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The biggest clean water victory in a decade.

Massachusetts rivers and beaches will soon be cleaner and better protected than they have been in a decade, thanks to new guidelines that we helped win. Over the last decade, Supreme Court decisions left more than half of Massachusetts' streams vulnerable to pollution—the same streams that feed and filter our rivers. Along with our allies, we delivered more than 170,000 public comments in support of clean water. And thanks to our efforts, the Obama administration is moving to finalize guidelines that will restore Clean Water Act protections to many of our waterways.

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Attacks on public health defeated—for now.

The coal lobby and their allies in Congress are trying to block the EPA from protecting public health, but we’ve held the line against some of their worst attacks: In March 2011, 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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We helped halt logging that threatened our drinking water.

More than 2 million Massachusetts residents enjoy some of the cleanest, purest drinking water in the country thanks to the foresight of state officials who set aside the forestland surrounding the Quabbin Reservoir as a natural buffer zone against pollutants. In 2010, when logging around the Quabbin threatened our drinking water, we talked to more than 100,000 people, with at least 14,000 submitting public comments in opposition. In response, Gov. Deval Patrick declared a moratorium on the logging around the Quabbin. And in 2012, we mobilized support for a permanent ban.

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At 54.5 mpg, a big step forward for clean cars.

On July 29th, 2011, President Obama announced the outline of new clean car standards covering cars and light trucks through 2025. The new standards will require new cars to achieve a fleet average of 54.5 miles per galllon, which will amount to the single biggest step this country has ever taken to end our addiction to oil and tackle global warming. Thousands of our members helped seal the deal by emailing the White House and attending EPA hearings in support of the standards.

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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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