Pam Reynolds
Senior Content Creator | CLF Massachusetts | She/Her
Pam joins the CLF after a long and successful career as a freelance journalist and author. A reporter and editor at The Boston Globe for more than a decade, Pam’s most recent roles have included writing for Harvard Business School, WBUR, The Barr Foundation, and IEEE Pulse Magazine, where she worked as both an associate and senior editor. In addition to writing, Pam enjoys painting, sculpting, and pulling an occasional tarot card for friends. Her goal for 2023 is to go barefoot as often as possible and to adopt a cat she may name Enzo, Typo, or Newsprint.
Recent Posts
Jun 13 2024
For many people, landfills are an abstract concept. Few have ever visited one. Instead, all we know is the loud and malodorous but relatively painless process of trash trucks rumbling through neighborhoods each week to whisk away our discards. Or, perhaps, taking our trash to a local transfer station. As far as we’re concerned, that’s…
Jun 6 2024
By now, you’ve heard the buzz. The bee population is on the decline, and it’s scary. That’s because bees and other pollinators, like butterflies, beetles, and hoverflies, do the job of pollinating our food crops. In the U.S., honey bees alone pollinate $15 billion in agricultural products each year, including more than 130 types of…
Jun 5 2024
For years, Salem residents woke up to a blanket of black dust on their front porches. The dust drifted over from piles of coal stored at the Salem Harbor Power Station, one of two Massachusetts coal-fired power plants that belched dangerous pollutants into the state’s air. When residents in Salem’s Derby Street neighborhood complained about…
May 28 2024
You may have heard a lot of talk lately about “wetlands.” They’re often touted as one of our best tools in making both rural hamlets and urban neighborhoods more resilient to the effects of climate change. But let’s be honest. Do we really know what wetlands are? And for those who know, aren’t they the…
May 13 2024
Last summer, the skies around New England were hazy with smoke. Wildfires raging in Canada led the EPA to advise most New Englanders, especially those with medical conditions, to stay indoors with the windows shut. It wasn’t how most of us would have chosen to spend a summer afternoon. Nor was it practical advice for…
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