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| BOSTON—Beach closings and warnings due to bacterial contamination have reached record numbers in Massachusetts, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council’s annual report released today by MASSPIRG and Clean Water Action. Of the 29 states included in the report, Massachusetts comes in 12 th in terms of warnings and closings. | |
| The Massachusetts House of Representatives today passed a budget that includes an additional $9.6 million for the Department of Conservation and Recreation, over the previous year’s level. | |
| BOSTON—American taxpayers will pay more than $1.2 billion to clean up after polluters at Superfund toxic waste sites across the country in 2006, according to a new analysis released today by MASSPIRG. | |
| The House Committee on Ways and Means budget recommendations, released today, fails to increase funding for the Commonwealth’s forests and parks. | |
| BOSTON – As they prepare for a Wednesday hearing on legislation to convert an island in the Boston Harbor Islands State Park and National Recreation Area into the nation’s largest LNG terminal and storage depot, the park’s defenders announced that they have the votes to stop the proposal. | |
| As the state budget process heats up in the Legislature, a majority of legislators have signed a letter to the Chairs of the Committee on Ways and Means requesting an additional $10 million for the Department of Conservation and Recreation in the FY08 budget. | |
| Governor Patrick failed to deliver on his promise to stand up for our state forests and parks today when he released his FY08 budget recommendations. We are disappointed that Governor Patrick neglected to include an additional $10 million for our state forests and parks system, a promise he made during his campaign last fall. While turning our forests and parks around will take long term investment and stewardship, Gov. Patrick missed a critical first step today. | |
| NEWTON—MASSPIRG, the statewide environmental and consumer advocacy organization, presented Representative Ruth Balser with their Public Interest Champion Award last night at the Newton Town Hall. | |
| More than 75% percent of industrial and municipal facilities across Massachusetts discharged more pollution into our waterways than their Clean Water Act permits allow in 2005, according to Troubled Waters: An analysis of Clean Water Act compliance, a new report released today by Environment Massachusetts. | |
| More than 75% percent of industrial and municipal facilities across Massachusetts discharged more pollution into our waterways than their Clean Water Act permits allow in 2005, according to Troubled Waters: An analysis of Clean Water Act compliance, a new report released today by Environment Massachusetts. | |
| Governor Deval Patrick is proposing funding of $100.6 million for the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) in his budget for Fiscal Year 2009 – an increase of $7.7 million, or 8.3 percent, from FY 2008, and $16.7 million, or 20 percent, from FY 2007. | |
| Boston- Late last night the Environmental Bond (now bill H5005) was passed by the House. | |
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