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Dying for Work: Ban Methylene Chloride!
What is your vision of a dream job? One in which you can come home from the job safe every day? Well, Clean Water Action allies at The Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) fight for that vision every day for all of us. Clean Water has worked closely with the MASSCOSH team for many years to advance safe chemicals policies and innovations. We hope to prevent harm to worker health rather than mourne for workers who lose their lives on the job from contact with dangerous chemicals.
MASSCOSH has created a quilt (pictured above) to commemorate the losses of
Holding TJX accountable for their failing score
Last Tuesday, November 14th, Clean Water Action joined Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families in releasing the second annual Retailer Report Card. This report grades popular retail chains on how they address the problem of toxic chemicals, that can pose serious health threats, in the products they sell. In Massachusetts, we focused our attention on the TJX Company, since they are headquartered here in Framingham. The creator of T.J.Maxx, Marshalls, Homegoods, and others, TJX is the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions, with over 3,800 stores worldwide. They scored an F on this
Infographic on Massachusetts Gas Leaks
This just in from the infographic corner––our Clean Energy Intern, Victoria, has put together an awesome visual to share the impact of gas leaks on Massachusetts. Tori recently blogged about our campaign to fix gas leaks, a big team effort we're proud to join Mothers Out Front, Community Labor United, HEET, Mass Sierra Club, Boston Climate Action Network, Neighbor to Neighbor, researchers from Boston University, several unions and many other partners in working on.
Check out the graphic below and don't forget to take action to fix gas leaks!
MA Senate Releases Comprehensive Energy Bill
Massachusetts, it's time to take action on climate change!
The Massachusetts Senate has released its comprehensive energy legislation, which will be debated on Thursday, 6/30. It includes two of Clean Water Action's priorities, commitments for 2000 megawatts of offshore wind and doubling the rate of increase of the Renewable Portfolio Standard - the amount of clean energy utilities are requires to buy. The Senate legislation is a strong bill and members of the public can read S2372 at the link or view the summary here.
Amendments are being filed to strengthen our positions. MA residents
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, there were sixty-one Some were for gas, and some were for sun
2,000 megawatts of offshore wind we demanded Banning the gas pipe tax [1] got some Reps reprimanded!
(Thanks for going to the mat on that one, Rep. John Rogers! Rep. Lyons proved pipelines are bipartisan bothers)
Shout-out to Rep