The Clean Energy Home Series (Part 1): What is a heat pump?
A series on how to electrify your home and transition to appliances that can run on renewable energy
Energy efficiency
The fastest and most affordable way to get our country’s energy use under control is to make our homes, businesses and communities more energy efficient.
Energy experts estimate that we can reduce our overall energy usage by 50 percent below current levels in the next 30 years, simply by using better technologies and eliminating waste across our economy. Reducing energy use creates big savings—for our planet, our climate and our health. More efficient energy use will clean up our air and help combat climate change. And as an added bonus, reducing energy consumption also results in lower energy bills.
The Latest on Energy efficiency
Statement: Inflation Reduction Act could be a ‘game changer’ for climate and clean energy
Statement: Environmental leaders urge Gov. Baker to sign climate bill
Updates
MASSPIRG talks with Boston 25 News on tips to lower home heating bills
MASSPIRG joins Senator Edward J. Markey at Climate Briefing
What You Can Do
Featured Resources
Citizen’s Guide to Reducing Energy Waste
The Latest
Statement: Climate bill will bring more clean energy, electric vehicles, efficient buildings to Massachusetts
State legislators sent a bill to Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk Thursday night that would reduce energy waste and help Massachusetts’ buildings and transportation systems transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.
MASSPIRG’s 2021-2022 Legislative Agenda
MASSPIRG’s mission is to deliver persistent, results-oriented public interest advocacy that protects consumers, preserves the environment, encourages a fair, sustainable economy, promotes public health and fosters responsive, democratic government. Each legislative session, we work on bills that advance public interest reforms and we collaborate with the chief sponsors and cosponsors to promote them. This session there are hundreds of policies being considered which could safeguard public health, protect consumers in the marketplace, transform our energy and transportation systems, reduce waste, remove toxic threats, curb wasteful spending, revitalize our democracy, and protect our environment. Click here to see our selected state priorities from our legislative agenda for the 2021-2022 session.
MASSPIRG praises passage of Energy SAVE Act
The Energy Save Act, a bill to update appliance efficiency and plumbing standards passed the legislature (1/4/21) as part of a larger climate bill, S.2995.
MASSPIRG calls for action on pending bills
With just a few weeks left in this legislative session, MASSPIRG calls for adoption of important bills which have all made significant progress towards passage, and enjoy overwhelming support.