Community Action Works

RESOURCE: The 100 most polluting power plants in the U.S.

For Immediate Release June 16, 2022 Contacts: Leigh-Anne Cole, Community Action Works; Acting Director, 617-721-2858, leigh-anne@communityactionworks.org Morgan Folger, Environment America Research & Policy Center Destination: Zero Carbon Campaign Director, 267-609-6810, mfolger@environmentamerica.org Matt Casale, U.S. PIRG Education Fund Environment Campaigns Director, 609-610-8002, mcasale@pirg.org Mark Morgenstein, Media Relations Director, 678-427-1671, markm@publicinterestnetwork.org RESOURCE: The 100 most polluting […]

Over 250 residents rally in Plymouth to keep nuclear waste out of Cape Cod Bay!

Over 250 residents rally in Plymouth to keep nuclear waste out of Cape Cod Bay! Huge shoutout to community leaders for turning out over 250 residents to rally against nuclear waste dumping into Cape Cod Bay! In addition to the rally, twelve speakers with backgrounds in government, fishery industry, businesses and environmental protection groups voiced […]

Victory in Vermont! Court approves $34M Settlement in Bennington PFOA Suit

Victory in Vermont! Court approves $34M Settlement in Bennington PFOA Suit Six years after they discovered PFOA in their water supply, neighbors in North Bennington have settled a class-action lawsuit with St-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford approved a $34 million settlement agreement that was reached between the complainants and […]

New Report on Clean Energy Transition in New England

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 6th at 12pm Contacts: Mireille Bejjani – mireille@communityactionworks.org; (914) 310-8439 Liz Stanton – liz.stanton@aeclinic.org New Report on Clean Energy Transition in New England A new report on clean energy decision-making in New England highlights how responsibility for fossil fuel projects comes down to a handful of key players. The Applied […]

Statement: Groups Praise PFAS Interagency Task Force Work and Call for Immediate Action

For immediate release: 4/20/2022 Contact: Leigh-Anne Cole, leigh-anne@communityactionworks.org, 617-721-2858 Maureo Fernandez y Mora, mfernandezymora@cleanwater.org, 505-660-2818 STATEMENT: GROUPS PRAISE PFAS INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE WORK AND CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION BOSTON – The state PFAS Interagency Task Force , established by the Legislature last year, released their final report to the Legislature about a class of chemicals […]

Community Action Works marks 35 years of organizing, announces new board members

Thirty-five years ago, staff working with MASSPIRG had an idea: to create an organizing training and action center to help local community activists fighting to clean up hazardous waste dumpsites across Massachusetts. They formed the Massachusetts Campaign to Clean Up Hazardous Waste, first as a project of MASSPIRG, then as a new organization within the […]