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June 8, 2016: Making of the MA House Energy Bill

With apologies to “A Visit from St. Nicholas” poet Clement Clarke Moore.

Twas the day of formal session, and all through the House Not an official was stirring, not even Rep. Straus.

Just the day prior, the caucuses met Not many amendments… but really, just not yet!

In fact, in just 12 hours

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Fixing Gas Leaks With Stronger Laws

During the special hearing on Kain v Department of Environmental Protection that I attended on my first day at Cleab Water Action, David Ismay of the Conservation Law Foundation highlighted fixing gas leaks as an accessible method to reduce Massachusetts’s emissions. Since that hearing, I have been

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My First Task: Enforce Our Climate Laws?

At Clean Water Action, interns hit the ground running. That was my conclusion after traveling to the Massachusetts State House to witness a special hearing on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling on Kain v Department of Environmental Protection--on my first day, before I even had a

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Fighting Back Toxic Flame Retardants

Marley Kimmelman is an Environmental Health and Justice Intern with our Massachusetts office

The last time you heard from me I was just beginning my internship with Clean Water Action. That was 5 months ago.

Even before stepping foot in to the Clean Water Action office in downtown Boston I had

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A River Quest, a Canoe and a Commitment to #MakeGEPay

Follow Joel on Twitter: @joelwool

When Denny Alsop first canoed across Massachusetts in 1988 (see the New York Times) to raise awareness of water pollution and push for environmental progress, he probably did not expect to be making the same trek nearly thirty years later. But General Electric's

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