COMMUNITY LEADERS TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF BILL TO CLOSE MAINE’S OUT-OF-STATE WASTE LOOPHOLE
Today, community leaders, Wabanaki tribal members, and environmental advocates testified at the Committee of Environment and Natural Resources hearing in support of LD1639, a bill that would close Maine’s out-of-state waste loophole.
Read More6th of May 2021
COMMUNITY LEADERS CELEBRATE VICTORY FOR CLEAN ENERGY, NOT SMOKESTACKS
In April, Springfield residents won a major victory when the permit for the biomass incinerator, planned for a residential neighborhood, was revoked!
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HARTFORD COALITION FORMS TO PROTECT COMMUNITY HEALTH
When Gladys Moreno Fuentes got a letter in the mail informing her that a Verizon 5G cell antenna was proposed to be built just six feet away from her home in southwest Hartford, she knew she had to take action.
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STOPPING ‘FOREVER’ CHEMICALS POLLUTING MAINE DRINKING WATER
Two weeks later, the DEP called and told Lawrence not to drink the water, cook with the water, or give it to the animals—it was contaminated.
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FIGHTING LANDFILLS WITH ZERO WASTE SOLUTIONS
In New Hampshire’s North Country, community leaders have fought one landfill after another. With every landfill proposal or expansion, neighbors have come together to fight it.
Read More3rd of May 2021
One town vs. a deep-pocketed polluter
Eliot Wessler has deep roots in New Hampshire’s North Country. His family lived in Bethlehem for many years, and wherever else he’s lived, his heart has always been in New Hampshire.
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What solidarity looks like in two New Hampshire towns
Neighbors in towns like Bethlehem, Dalton, Littleton and Carroll don’t want their community to be treated as the dumping ground for the region.
Read MoreTwo big victories for climate and environmental justice!
Our state is now two steps closer to environmental justice and 100% clean, renewable energy.
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Who’s protecting our water
Lawrence Higgins and Ashley Gooldrup were two of the people that stepped up and took action in the face of severe contamination from “forever” chemicals known as PFAS.
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From contamination to action
Experts believe that a safe standard for PFAS in drinking water is 1 part per trillion. Ashley and Troy’s drinking water came back with PFAS at 16,000 parts per trillion.
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