Polluters hope that residents stay quiet when they site toxic facilities in frontline neighborhoods. Will you make a gift before December 31st to support the people that polluters want to silence? https://slingshot.org/donate

Earlier this fall, our Co-Executive Director Mireille Bejjani spoke at the Climate Beacon conference in Boston, sharing the importance of community engagement and building trust with communities as we make the transition to a clean energy future.

The big victories only happen because of behind the scenes organizing: strategy calls, leadership coaching, expert support, coalition-building. Strengthen this work with a gift before December 31st. https://slingshot.org/donate

Polluters are still targeting our communities — but we’re building the people power to fight back. This #GivingTuesday, your support fuels frontline organizing that protects our air, water, and health. Make a gift today! https://slingshot.org/donate

People power works. Communities we organize with have stopped toxic landfills, closed polluting power plants, and won historic clean water protections. But corporate polluters aren’t done—and neither are we. Your gift today powers people and protects communities. https://slingshot.org/donate

Writing in Utility Dive, Slingshot's Mireille Bejjani and No Coal No Gas' Steven Botkin call for a new direction for our region's grid operator as communities confront the harms of our fossil fuel-powered energy system

When neighbors in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom learned an out-of-state company wanted to build an experimental biomass facility next to a daycare and hospital — they knew something was wrong.

New blog! Read our report on #PFAS in Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) #drinkingwater and #fertilizer. Stakeholders must work together to #stopPFAS exposure at the source. #mapoli

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“We want to grow up in a world where every kid has clean air, every kid has the right to a healthy future and a livable planet. Another gas cap line will make climate change even worse. Is that the future that you want us to inherit?” --Soraya Smit with Springfield Climate Justice Coalition

Huge news! After years of organizing and pressure from Claremont, NH residents, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services DENIED Acuity’s permit modification to turn a recycling transfer station into a toxic construction and demolition waste transfer station.

NEWS: Community leaders around the country with the National PFAS Contamination Coalition react to the EPA's proposed rollbacks of hard-won national drinking water standards for #PFAS forever chemicals pfasproject.net/2025/05/19/m...

TODAY: Communities across MA are rallying to demand reform of regional electric grid operator ISO-NE, which received a failing grade in a new national report.

Time for transparency, accountability, and a seat at the table for those most affected by energy decisions.
#FixTheGrid #EnergyJustice

Tonight we joined A Better Claremont and 300+ neighbors to say no to Acuity’s dangerous waste transfer station proposal and used paper hearts to share why Claremont is worth protecting

Alongside the MA Clean Peak Coalition, we’re supporting communities who are transforming their energy future, starting with the dirtiest power plants commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/repla...

Happy Holidays from the Slingshot team! Thanks to your support, this year we've seen remarkable victories across the Northeast as residents organized for a vibrant, healthier future. Read these stories in our holiday update: slingshot.mmm.page/2024-winter-...

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We organize alongside communities in the Northeast taking aim at polluters and building local grassroots power. From closing toxic landfills to winning clean water protections, we support local leaders fighting for the healthy future they deserve.