NOTE: This event was previously a Make Polluters Pay specific webinar. The Make Polluters Pay campaign was selected on Wednesday 2/5 to be re-prioritized by the Mass Power Forward coalition. Now, more than ever, we need to stand and fight together for climate action and justice. In that spirit, we're reworking this webinar to include the other two priority campaigns: Protecting People from Utility Profiteering and Clean Air for Environmental Justice. The webinar will be held at the same time with the same link, but stay tuned for content updates!

Mass Power Forward is taking bold action in 2025 to put people over corporations—and we want you to be part of it! From making big polluters pay up to stopping utility profiteering and improving air quality for impacted communities, these priorities were chosen by hundreds of coalition members across Massachusetts.

Come learn how these priorities will make a real difference in your community—and how you can help turn them into a reality.

The future is in our hands—let’s build a cleaner, fairer Massachusetts together!

Thanks to Make Polluters Pay for helping anchor this launch!

More about the campaigns and their corresponding bills that have been proposed in the MA state legislature:

The Make Polluters Pay Bill - HD.3369/SD.1674 is a bill that requires the worst carbon emitters to contribute to a Superfund to pay for climate-related damages in Massachusetts. Fossil fuel companies have knowingly endangered our world for decades, putting our lives and livelihoods at risk – they should be responsible for the damages. The Climate Change Superfund will provide funding for projects across the Commonwealth that keep our communities safe from the impacts of climate change.

Protecting People from Utility Profiteering - Instead of heeding the dire call to rapidly transition away from climate polluting methane, for-profit utility companies like Eversource continue to recklessly expand the gas system, especially into environmental justice communities, peddling false solutions to justify their detrimental decisions. These for-profit corporations then spend our ratepayer money lobbying our elected officials to increase their profits by endangering our communities' health and safety.

• HD.3428/SD.2088 is a bill that protects communities and ratepayers from expensive, new methane infrastructure such as large pipelines and gas fired power plants, while furthering a just transition for displaced workers.

• HD.1833/SD.742 is a bill that makes energy more affordable by holding utilities accountable for their inappropriate use of ratepayer funds for lobbying, promotions and perks.

Better Air Quality for Environmental Justice - Your zip code should not determine access to clean air. Overburdened environmental justice communities experience disproportionately high levels of air pollution, indoors and outdoors. Living in air pollution hot spots exacerbates health issues like asthma and places yet another burden on communities that already host more than their fair share of polluting industries and infrastructure.

• HD.1924/SD.1086 is a bill that establishes a technical advisory committee to identify air pollution hotspots, lays the groundwork to implement enhanced air pollution monitoring systems, establishes a baseline for air pollution and leads to the installation of high-quality filtration in high-risk areas. The bill also creates targets for air pollution reduction in hot spots - 50% below baseline levels by 2030 and 75% below baseline levels by 2035.
• HD.2787/SD.2074 is a bill that creates a task force to develop guidelines that address indoor air pollution and mold contamination, with a focus on high-risk buildings and improved processes for indoor air quality remediation.