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Introducing Our New Environmental Health Organizer, Kiera Alventosa!

June 5, 2024 | By Kerry Doyle

Fighting toxic threats to drinking water is at the core of Clean Water Action’s work, so we are thrilled to welcome our new Environmental Health Organizer, Kiera Alventosa, to our growing team!

Image of Clean Water Action's new Environmental Justice Health Organizer Kiera Alventosa

Building Grassroots Power from the North Shore to the Gulf Coast

May 29, 2024 | By Rev. Vernon K. Walker and Kerry Doyle

Here in Massachusetts, we are partnering with frontline organizations, fellow grassroots organizers, and our friends in labor to build a just transition to clean, renewable energy.

A Q and A with Cynthia Mendes, Clean Water’s New Massachusetts Co-Director!

April 17, 2024 | By Kerry Doyle and Cynthia Mendes

Clean Water Action is excited to welcome Cynthia Mendes to our Massachusetts team!

Image of MA state co-director for Clean Water Action, Cynthia Mendes in front of a pretty waterfall

Image of food waste with text that says Take Action: Keep food waste out of the trash

Less trash - more compost!

Write a letter to the Commissioner of MassDEP, Bonnie Heiple, urging her to support municipal composting programs and keep more organic and food waste out of landfills and incinerators!

The Future is Being Built by Salem Workers

March 26, 2024 | By Emma Weis

Salem is modeling the right way to build a renewable future.

Image of a wind farm at sea with text that says The Future Is Being Built by Salem workers

Image of a graphic design with a person dressed up in a trash can called Polluted Polly that says Happy Retirement Saugus Ash Landfill!

Happy Retirement, Saugus Incinerator Ash Landfill! (Don’t Let the Door Hit Ya!)

January 22, 2024 | By Kerry Doyle

In Massachusetts, a toxic unlined ash landfill polluting air and water, the oldest facility of its kind, is finally on the likely path toward retiring.