What you can do

TELL CONGRESS TO STOP SHELLING OUT BILLIONS TO BIG OIL

Our leaders cannot claim to be serious about environmental justice and climate change if they continue to hand away taxpayer money to Big Polluters. TAKE ACTION

TELL LOWE’S AND HOME DEPOT: STOP SELLING BEE-KILLING ROUNDUP

A recent EPA assessment found that this pesticide is likely to harm or kill 94% of endangered plants and animals. TAKE ACTION

SAVE OUR OCEANS FROM PLASTIC POLLUTION

Plastic is polluting our entire planet, from the beaches to the deepest depths of our oceans. TAKE ACTION

SAVE OUR PUBLIC LANDS FROM OIL AND GAS DRILLING!

Nearly a quarter of our country’s emissions come from fossil fuel extraction on public lands — we can’t afford to let the fossil fuel industry drill and mine even more. TAKE ACTION

FIGHT DEFORESTATION

Over ten years ago, the world’s biggest retail companies committed to ending deforestation in their supply chains by 2020, but they have failed. We must hold them accountable. TAKE ACTION

TELL U.S. TO TERMINATE ITS INVOLVEMENT WITH A DEADLY COAL PLANT

The U.S. helped fund the Sasan coal plant in India — a project with an ash pond that burst, creating a massive flood of coal ash that led to the deaths of six people. TAKE ACTION

ACTION LIST

MASSPIRG info on induction cook tops:

https://pirg.org/massachusetts/edfund/updates/induction-cooktops-get-high-marks-for-efficiency-performance-and-safety/

MASS SAVE on induction stoves

https://www.masssave.com/en/saving/residential-rebates/inductionstove

MASSPIRG on green living

https://pirg.org/massachusetts/edfund/topics/green-living/

MASSPIRG Campaign against single use plastic

https://pirg.org/massachusetts/take-action/tell-the-federal-government-to-reduce-the-amount-of-single-use-plastic-it-purchases/

MASSPIRG on reducing energy waste

https://pirg.org/massachusetts/edfund/resources/citizens-guide-to-reducing-energy-waste/

MASS SAVE on Heat Pumps:

https://www.masssave.com/en/heatpump

MASS SAVE energy assessment:

https://www.masssave.com/en/saving/energy-assessments

https://www.masssave.com/en/saving/energy-assessments/online-home-energy-assessment

About 350.org

https://350.org/about/

350.org MA

https://350mass.betterfutureproject.org/

350 MA Climate Café (October 19)

Would you like to have a supportive place to talk over your concerns about climate change or climate activism? You do! 350 Mass has Climate Cafés that welcome these discussions.

https://350mass.betterfutureproject.org/climate_cafe_october_2022

Mass River Alliance - Campaign for clean water in MA

https://www.massriversalliance.org/

Mass River Alliance: What you can do

https://www.massriversalliance.org/what-can-you-do

Friends of the Earth, Initiative against US funding of fossil fuels:

https://action.foe.org/page/29399/action/1?ea.tracking.id=Website

GIVE GREEN A CHANCE!

Things you can contribute to the fight against Climate Change:

Walk, bicycle, or take public transportation instead of driving
Don’t idle needlessly, turn your engine off whenever possible
Carpool
Get an energy audit through Mass Save
Insulate your windows
Grow wild flowers instead of keeping a lawn that has to be mowed
Install solar panels
Trade in a gas guzzling vehicle for a hybrid or an electric car
Eat local, buy from local farmers
Compost
Grow a vegetable garden
Stay informed and vote for the environment
Trade in a gas guzzling vehicle for a hybrid or an electric car
Turn your heat down (or you AC up) a few degrees
Avoid using plastics
Install heat pumps in place of gas furnace
Recycle responsibly
Preserve trees and plant new ones
Cook with a convection oven
Eat vegan/vegetarian instead of depleting the earth with live stock
Support environmental organizations

And how about this one: Hire goats for fall yard cleanup instead of leaf blowers!

Find out more about the problematic Weymouth Compressor Station:

https://www.nocompressor.com/