It was exciting to host, along with our friends, the 2025 Corpus Christi Organizing Summit. We were joined by community organizers, advocates, experts, students and activists sharing campaigns and organizing stories around issues, and networked through panels and workshops. We gathered over 20 local leaders at the Antonio E. Garcia Center. The summit included community […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 CONTACT:Deirdre Cummings, Legislative Director, MASSPIRG, dcummings@masspirg.org, 978-201-6093 Alison Kenney, Communications Director, Office of state Rep. Kate Hogan, Alison.kenney@mahouse.gov, 617-722-2600 Ashley Benson, Director of Operations & Community Engagement, Office of state Sen. Julian Cyr, Ashley.Benson@masenate.gov, 617-722-1570 RELEASE: The time to protect public health from toxic PFAS is now  Broad […]

Have you been affected by PFAS in your well or water system?  Do you want legislators to do more to protect you? Here’s your chance! An Act to protect Massachusetts public health from PFAS (S1356/H2197) is a bill to: Ban PFAS in most consumer products  Establish a fund to help communities pay for PFAS clean […]

We have seen some great victories over the past couple of months.I wanted to take a moment to share, celebrate and recognize the work of community leaders across the northeast. Oldest incinerator in the country is denied expansion: In Saugus, Massachusetts, community leaders are fighting to close the nation’s oldest and most dangerous incinerator and […]

On Tuesday Rhode Island enacted a new law banning PFAS in food packaging, while a bill to do the same in Massachusetts is at risk of dying in committee without floor votes in either branch. Many environmental groups all urged Massachusetts lawmakers to start advancing the ban bill. PFAS are irreversibly added to food packaging […]

Boston- Today, climate activists gathered in front of the Massachusetts statehouse as an important climate bill (H.5060) is sitting on Governor Charlie Baker’s desk. He must decide whether to sign the bill into law or veto by Sunday, July 31. If signed into law, the climate bill will take several important steps to reduce the […]

Boston – Today, President Joe Biden visited the site of the former Brayton Point coal-fired power plant in Somerset, MA, a community whose organizing efforts Community Action Works has long supported, to speak about climate change and the transition to clean energy. At Community Action Works we agree a healthy climate is key to a […]

Big news for Massachusetts as Gov. Charlie Baker has signed the climate bill (H.50690) today! It will reduce energy waste and help transition Massachusetts’ buildings and transportation system from fossil fuels to clean energy. The bill passed both the Massachusetts House and Senate with broad, bipartisan support last month. Gov. Baker returned the bill to […]

We wanted to congratulate the community members in Acushnet, MA who have been working so hard to protect their community from harmful air pollution. The town of Acushnet has ordered PJ Keating Asphalt company to stop operations that are harming public health, and open the site to regular inspections by the Acushnet Board of Health. […]

Longmeadow Pipeline Awareness Group Creates a Public Comment Toolkit to call on the MEPA to fight against Proposed Springfield-Longmeadow Pipeline We hope you had a great holiday season! 2023 has just started, but there is already so much to do to protect our communities in the Northeast. We wanted to share with you an opportunity […]