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Silence is Not an Option: Black Lives Matter
We are angry and we are anguished, yet again. We are anguished because the unjust killing of George Floyd has again laid bare the oppression and racism that lead to daily harassment, injury, and death of our black and brown neighbors. We are angry because people who are crying out for justice and peacefully demanding accountability have been met with violence and arrest across the nation, and the President is threatening to deploy the military on the streets of our cities.
You might wonder why an environmental organization is speaking out on racism and inequality. It’s because the racism and
Fort Detrick's new medical waste incinerator: info sessions & public comments
Did you know that Fort Detrick's medical waste incinerator was shut down two years ago, and that a new one may be rebuilt? Join a public meeting Thursday night to learn more and provide your input to this proposal before its Environmental Assessment is finalized:
WHAT: Public Meeting on the Draft Environmental Assessment of medical waste incinerator options WHO: Fort Detrick staff, state and federal regulators, interested residents, and you! WHEN: Tuesday, June 4, 7:00PM HOW: call in to 202-660-1999 and enter conference ID 486 669 105#
Fort Detrick, located in Frederick City and home to
Shining a Bright Light on All Communities
(Photo Credit: Resonant Energy)
Clean energy belongs to us all.
We’re talking about the wind and the sun, sources of power that have graced us since the dawn of time.
We’re talking about power that cleans our air, improves our health, builds our local economy and makes our world safer.
And let’s not forget that, in states like Massachusetts, we’re talking about energy that we all pay for, through an allotment on our monthly energy bills. What we invest in efficiency and clean energy is money well spent, reducing healthcare costs and “shaving the peak” of high-demand strains on our power grid
We're Suing.
Scott Pruitt is playing games with streams, wetlands, and drinking water while he works on proposing a new rule that will shrink the number of streams and wetlands protected under the Clean Water Act. He practically dared us to sue EPA.
A Foray Into Energy Democracy In Massachusetts
Worcester, MA is a gritty little outpost in Central Massachusetts, with the quaint feel of bygone glory days.
In cosmopolitan Boston, with its internationally renowned academic, financial and healthcare institutions, this caricature of our neighbor only an hour away- the second largest city in New England- is a common perception. So ingrained is this idea in fact, that it translates into monumental material impacts like infrequent transit connections, meager media attention to issues of significance in Worcester and a paucity of economic development initiatives by the Boston-oriented