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Friday, July 18, 2025

A Young at Heart Enviro Show


Greetings Earthlings. We go back a ways when it comes to organizing and making good trouble to protect the planet from the Takers and Ne'er-do-wells who seem clueless about Mother Earth and the climate. It has always been encouraging to find younger folks stepping up to do the work as well, for instance, "The Massachusetts Youth Climate Coalition (MYCC) is a diverse, youth-led, adult-supported, network of organizations, clubs, and hubs founded in February 2020 and committed to centering the voices of Massachusetts’s young people in the climate movement". The Enviro Show is an enthusiastic supporter and we welcome some of them for the interview. As always, we will also invite you to meet this week's Fool-on-Hill and "Those Whose Brains Are small" along with our "...of the Week" bits and a reminder that "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" and more, but first it's time for.....Revenge of the Critters! Gators & Golfing? Maybe not. 

Time for another Fool-on-the-Hill? Maybe.  "Rep. Andy Ogles (among other obnoxious things) wrote to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum recently urging the government to put [His Malignancy] on Mount Rushmore. After saying the White House is ushering in America’s Golden Age, Ogles added, it is essential that we immortalize [the] President's likeness on Mount Rushmore.” Thankfully a reasoned response: "The rock that surrounds the sculpted faces is not suitable for additional carving,” Mount Rushmore National Memorial Chief of Interpretation and Education Maureen McGee-Ballinger said at the time."

How about some classic Doublespeak of the Week?  "Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano called the Republican [Big b.s.] legislation,....a "historic step forward for America's seniors" and a reaffirmation of the president's "promise to protect Social Security." But experts warned in the lead-up to the bill's passage that its massive tax cuts would bring forward the date at which Social Security will no longer be able to pay out full benefits in the absence of legislative solutions."

We have multiple news stories proving "Their Brains Were Small and They Died" but in this case it was innocent bystanders who died in the Texas flood disaster as a result of those small brains mismanaging & defunding critical government agencies and weather forecasting operations. Even some blame for Texas: "Officials in Kerr County previously considered a more robust warning system for Guadalupe River floods, but rejected it as too expensive." How expensive will the clean-up and lawsuits be? We think you may agree it's time for some action links HERE and maybe HERE?

We may as well stick with the MAGA Madness here in His Malignancy The Mad King's own segment. Why? Because his Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem (yes, the one who apparently helped untold numbers of Texans to meet their maker) informed us ICE " had detained a cannibal and put him on a plane to take him home. And while they had him in his seat, he started to eat himself."  OK, cannibals; we know The Mad King has a thing for "the late, great Hannibal Lecter." Maybe Noem was simply going with the theme? How about the usual theme of simply gutting the planet for fun & profit? The "administration has quietly fast-tracked a massive oil expansion project that environmentalists and Democratic lawmakers warned could have a destructive impact on local communities and the climate. As reported recently, the plan "involves expanding the Wildcat Loadout Facility, a key transfer point for moving Uinta basin crude oil to rail lines that transport it to refineries along the Gulf Coast. The goal of the plan is to transfer an additional 70,000 barrels of oil per day from the Wildcat Loadout Facility... located in Utah, down to the Gulf Coast refineries via a route that runs along the Colorado River. Controversially, the...administration is also plowing ahead with the project by invoking emergency powers to address energy shortages despite the fact that the United States for the last couple of years has been producing record levels of domestic oil."  Why stop there? "The DOE published a report in response to one of the ​Beautiful Clean Coal” executive orders issued by [the] President in April, that lays out the case for Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a former gas industry executive who has denied there is a climate change crisis, to demand that more fossil-fueled plants remain open past their scheduled closures."  Wait, did we mention His Malignancy fired all his climate scientists last April? Time now for an honest critique of The Mad King's damage control tour of the Texas flood disaster. By now most clear thinking humans have figured out what a fraud His Malingnancy truly is and are not fooled by his performative game show bullshit.  Why is this guy still in office?? 

OK, the Texas flood disaster reminds us, "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" but don't take our word for it, listen to the science, "Colossal bursts of rain like the ones that caused the deadly flooding in Texas are becoming more frequent and intense around the globe as the burning of fossil fuels heats the planet, scientists say. Warm air holds more moisture than cool air, and as temperatures rise, storms can produce bigger downpours. When met on the ground with outdated infrastructure or inadequate warning systems, the results can be catastrophic. These were the ingredients for tragedy in Texas, a state that is well acquainted with weather extremes of all kinds." Sound familiar? Of course, we've been quoting climate scientists on this for years. How about this chilling but realistic note from Canadian scientist David Suzuki? It's a nice Canadian way of saying "Think globally, Act Locally" but given what we're facing politically here in the USA we're inclined to chant "Stand Up/Fight Back!

Time for our Enviro Show Critter of the Week. Another listener recommended link tells us these tiny critters were in the news last week as 21st century heroes. Granted, Bacteria aren't exactly the most glam species out there BUT: "Some of the most effective species include Bacteroides uniformis and Odoribacter splanchnicus. These absorbed over 70% of PFAS from their environment within just minutes. Importantly, the bacteria didn’t just bind PFAS to their outer membranes, they also pulled them inside their cells, where the chemicals formed dense clumps. This mass is then excreted from the body." Good riddance PFAS....at least from our bods but then what? 🤔

In The Enviro Show Echo Chamber we repeat what the The Six Pac passed along HERE condemning the Supreme Court so-called majority for having  "disgracefully rubber-stamped extrajudicial deportations to third countries without additional due process requirements, enabling ICE to dragnet anyone they choose, aided by masked, anonymous extremists. This is a blatant violation of our values and an assault on American freedom!"

 

Our Quote of the Week is in keeping with our youthful guests from The Massachusetts Youth Climate Coalition:

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

Sophia Loren 

 

After a conversation with our guests it's on to the Bus Stop Billboard:

 

Fridays 4:30pm Stop the Coup Standouts on Rt. 2 Gill side of Gill-Turners Falls bridge in WMass grow weekly. Bring your own signs & friends! AND:  The Good Trouble Democracy Brigade is holding protests every Friday from 3 to 4 p.m. at the intersection of Route 116 and Sugarloaf Street in South Deerfield. AND Every Friday HANDS OFF OUR STUDENTS! Peaceful Visibility Standout, 4 pm – 5:30 p.m., Kendrick Park, [Cancelled for 6/6] Amherst: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/778646/   AND  Every Friday Jewish Voice for Peace Weekly Northampton Standout. 4:00-5:30 p.m. at the Route 9 roundabout at the Northampton side of the Coolidge Bridge. Join us in demanding a ceasefire & arms embargo. Signs & banners provided. Park at the Norwottuck Rail Trail, 446 Damon Rd. Click here for access info. 



Saturdays 11 to Noon.  Regular Stand Out concerning MAGA government coup & DOGE in Memorial Park in Orange, MA.  25 South Main Street Orange, MA 01364 AND: There is an ongoing NO KINGS!/DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION/DEMOCRACY standout on the Greenfield Town Common, beginning at 9:30am EACH Saturday. 


Every Sunday: Massachusetts Rapid Response for Our Freedoms: Virtual 6:30 pm. – 7:30 p.m. To mobilize and activate a network of people ready to take immediate, strategic action to defend our rights, freedoms, the rule of law, and democracy.-To educate and inform participants about current authoritarian threats, legal overreach, and coordinated attacks on our freedoms.-To share concrete tools, tactics, and next steps that individuals and groups can take in their communities to push back.-To build a connected movement rooted in collective power, solidarity, and a shared vision of justice and equality for all—not just the wealthy, powerful, or those with privilege. Register and more information. 


Wednesdays 11am to 1pm. Weekly Standouts at ICE Facility at 1000 District Avenue.
Burlington, MA.  Rabbi Susan Abramson of Temple Shalom Emeth agrees. A longtime advocate for immigrant rights, has been co-leading peaceful protests outside the Burlington ICE office every Wednesday. Attendance has grown steadily, with about 70 participants last week. Go HERE 


Tuesdays, 4-6pm  Hold banners, signs and flags, on I-91 overpass to show people that they are not alone - and help give them the courage to join us and take a stand against the Coup & DOGE. Please make signs with very few words and very big and bold letters. Come even if you don't have a sign, we'll have plenty! Here's the link for more info and to register:https://mobilize.us/s/4Gq1hs     We've added this coming Sunday and Thursday, from 4-6 pm, at the same location: the I-91 overpass at Mountain Park Rd, Holyoke.You can sign up for Sunday or Thursday on Mobilize: Sunday 3/23, 3:30pm. - https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblenorthamptonswingleftwesternma/event/766766/Thursday 3/27 - https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblenorthamptonswingleftwesternma/event/767589/ 


ALSO: Tuesdays 4-5pm. No Kings Weekly Vigil, Park Square, Elm and Main Streets (Route 20) Westfield, MA 01085     AND Tuesdays 3:30 – 5pm. 12 Mountain Dr. Overpass, Hatfield, MA 01038  AND  Every Tuesday in Amherst. Stand out for Peace and Racial Justice (and immigrant justice, climate justice, etc.) – in Amherst. 4:00-4:30 P.M. Main Street and South Pleasant Street in front of the bank. Bringing positive action in troubling times.


Weekly on Tuesdays & Thursdays. The MA State House Stand Out is back in a new incarnation! This historic climate action lasted for 14 months and engaged hundreds of volunteers from across the climate movement. Volunteers are needed!The new version, lovingly referred to as Stand Out Two, happens at the Massachusetts State House between 10 am and 2 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This is a great way to participate in the climate movement with no risk of arrest! Volunteers normally sign up for a 2 hour “shift." If you have questions about the Stand Out or would like to get a link to the sign-up sheet please contact organizers at fossilfuels.standout.ma@proton.me        



Every Saturday.  Geendfield Standout for a Ceasefire.. 11 a.m.-noon, On the green by Court Square.  



Saturday July 19, 1pm. Hanscom GroundICE Protest. Hanscom Field in Bedford,  MA

Signature Aviation provides aviation fuel and logistical support for I.C.E. detainee transport flights in a number of cities throughout the United States.  Although the company lacks a direct contractual relationship with I.C.E. itself, Signature works closely with its contracted charter airlines to facilitate these flights. This protest is being organized by GroundIce.org. Check out their website for more actions. 



Tuesday July 22, Noon. Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming internal hearing with presentations for legislators (no public comments taken), but the public may watch it online. The topic is “Carbon Sequestration on Natural and Working Lands,” and the presenters will be the EEA, Bill Moomaw, and David Meshoulam (from Speak for the Trees, Boston). Senator Creem’s staffer has said that if we produce some questions for the EEA, they will consider asking some of those questions. And we are planning to reach out to friendly legislators to attend this panel to request they ask rigorous questions of the EEA. Please help us by suggesting rigorous questions for the EEA. Go to this document and add your suggested question(s) at the bottom.



Tuesday July 22, 1pm.   Hearing at the State House and Virtually before the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government on solar bill House 2312 is An Act regarding Municipal Zoning Powers. Its goal is to support efforts by municipalities to ensure large scale ground mounted solar projects protect our water, forests and communities. It updates Massachusetts zoning laws to address today's challenges with siting large industrial solar and battery storage.  The hearing details are hereYou must register to testify, either in person or virtually, by Monday, July 21, at 10:00 am, by filling out this form. If you wish to testify on a panel, please indicate that on the Google form. Once registered, you will receive an email with instructions for joining the hearing. Oral testimony is limited to 3 minutes per person. In person testimony will be at the State House, Room B-1.  Use our Fact Sheet, attached, for suggestions on how to give testimony.



Tuesday July 22, 5-8 pm. Non-violent direct action training prepares people to make the choice to participate in a diversity of actions that aim to resist a current policy or situation. Taking the training does not obligate you to choose to risk arrest, and there are countless strategies of resistance and non-cooperation. With both instructional and experiential activities, participants will learn some of the history and approaches to non- violent actions, techniques for de-escalation and navigating hecklers, self-care, the role of power and privilege in this work, the use and purpose of affinity groups, including special roles, community building, and, how to prepare for an action whether it involves risking arrest or not. Please REGISTER HERE no later than July 12, 9:00 pm  (Email heckysmith@gmail.com with any questions) 


Wednesday July 23, 1 to 5 pm.  A virtual & f2f hearing on providing energy assistance during the summer.  S.959/H.1495 An Act providing for energy assistance during the summer months filed by Sen. Comerford in partnership with Representatives Mindy Domb and Steven Ultrino. Joint Committee on Housing, Hearing Room A-1 and Virtual To testify in-person or remotely: Register to testify either in-person or remotely by completing this form before 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22. To submit written testimony (it need not be long or detailed): Email your statement to the Committee at luke.oroark@mahouse.gov, meg.ribera@masenate.gov, and copy me at jo.comerford@masenate.gov. Please include the following subject line: “Housing Committee Testimony, S.959/H.1495” and include the following in the body of your email: Name, Address, Phone Number &  Organization (if applicable).




Thursday July 24, 2pm & 6pm. The new SMART 3.0 solar subsidy regulations [are] released. While they are in effect now, DOER will be conducting 3 months of public processes - public hearings and public comments. While the new regulations are very good in protecting the environment, carbon sequestration and promoting development on the built environment, there is room for improvement. This is the final push on the long road of SMART regulations. Once this period is over the regulations will be finalized. We need to raise our voices for 2 important reasons: 1. To protect the good things in these regulations - please include a thank you!      2. To prevent watering down of the regulations by parties lobbying for less protective, more industry-friendly approach.  2pm Register   6PM Register .    Public comments are due by July 25 at 5pm. They can be sent to DOER.SMART@mass.gov .  Summary of the SMART 3.0 regulations - WordpdfAnalysis of the SMART 3.0 regulations  - WordpdfThe website with the regulations can be found here: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/smart-programmatic-review 






Friday July 25, 1:00 PM, the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) will host an in-person public hearing to accept comments on the SMART 3.0 regulations (https://t.e2ma.net/click/krjugj/ws4oz/g0j1bs). The hearing will be held in the Stinchfield Lecture Hall at Greenfield Community College, 1 College Drive, Greenfield, MA. Participants who would like to attend and provide comments in person may register for the hearing by filling out this form (https://t.e2ma.net/click/krjugj/ws4oz/wsk1bs). Additional details on the rulemaking process and a summary of the proposed program changes can be found on DOER (https://t.e2ma.net/click/krjugj/ws4oz/cll1bs). The deadline for submission of public comments will be 5:00 pm on July 25th. Show up protest deforestation for solar! OUT FRONT TOO ! 


Saturday July 26, 10am. Rain Date July 27.    Join Standing Trees for a guided hike to North Pond and some amazing old forest in the Telephone Gap area of the Green Mountain National Fores near Chittenden, VT. Along the way, we'll give you the latest on the massive Telephone Gap logging project that threatens much of the old and mature forest that make this area so special. Expect 5-6 miles of hiking with approx 1200ft elevation change.  RSVPs are required for updates and the exact location. RSVP  HERE


Sunday July 27, 8am - 1pm .   Join 2 million fellow Americans in Washington, D.C., and your state capital, for the March for Integrity—the largest grassroots Money Out of Politics Movement march in Washington, D.C., all 50 state capitals, and major metro areas across the...movement to demand an end to political corruption. It’s time to ban lobbyist giftsstop congressional stock trading, and pass The WE the People Amendment to permanently keep money out of politics. Go HERE.  


Monday July 28, 8pm.  Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala to talk to on forest protection. If you haven’t registered, you can register here.   


MondayJuly 28, 6 pm. CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin and Colonel Ann Wright, Retired will speak on “Where are we now?” The discussion will cover current wars and militarism, the domestic crisis in the U.S., and the ongoing genocide and starvation in Gaza, supported by U.S. weapons, tax dollars and corporations. Northampton Friends Meeting, 43 Center Street in Northampton. Medea Benjamin, and Ann Wright have vast experience and knowledge about the current crisis across the Middle East and the expansion of militarism here at home as we face the growing climate emergency.   


Wednesday July 30 (TBD) Indivisible's "How to Make it Happen" This train-the-trainer session is how we get to one million. Learn not just our strategy, but how you can train others and get them on board. You'll host your first community resistance gathering after this session. Stay tuned! 


Thursday July 31, 7pm. Please join Beyond Plastics for an inspiring look at some existing alternatives to single-use plastic packaging featuring reuse and refill business leaders, Sarah Paiji Yoo, the CEO and Co-Founder of Blueland, makers of non-toxic natural cleaning products sold in reusable, refillable packaging and Rob Kutner, the CRO of USEFULL, a fast-growing reuse program provider that makes it easy for colleges and universities to seamlessly offer takeout meals in stainless steel returnable containers. Go HERE.   



Saturday August 9, 4 to 8pm.  Valley Free Radio, WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM, a non-profit community radio station, is celebrating 20 years of independent broadcasting with a free community concert at the Elks Lodge, located at 17 Spring Street, Florence, MA. The celebration will feature: Live music from Kalliope Jones and Shokazoba; Studio tours of Valley Free ;  Food and treats from Crêpes Nanou Food Truck, Caravan
Kitchen, and Crooked Stick Pops  & A live simulcast on 103.3 FM and streaming at valleyfreeradio.org


Wednesday August 13 (TBD) Indivisible's "What Now? Organizing Action". You'll be onboarded to basic campaign design and learn how to implement it locally as well as get plugged into our next national campaign work. Your second community resistance gathering will move this action forward. Go HERE


Sunday September 21, All Day.  Sun Day is a day of action celebrating solar and wind power, and the movement to leave fossil fuels behind.


Enough......except to remember to listen to your Mother!




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, July 04, 2025

Nukes Back From the Dead Enviro Show


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Greetings Earthlings. We don't want to frighten you, dear listeners but The Ghost of Your Nuclear Past is lurking in various states as we speak. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer NY Gov. Hochul & MA Gov. Healey are all in for it (a bit of irony on the latter: we are told Healey's parents allowed the Clamshell Alliance to camp on their land for a Seabrook anti-nuke action) 😌. The good news is The Clamshell Alliance is still alive and pushing back.CliffMcCarthy & Shel Horowitz of The Commonwealth Coalition for Democracy & Safe Energy [PDF] join us for the details. Sen. Comerford came out strongly against the scheme, btw. AND please sign the petition HERE. . As usual, we will also introduce you to this week's Fool-on-the-Hill and "Those Whose Brains Were small" as well as our "...of the Week" segments and more but first it's time for........Revenge of the Critters! A roadside tale.


We have a pair of Fools-on-the-Hill this week in the wake of Zohran Mamdani's victory in the NYC Dem's primary.  "Representative Nancy Mace, [Repugnican] of South Carolina, implied that Mr. Mamdani was somehow tied to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which occurred when he was 9 [years old]. That came after Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene,  of Georgia, reacted on Wednesday to Mr. Mamdani’s apparent victory with an edited image of the Statue of Liberty clothed in a burqa." There it is.


We may as well segway right into "Their Brains Were small And They Died" since Rand Paul has always held the title in spite of staying alive. This dino might like to revive the Pony Express to deliver our mail but we guess he needs to start gradual. A donation request from USPS supporters notes: "Senator Rand Paul tried to force the U.S. Postal Service to auction off its entire electric fleet, all 7,200 zero-emission trucks and over 14,000 charging stations currently being installed in post offices nationwide in the budget reconciliation process. Luckily, his efforts were stalled by the Senate parliamentarian – but he could try again." 


Our Critter of the Week was most likely one of last year's candidates but given their plight and the fact that their time to shine was in June we decided to praise the Fireflies yet again. Inside Climate News tell us: "The intense interest in...festival[s] highlights how much Americans love fireflies. Summer nights spent watching fireflies (and debating whether or not they should be called lightning bugs) is a cherished tradition across the country. But this tradition could be threatened by climate change, according to a new study."  Besides participating in "No Mow May" and eliminating unnecessary lighting around your home in the evening, you can help these amazing critters by pushing back against pesticides.


Did somebody say "this tradition COULD be threatened by climate change" ? Well, after all, "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" After all, "The World is Warming Up. And it's Happening Faster" . The NY Times goes on, "Summer started barely a week ago, and already the United States has been smothered in a record-breaking “heat dome.” Alaska saw its first-ever heat advisory this month. And all of this comes on the heels of 2024, the hottest calendar year in recorded history."  We get it, but what are we going to do about it? Certainly not ignore or deny it like the MAGA reprobates, or worse actually work to make matters worse by knee-capping clean energy projects! Have they no decency?? Nah! And, the Big Banks are banking on climate chaos in a BIG way as well. Meanwhile this listener suggestion from The Conversation: "Antarctic summer sea ice is at record lows. Here’s how it will harm the planet – and us." It's an in-depth scientific study that concludes: "Recent low sea ice summers present a scientific challenge. The system is currently changing faster than our scientific community can study it. But vanishing sea ice also presents a challenge to society. The only way to prevent even more drastic changes in the future is to rapidly transition away from fossil fuels and reach net zero emissions." 


Here's where His Malignancy The Mad King meets The Climate Crisis.  "The administration shut down a federal website that had presented congressionally mandated reports and research on climate change, drawing rebukes from scientists who said it will hinder the nation’s efforts to prepare for worsening droughts, floods and heat waves......They're public documents. It's scientific censorship at its worst,” said Peter Gleick, a California water and climate scientist who was one of the authors of the first National Climate Assessment in 2000. “This is the modern version of book burning.” Surprise! Given the complicity of Big Media in normalizing and establishing His Malignancy from the get-go should we really be surprised? AND, the White House's aversion to anything climate related was also manifested in their cutting back on weather related issues resulting in the horror of the recent flooding in Texas.    OK, by the time you read this The Mad King's Big B.S. Bill  will probably be signed and then challenged in court. MAGA will rue the day they stole from the poor to enrich themselves and the billionaires. Read what Bernie wrote. We'll see you out in the streets, especially on July 17 when "Good Trouble Lives On".  BTW, it seems His Malignancy is forming his own Gestapo by allocating "some $175 billion towards his mass deportation campaign, more money than almost any country spends on its military ." #NoGestapo  Go HERE. 


In The Enviro Show Echo Chamber we ask our listeners to go to Save Mass Forests opening page HERE to learn about critical forest related bills in Massachusetts that need your support. Please share this info with family & friends and urge your Reps to support them. Here's another thing to share: "Unmask ICE. No Secret Police in America."


Our Doublespeak of the Week pulls this quote from the White House's own b.s. "Declaring a Energy National Emergency": "The policies of the previous administration have driven our Nation into a national emergency, where a precariously inadequate and intermittent energy supply, and an increasingly unreliable grid, require swift and decisive action.  Without immediate remedy, this situation will dramatically deteriorate in the near future due to a high demand for energy and natural resources to power the next generation of technology."  Then we turn to this report from AP News "More than $14 billion in clean energy investments in the U.S. have been canceled or delayed this year, according to an analysis released Thursday, as [the] President's... pending megabill has raised fears over the future of domestic battery, electric vehicle and solar and wind energy development." Wait......what?? 


Maybe you thought Two-face was just another Batman villain?  Sorry, it's the 21st century, the line between fiction and non-fiction is history. Which brings us to our Quote of the Week:

What strength belongs to every plant and animal in nature. The tree or the brook has no duplicity, no pretentiousness, no show. It is, with all its might and main, what it is, and makes one and the same impression and effect at all times. All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle's, and of a rabbit, rabbit's. But a man is broken and dissipated by the giddiness of his will; he does not throw himself into his judgments; his genius leads him one way but 't is likely his trade or politics in quite another.



After our interview it's off to the Bus Stop Billboard:

Fridays 4:30pm Stop the Coup Standouts on Rt. 2 Gill side of Gill-Turners Falls bridge in WMass grow weekly. Bring your own signs & friends! AND:  The Good Trouble Democracy Brigade is holding protests every Friday from 3 to 4 p.m. at the intersection of Route 116 and Sugarloaf Street in South Deerfield. AND Every Friday HANDS OFF OUR STUDENTS! Peaceful Visibility Standout, 4 pm – 5:30 p.m., Kendrick Park, [Cancelled for 6/6] Amherst: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/778646/   AND  Every Friday Jewish Voice for Peace Weekly Northampton Standout. 4:00-5:30 p.m. at the Route 9 roundabout at the Northampton side of the Coolidge Bridge. Join us in demanding a ceasefire & arms embargo. Signs & banners provided. Park at the Norwottuck Rail Trail, 446 Damon Rd. Click here for access info. 



Saturdays 11 to Noon.  Regular Stand Out concerning MAGA government coup & DOGE in Memorial Park in Orange, MA.  25 South Main Street Orange, MA 01364 AND: There is an ongoing NO KINGS!/DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION/DEMOCRACY standout on the Greenfield Town Common, beginning at 9:30am EACH Saturday. 


Every Sunday: Massachusetts Rapid Response for Our Freedoms: Virtual 6:30 pm. – 7:30 p.m. To mobilize and activate a network of people ready to take immediate, strategic action to defend our rights, freedoms, the rule of law, and democracy.-To educate and inform participants about current authoritarian threats, legal overreach, and coordinated attacks on our freedoms.-To share concrete tools, tactics, and next steps that individuals and groups can take in their communities to push back.-To build a connected movement rooted in collective power, solidarity, and a shared vision of justice and equality for all—not just the wealthy, powerful, or those with privilege. Register and more information. 


Wednesdays 11am to 1pm. Weekly Standouts at ICE Facility at 1000 District Avenue.
Burlington, MA.  Rabbi Susan Abramson of Temple Shalom Emeth agrees. A longtime advocate for immigrant rights, has been co-leading peaceful protests outside the Burlington ICE office every Wednesday. Attendance has grown steadily, with about 70 participants last week. Go HERE 


Tuesdays, 4-6pm  Hold banners, signs and flags, on I-91 overpass to show people that they are not alone - and help give them the courage to join us and take a stand against the Coup & DOGE. Please make signs with very few words and very big and bold letters. Come even if you don't have a sign, we'll have plenty! Here's the link for more info and to register:https://mobilize.us/s/4Gq1hs     We've added this coming Sunday and Thursday, from 4-6 pm, at the same location: the I-91 overpass at Mountain Park Rd, Holyoke.You can sign up for Sunday or Thursday on Mobilize: Sunday 3/23, 3:30pm. - https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblenorthamptonswingleftwesternma/event/766766/Thursday 3/27 - https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblenorthamptonswingleftwesternma/event/767589/ 


ALSO: Tuesdays 4-5pm. No Kings Weekly Vigil, Park Square, Elm and Main Streets (Route 20) Westfield, MA 01085     AND Tuesdays 3:30 – 5pm. 12 Mountain Dr. Overpass, Hatfield, MA 01038  AND  Every Tuesday in Amherst. Stand out for Peace and Racial Justice (and immigrant justice, climate justice, etc.) – in Amherst. 4:00-4:30 P.M. Main Street and South Pleasant Street in front of the bank. Bringing positive action in troubling times.


Weekly on Tuesdays & Thursdays. The MA State House Stand Out is back in a new incarnation! This historic climate action lasted for 14 months and engaged hundreds of volunteers from across the climate movement. Volunteers are needed!The new version, lovingly referred to as Stand Out Two, happens at the Massachusetts State House between 10 am and 2 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This is a great way to participate in the climate movement with no risk of arrest! Volunteers normally sign up for a 2 hour “shift." If you have questions about the Stand Out or would like to get a link to the sign-up sheet please contact organizers at fossilfuels.standout.ma@proton.me        



Every Saturday.  Geendfield Standout for a Ceasefire.. 11 a.m.-noon, On the green by Court Square.  


 July 15 & July 22, 5-8 pm. Non-violent direct action training prepares people to make the choice to participate in a diversity of actions that aim to resist a current policy or situation. Taking the training does not obligate you to choose to risk arrest, and there are countless strategies of resistance and non-cooperation. With both instructional and experiential activities, participants will learn some of the history and approaches to non- violent actions, techniques for de-escalation and navigating hecklers, self-care, the role of power and privilege in this work, the use and purpose of affinity groups, including special roles, community building, and, how to prepare for an action whether it involves risking arrest or not. Please REGISTER HERE no later than July 12, 9:00 pm  (Email heckysmith@gmail.com with any questions) 


Thursday July 17, 6 – 7pm. Good Trouble Lives On! On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, People Power United is hosting a virtual event to honor his legacy and defend our rights and freedoms. As Trump and his allies push voter suppression bills like the SAVE Act and criminalize protest, we’re rising up in nonviolent resistance—because in America, the power belongs to the people. This isn’t just a virtual rally. It’s a moral stand. It’s Good Trouble—alive and marching forward. Go HERE.   Northampton rally HERE.  Amherst rally HERE.. Greenfield rally HERE. More HERE. 



Saturday July 19, 1pm. Hanscom GroundICE Protest. Hanscom Field in Bedford,  MA

Signature Aviation provides aviation fuel and logistical support for I.C.E. detainee transport flights in a number of cities throughout the United States.  Although the company lacks a direct contractual relationship with I.C.E. itself, Signature works closely with its contracted charter airlines to facilitate these flights. This protest is being organized by GroundIce.org. Check out their website for more actions. 




Thursday July 24, 2pm & 6pm. The new SMART 3.0 solar subsidy regulations [are] released. While they are in effect now, DOER will be conducting 3 months of public processes - public hearings and public comments. While the new regulations are very good in protecting the environment, carbon sequestration and promoting development on the built environment, there is room for improvement. This is the final push on the long road of SMART regulations. Once this period is over the regulations will be finalized. We need to raise our voices for 2 important reasons: 1. To protect the good things in these regulations - please include a thank you!      2. To prevent watering down of the regulations by parties lobbying for less protective, more industry-friendly approach.  2pm Register   6PM Register .    Public comments are due by July 25 at 5pm. They can be sent to DOER.SMART@mass.gov .  Summary of the SMART 3.0 regulations - WordpdfAnalysis of the SMART 3.0 regulations  - WordpdfThe website with the regulations can be found here: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/smart-programmatic-review 






Friday July 25, 1:00 PM, the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) will host an in-person public hearing to accept comments on the SMART 3.0 regulations (https://t.e2ma.net/click/krjugj/ws4oz/g0j1bs). The hearing will be held in the Stinchfield Lecture Hall at Greenfield Community College, 1 College Drive, Greenfield, MA. Participants who would like to attend and provide comments in person may register for the hearing by filling out this form (https://t.e2ma.net/click/krjugj/ws4oz/wsk1bs). Additional details on the rulemaking process and a summary of the proposed program changes can be found on DOER (https://t.e2ma.net/click/krjugj/ws4oz/cll1bs). The deadline for submission of public comments will be 5:00 pm on July 25th. Show up protest deforestation for solar! OUT FRONT TOO ! 


Saturday July 26, 10am. Rain Date July 27.    Join Standing Trees for a guided hike to North Pond and some amazing old forest in the Telephone Gap area of the Green Mountain National Fores near Chittenden, VT. Along the way, we'll give you the latest on the massive Telephone Gap logging project that threatens much of the old and mature forest that make this area so special. Expect 5-6 miles of hiking with approx 1200ft elevation change.  RSVPs are required for updates and the exact location. RSVP  HERE


Sunday July 27, 8am - 1pm .   Join 2 million fellow Americans in Washington, D.C., and your state capital, for the March for Integrity—the largest grassroots Money Out of Politics Movement march in Washington, D.C., all 50 state capitals, and major metro areas across the...movement to demand an end to political corruption. It’s time to ban lobbyist giftsstop congressional stock trading, and pass The WE the People Amendment to permanently keep money out of politics. Go HERE.  


Monday July 28, 8pm.  Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala to talk to on forest protection. If you haven’t registered, you can register here.   


MondayJuly 28, 6 pm. CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin and Colonel Ann Wright, Retired will speak on “Where are we now?” The discussion will cover current wars and militarism, the domestic crisis in the U.S., and the ongoing genocide and starvation in Gaza, supported by U.S. weapons, tax dollars and corporations. Northampton Friends Meeting, 43 Center Street in Northampton. Medea Benjamin, and Ann Wright have vast experience and knowledge about the current crisis across the Middle East and the expansion of militarism here at home as we face the growing climate emergency.   


Wednesday July 30 (TBD) Indivisible's "How to Make it Happen" This train-the-trainer session is how we get to one million. Learn not just our strategy, but how you can train others and get them on board. You'll host your first community resistance gathering after this session. Stay tuned! 


Thursday July 31, 7pm. Please join Beyond Plastics for an inspiring look at some existing alternatives to single-use plastic packaging featuring reuse and refill business leaders, Sarah Paiji Yoo, the CEO and Co-Founder of Blueland, makers of non-toxic natural cleaning products sold in reusable, refillable packaging and Rob Kutner, the CRO of USEFULL, a fast-growing reuse program provider that makes it easy for colleges and universities to seamlessly offer takeout meals in stainless steel returnable containers. Go HERE.   



Saturday August 9, 4 to 8pm.  Valley Free Radio, WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM, a non-profit community radio station, is celebrating 20 years of independent broadcasting with a free community concert at the Elks Lodge, located at 17 Spring Street, Florence, MA. The celebration will feature: Live music from Kalliope Jones and Shokazoba; Studio tours of Valley Free ;  Food and treats from Crêpes Nanou Food Truck, Caravan
Kitchen, and Crooked Stick Pops  & A live simulcast on 103.3 FM and streaming at valleyfreeradio.org


Wednesday August 13 (TBD) Indivisible's "What Now? Organizing Action". You'll be onboarded to basic campaign design and learn how to implement it locally as well as get plugged into our next national campaign work. Your second community resistance gathering will move this action forward. Go HERE


Sunday September 21, All Day.  Sun Day is a day of action celebrating solar and wind power, and the movement to leave fossil fuels behind.


Enough......except to remember to listen to your Mother!