Mass Sierra Club Endorses Seven Cambridge City Council Candidates

The Massachusetts Sierra Club announced its list of endorsed candidates for municipal races across the state, including Cambridge. The Sierra Club officially endorsed Henrietta Davis, Marjorie Decker, Craig Kelley, Sam Seidel, Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey and Minka vanBeuzekom.

After asking candidates to fill out questionnaires, speaking with the Sierra Club and extensive independent research, the Sierra Club has endorsed candidates who will further the work of protecting the environment, support better transportation options, reduce global warming emissions, increase recycling and help push Massachusetts forward into the new “Green” economy.

Announcing their endorsement of environmental leaders, the Sierra Club hopes both to promote these legislators visibility with a ‘stamp of approval’ as well as encourage other legislators, to step up their efforts and do even more to protect citizens’ health, safety and the Commonwealth’s natural resources.

“Many of us focus on environmental action at the state or federal level,” said Phil Sego, chair of the Mass. Sierra Club Political Committee, who also lives in Cambridge's Area 4 neighborhood. “This is, of course, vital, but recent history shows us that municipalities can and do lead the way on many critical environmental actions.”

“Increasingly municipal candidates are speaking more and more knowledgeably about environmental issues in their communities,” said Sego. “This is by no means a complete list of environmentalists running for office in Massachusetts. These are, however, some of the candidates that are leading the way on important issues in this new “green” economy.”