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Massachusetts Senate Passes Clean Energy Bill
Last week, the Massachusetts Senate passed a landmark clean energy bill, S.2545, An Act to Promote a Clean Energy Future. While the fight is not over, and a House version still needs to pass, this bill is a strong signal to the world that Massachusetts wants to be on the forefront of climate policy and justice.
Thank you Lowe’s: Toxic paint strippers going, going….!
From May 6 th through May 11th, 2018, consumers from around the country visited their local Lowe’s home improvement stores as a part of the “Mind the Store’s” Week of Action to urge Lowe’s to remove harmful chemicals from its products – in particular, methylene chloride commonly found in paint strippers. Massachusetts’ Clean Water Action staff Kadineyse Paz, Laura Spark, and myself went to Lowe’s in Braintree, MA to partake in this campaign on May 10 th (pictured above).
In the Lowe's in Dedham we had Clean Water Action New England Director Cindy Luppi join a longtime activist and her
An Environmental Justice Disaster
Sometimes injustice at the community level, where neighbors live in close proximity to a major polluter for decades, demands that we pull out all the stops. The on-going tragedy taking place in Saugus, Massachusetts is that kind of environmental justice disaster.
Saugus is home to the oldest trash incinerator in the state and its owner, Wheelabrator, is proposing to expand the ash landfill on the site–despite the fact that the landfill is unlined, is smack in the middle of a beautiful marsh formally designated as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern, and surrounded by densely-settled low
New England Currents | Spring-Summer 2018
In This Issue: Big Victory at Lowe's Hardware | Moms Speak Out | Zero Waste Boston Update | Fighting Fracking from PA to MA | Massachusetts Youth Advisory Board | Welcome Marisol, Vick, Laura, and Blake | Biomass Victory in Rhode Island | In Memoriam: Dave Gerraughty | Fighting for a Sustainable Water Plan in Connecticut | 2018 Connecticut Energy Bill Update | Connecticut Youth Lobby Day
Laura Spark
A longtime supporter of Clean Water Action, Laura joined the staff in 2018. As Environmental Health Program Director, she coordinates legislative and administrative campaigns to get toxic chemicals out of consumer products and the environment.