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Lawmakers, Advocates, and Residents Celebrate the Healy Administration’s Stance on Saugus Ash Landfill
Lawmakers, environmental organizations, and residents celebrate the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s continued refusal to allow further expansions of an incinerator ash landfill in Saugus, Massachusetts.
On World Water Day, the Fight to Protect MA Kids from Lead Continues
It’s going to take legislative action, federal funding, private grants, and, of course, grassroots organizing, to protect Massachusetts kids from lead. On this World Water Day, we commit to fighting until everyone has access to clean water.
Healthy Lungs Begin At Home
No one should fall asleep each night in a loft covered in mold. Let’s make sure that everyone has access to clean air, whether owner or tenant.
Recognizing Women Leaders: Lee Ketelsen
As National Women’s History Month is winding down, we’d like to end it by honoring and recognizing an important women leader in the Clean Water Action family. Lee served as Massachusetts Director and then New England Director for Clean Water Action from 1985 to 2010 and is now a member of the Clean Water Action Massachusetts Advisory Board. Over her 35 years (and counting!) of activism, she has made an astounding impact on environmental health and social justice issues–from community empowerment following the civil rights movement, to winning a moratorium on new trash incinerators in
Why Cancer is Killing Boston’s Firefighters – One Year Later
In March 2017, Boston Magazine published Why Cancer is Killing Boston’s Firefighters--a powerful article about two Boston firefighters, Glenn Preston and Peter Kannler and their battles with cancer. Both men were diagnosed in their mid-30’s; Preston was still fighting but Kannler had lost the battle. The article pointed to toxic chemicals as a culprit and specifically brought to light the issue of toxic flame retardants in common household items contributing to cancer, and other adverse health effects for firefighters like Glenn and Peter. One year later, even more firefighters have been
