Pam Reynolds
Senior Content Creator | Massachusetts | She/Her
Pam is an author and journalist with a long and eclectic career. A reporter and editor at The Boston Globe for over a decade, she has worked many years as a freelance writer and contributor for WBUR, the Harvard Business School, Boston University, and The Barr Foundation, among others. In addition to writing, Pam enjoys painting, sculpting, and pulling an occasional tarot card for friends.
Recent Posts
Apr 8 2025
In the 1970s, Philip J. Landrigan conducted groundbreaking work linking lead in gasoline and paint to a lowered IQ in children exposed to it. His transformative work as an epidemiologist and pediatrician eventually resulted in the elimination of lead from paints and gasoline, resulting in a 90% reduction in childhood lead poisoning and a 5%…
Apr 7 2025
This blog post was first published in 2023 and updated with even more activities in 2025. Earth Day is almost here! You’ve probably gotten bombarded with Earth Day activity ideas from the news and social media, but it can be hard to figure out which are the most impactful. What actually makes a difference, and…
Mar 28 2025
When Tom Irwin joined the fight to close New Hampshire’s Merrimack and Schiller Station coal-fired power plants in 2015, his two kids were teens. He would listen to their fears about climate change and their laments about their future. Chief among them: Would they and their generation be inheriting a livable planet? “They were paying…
Mar 27 2025
For thousands of years, the annual fish runs on Maine rivers like the Kennebec were a sight to behold. Atlantic salmon, some weighing as much as 15 pounds, migrated thousands of miles from waters off Greenland to reach their traditional Maine spawning grounds come May. Alewives, blueback herring, and shad joined them. Swimming against the…
Feb 28 2025
Since his inauguration, President Trump has issued an unprecedented number of executive orders, many of which flagrantly violate the Constitution. He has rushed to dismantle legal mechanisms that protect our health, safety, and environment while reversing progress on clean energy. He has targeted marginalized groups, sought to eliminate birthright citizenship, shut down funding in the…
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