy in a timely way! For three sessions in a row,…
U.S. Paint EPR: Insights from a Decade of PaintCare Programs
OnlineOver the past decade, U.S. paint EPR programs have performed extremely well – collecting more than 70 million gallons of leftover paint with over 2,400 year-round locations currently (two-thirds of which are paint and hardware stores that have volunteered to…