High-Impact
Clients
We are proud to support an incredible roster of clients who are leading efforts to tackle the most pressing issues facing our society and communities. Explore their recent work.
Earned Media Storytelling
Woodwell Climate Advances Innovative Science in Maine
Client: Woodwell Climate Research Center
As the global temperatures rise, methane emissions from warming natural ecosystems are rising rapidly, impacting efforts to address the climate crisis and elevating methane emissions as a critical target for actionable climate solutions. In Howland Forest in Maine, researchers at Woodwell Climate Research Center are investigating a new potential natural climate solution to the escalating threat, examining whether “methane eating” microbes could be introduced into warming ecosystems at scale to neutralize methane hot spots. Read more in The Boston Globe.
Policy Change
Protecting Massachusetts Consumers From Predatory Electric Suppliers
Client: Green Energy Consumers Alliance
Over the past decade, competitive electric suppliers have overcharged Massachusetts consumers by more than $700M, evading regulation efforts and utilizing misleading sales tactics to enroll customers in pricey and predatory contracts. Clean energy and consumer advocates from across the Commonwealth, with strong support from local and state leaders, have worked to uplift the harmful impact of these suppliers on communities and advance meaningful reforms that would protect consumers.
Strategic Communications
Gender-Based Violence at The 2026 World Cup
Client: Jane Doe Inc., The Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
Major sporting events are routinely accompanied by an increase in gender-based violence in host communities. When the World Cup came to Boston in 2026, Jane Doe Inc. partnered with the Boston Public Health Commission, the City of Cambridge, and the City of Boston to support survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence by raising awareness of available resources, investing in prevention, and supporting community-based programs. This partnership expanded local capacity via hotlines, staffing, housing, and more – demonstrating opportunities to build sustainable systems that ensure survivors are able to access what they need when they need it.
Clients
In the News
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In the woods of Maine, searching for an answer to a ticking climate bomb
The Boston Globe | Sabrina Shankman
Scientist Kathleen Savage leaned out from the basket of a boom lift, a red safety helmet perched on her head. She sealed a few needle-covered stalks from an Eastern Hemlock tree inside a clear plastic cylinder and pulled out her phone. On the screen, a meter rose and fell as the level of gases inside the cylinder fluctuated. The question she was asking: What were the microscopic bugs on the stalks and leaves doing in there?
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Massachusetts must put communities before data center profits
CommonWealth Beacon | Cynthia Mendes and Mireille Bejjani
While Gov. Healey’s recent decision to pause data center tax incentives until stronger protections for residents and the environment are established is a welcome development, there is much more work to do.
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What’s Up With This Big Freeze? Some Scientists See Climate Change Link
The New York Times | Eric Niiler
A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East.
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Boston By Foot and Live Like a Local offer a deeper look at the city
WCVB | Erika Tarantal
From volunteer-led history walks to food tours in Roxbury, Dorchester and Jamaica Plain, these experiences show visitors a side of Boston they might otherwise miss
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Fear of ICE keeps immigrant survivors of domestic violence out of Massachusetts courts
MassLive | Irene Rotondo
Survivors of domestic violence in Massachusetts’ immigrant communities have increasingly faced a stark choice: stay with the man who is hurting them, or seek a restraining order at a courthouse where immigration officers could be waiting. For many, the abuse may feel like the safer bet.
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Gun rights groups have Mass. safety law in their sights
The Boston Globe | Nan Garrett-Logan
Chris Van Buskirk’s recent story about gun rights advocates’ efforts to overturn Massachusetts’ 2024 gun safety law shines an important spotlight on one of the most consequential questions set for November’s ballot, and it drives home the fact that — even here in deep-blue Massachusetts — common-sense, lifesaving gun violence prevention efforts require protecting (“National gun groups keep eye on Mass. ballot question,” Page A1, June 24) .
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What two continents’ heat waves tell us about the climate crisis
The Boston Globe | By Kate Selig
It’s about to get really hot here, but it’s been even hotter in Europe.
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Massachusetts gun regulations will go before voters in November
New Bedford Light | Jamie Perkins
The fate of a 2024 Massachusetts gun law will soon lie in voters’ hands. A petition drive by gun advocates has sent it to the statewide ballot.
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Climate change alarms are flashing. Washington isn't paying attention.
POLITICO | Zack Colman
The Trump administration has swept away climate change policies, Democrats are focused on energy costs, and environmental groups have gone quiet.
