Result

Plan to restore clean water act protections

After thousands of members of Environment Massachusetts and our sister organizations urged the EPA to act, Administrator Jackson announced a plan to restore Clean Water Act protections. We’ve since delivered more than 100,000 public comments in support of clean water protections. We need your help to make sure the public’s voice is heard above the din of corporate lobbyists and special interests. 

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Anti-EPA bills defeated in Senate

Attacks on public health defeated—for now. The coal lobby and their allies are trying to block the EPA from protecting public health, but we’ve held the line against some of their worst attacks: In March, the U.S. Senate rejected a bill that would have blocked standards for soot, mercury and carbon pollution. In April, the Senate defeated four more bills that would have blocked the EPA from cutting air pollution. We need your help to keep up the fight.

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Better protected drinking water

When we learned that the state was allowing destructive logging practices around the Quabbin, we mobilized the public to win a temporary ban. Now, we're calling on the governor to make it permanent.

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New emissions standards announced

On July 29th, President Obama announced the outline of new clean car standards covering cars and light trucks through 2025, which will amount to the single biggest step this country has ever taken to end our addiction to oil and tackle global warming. We need your help to finish the job. 

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More than 200,000 Bay Staters educated

This past year, Environment Massachusetts organizers spoke with more than 200,000 citizens from across the state, educating them about programs that can help them save money and protect the environment—programs put in place by legislation Environment Massachusetts helped craft and pass in 2007 and 2008.

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