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New England Currents -- June 2019
In this issue: PFAS: The Nonstick nightmare | Massachusetts: Getting the lead out in Chelsea | Massachusetts: Increasing solar access for low-income communities | Massachusetts: Spring for Water | Connecticut: Fighting for clean energy | Connecticut: State Water Plan victory | Rhode Island: Breakfast of Champions | Rhode Island: Advocating for solutions to climate change and plastic pollution
New England Currents | Fall 2018
In this issue: Massachusetts legislative round-up | Endorsements in Massachusetts | Fall for Water in Massachusetts | Primary Wrap-Up: Rhode Island | ReThink Disposable in Rhode Island | Clean Energy Recap in Connecticut | Don't Take Water for Granted in Connecticut
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
Crude Oil Trains in Baltimore: Too Dangerous for the Rails
Big Oil companies’ push to extract and refine more extreme forms of oil has led to unprecedented transport of explosive and climate-polluting crude oil on our nation’s rail lines.
Crude oil train traffic grew 5,100 percent from 2008 to 2014 due to the rapid increase in fracking for oil in the Bakken shale fields of North Dakota and in tar sands oil extraction in Canada. An alarming number of derailments and explosions across North America has followed.
In Maryland, crude oil trains are a danger to communities near rail lines across the state and to Baltimore in particular. The oil industry has
Comments on Connecticut's Comprehensive Energy Strategy
It is imperative that Connecticut take swift, bold action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the public health threats we are already facing and which are likely to become more prevalent and extreme without action.