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In Memoriam: Senator Ken Donnelly
On April 2 nd, Massachusetts lost a great leader and champion of justice and environmental health, Senator Ken Donnelly. Senator Donnelly was a firefighter of 37 years, former Secretary/Treasurer of the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts and the Senator from Massachusetts’ Fourth Middlesex District since 2009. He died of brain cancer.
As a Senator, he was best known for his advocacy on behalf of the mentally ill, union workers, and homeless families. However, he also worked hard over the years to reduce children’s and workers’ exposure to toxic chemicals. This is the capacity in
Fighting Back Against Utility Greed
Graphic courtesy of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.
Here's the bad news, Massachusetts: Eversource Energy is proposing a large rate increase, coupled with fees on solar energy and a structure that reduces customer control as well as incentives for cost-saving energy efficiency. Clean Water Action is joining with our allies at the Green Justice Coalition and Mass Power Forward to fight this egregious burden on consumers and attack on clean energy. You can take action online to oppose this rate hike right now!
In Boston, Cambridge, Natick, Barnstable and beyond, large crowds have
A River Quest, a Canoe and a Commitment to #MakeGEPay
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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 February statement that it would fight the EPA's proposed cleanup plan for the Housatonic River convinced him that there was need to push hard for true restoration of the waterway still tarnished by toxic PCBs.
Early in 2016, GE announced it would relocate to Boston and receive a whopping public
Kinder Morgan is Down for the Count. We're Fighting Forward!
UPDATE: Join us at the Massachusetts State House 5/3 for a hearing and rally.* RSVP here.
We are at an incredible moment. Yesterday, Kinder Morgan announced they are suspending work on their massive, multi-billion dollar fracked gas pipeline proposal. This is a huge victory for New England, for Clean Water Action and for our many partners who have fought the project for years.
Clean Water Action has organized for progressive energy policy, advancing the solutions to our power transition away from fossil fuels. Working with groups like Toxics Action Center and Better Future Project, we
Just Transition For Coal Communities
From the beginning of my internship here at Clean Water Action (CWA) talk has circulated throughout the office about the Brayton Point power plant in Somerset, MA, and the revolution that can begin at this site. From just the topic itself I was already interested in not only learning more about the plant, its history and what it has the potential to become but I was also extremely excited to be a part of the change that will inevitably come to this site.
I was given the opportunity to go and visit the Brayton Point site, and weeks prior to my visit to Somerset, I was charged with the duty to