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The Need for Clean Air and Clean Energy at Home
Our homes are supposed to be safe places for our families. However, right in the heart of our homes, stoves are emitting gasses such as benzene and methane, which worsen indoor air quality, harm our health, and contribute to climate change.
The Home Is Where The Pipeline Ends study made it clear that gas is not a clean fuel. Unfortunately, people of color are the most vulnerable to air pollution; Black and brown children in Massachusetts are at high risk of developing or worsening respiratory illnesses such as asthma. To protect our families, we need public health legislation, and strict
Clean Water on the Move - July 2022
Welcome to Clean Water on the Move, your monthly update from Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund.
Clean Water 50 Stories: Roger Smith
To celebrate Clean Water Action's 50th anniversary, we’re sharing our history and journey with the people who have joined us along the way as we worked to protect clean water through #CleanWater50 stories.
Roger Smith joined Clean Water Action's Connecticut team in 2003, shortly after our big win of the Sooty Six Campaign to shut down dirty power plants in the state. He played a pivotal role to further advocate for clean, renewable energy policy at the local level, leading the Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge that helped municipal leaders and residents in fourteen towns with energy
My journey to affordable energy as a renter
Massachusetts is considered one of the leading states in the US regarding energy efficiency. Still, it's also the second state with the highest use of heating oil, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Many homes that use heating oil are older houses that are long overdue for insulation and weatherization. Thankfully in Massachusetts, we have the Mass Save program, which offers no-cost audits for pre-weatherization and insulation and competitive rebates for energy efficiency upgrades such as the installation of heat pumps.
Many of us have heard about Mass Save, but most
Statement from Clean Water Action on West Virginia v. EPA
In reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision today in West Virginia et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency et al., Clean Water Action President Robert Wendelgass released the following statement:
“Today’s Supreme Court decision blocks federal government action to address the existential threat of climate change. Climate change is a water issue, a clean air issue, an equity issue, and a public health issue. Clean Water Action will continue to mobilize people and push institutions at the local, state and federal levels to support the transition to a fossil fuel free future and to protect