Pesticide Bans Passed in Maine and New Hampshire It wasn’t long ago that Rachel Burger, the founder of Protect South Portland, became concerned about the South Portland High School students […]
18 January 2018 Read MoreMaking a Difference: Community Action Halts Polluter’s New Project Despite the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to vastly expand fracked gas infrastructure in our region, we have continued to prevail in […]
18 January 2018 Read MoreMassachusetts Wants to Let Most Dangerous Landfill in the State Operate for Five More Years Public has opportunity to tell the State to stop Wheelabrator Saugus expansion By Kirstie Pecci, […]
11 January 2018 Read MoreCommunity group wins citywide protection from chemical pesticides Portland city councilors unanimously pass bold new ordinance For Immediate Release (January 5, 2018) [Portland, Maine] — On January 3, 2018, residents […]
05 January 2018 Read MoreIf Water is a Human Right, Are Prisoners Not Human? The Deeper Than Water Coalition—a multi-generational, multi-racial coalition of formerly and currently incarcerated people, allies and abolitionists—is working to call […]
03 January 2018 Read MoreClaremont, NH—The people of Claremont and surrounding communities, who endured nearly 3 decades of unhealthy environmental degradation and pollution from the Wheelabrator incinerator, now face the possibility that the closed […]
29 December 2017 Read MoreBuilding an environmental justice movement in Springfield, Mass. Jesse Lederman was only 14 years old when he first started organizing against a proposed incinerator in Springfield, Mass. Today, Jesse has […]
29 December 2017 Read MoreDismantle the Wheelabrator Incinerator in Claremont: A Call to Action Claremont, NH—The people of Claremont and surrounding communities, who endured nearly 3 decades of unhealthy environmental degradation and pollution from […]
28 December 2017 Read MoreFrom Awareness to Action: Organizing for bee-friendly habitats in Western Mass. When Community Action Works member Peggy MacLeod heard about the steep decline of bees in the US due to toxic […]
22 December 2017 Read MoreFor Immediate Release 12/15/17 Media Contacts James Michel, Boston Clean Energy Coalition Ania Camargo, Mothers Out Front Claire Miller, Community Action Works and Mass Power Forward Boston – Local and […]
19 December 2017 Read MoreMEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: 12/11/17 Contact: Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) and Community Action Works Campaigns House to hold oversight hearing today on proposed wood-burning regulations: Environmental experts say that […]
11 December 2017 Read MoreZero Waste Boston Coalition Applauds City Council’s Unanimous Passage of the Plastic Bag Ban For Immediate Release: Boston, MA– Earlier today, the Boston City Council voted unanimously to ban the […]
28 November 2017 Read MoreConcerned Community Members and Experts Speak Out Against Wheelabrator Concord Company’s Air Pollution Permit at Public Hearing FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Concord, NH — At a public hearing sponsored by the Department […]
06 November 2017 Read MoreWhile Trump Administration Pushes Fossil Fuels in Bonn, Group Demands that Charlie Baker ‘Stand Up!’ Press Advisory: Fifty local organizations are supporting a standout and delivery of a letter to […]
28 October 2017 Read MoreSupport Pipeline Resisters Nate Palmer and Karen Bixler at the Middlebury Courthouse FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Fracked gas from Canada may be flowing through the Vermont Gas System’s (VGS) 41 mile […]
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