Community Action Works 2023 Annual Report

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: The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, a coalition including MASSPIRG, Clean Water Action, Massachusetts Sierra Club, Community Action Works […]

Wednesday, November 23, 2022 Massachusetts Gov.-elect Maura Healey and her administration have a huge opportunity to address one of the most pressing environmental and public health issues today — our waste crisis. With Black Friday upon us and shopping season ahead, it’s a good time to remember that “Reduce” is job number one.  Here is […]

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 […]

If something is threatening your health, your community and your environment, chances are you want to stop it. That’s how Groton neighbors felt in 1986 when they discovered high levels of the toxic chemical trichloroethylene in the private drinking water wells of 70 families. Claudia Saball and other Groton residents suspected for years that the […]

When the Climate Fight is Close to Home Last month, more than 6 million people took to the streets to demand action on climate in the largest-ever global climate mobilization.1 And in New Hampshire, residents came together to stop the coal-fired power plant in Bow, the last major coal-fired power plant in New England without […]

We are proud to co-sponsor the Green New Deal Road Tour Launch in Boston! At the Road Tour’s Boston stop, attendees will hear from a number of political, movement, and community leaders about how and how it will affect them. The Boston Road Tour launch aims to set the Green New Deal vision at the national […]

CLF and Partners Petition for New Drinking Water Standards in Vermont Urge state to protect the public from harmful PFAS chemicals October 25, 2018 (MONTPELIER, VT) – Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and several partner organizations have filed a petition to push the State of Vermont to adopt new drinking water standards that protect the public […]

New report reveals double cost of biomass incineration in New Hampshire Residents would pay for reversing governor’s veto on SB365 in health, electric bills CONCORD, NH—A new report from environmental groups shows the double cost that New Hampshire residents would pay in health impacts and higher utility bills if legislators override Governor Sununu’s veto of […]

Clean Energy and Climate Justice Organizations React to Conference Energy Bill For Immediate Release Claire Miller Community Action Works, 781-775-1429, Claire@communityactionworks.org Vick Mohanka, Clean Water Action, 617-338-8131×205, vmohanka@cleanwater.org Andy Gordon, 350Mass for a Better Future, 440-799-3480, andrew@betterfuture.org  BOSTON–The Massachusetts House and Senate Conference Committee released a compromise energy bill tonight that includes the following provisions: […]

July 10, 2018 Dear Mayor Bowser, We, the undersigned organizations and businesses, are writing to strongly urge that the District government stop installing synthetic turf and poured in place (PIP) playgrounds in Washington, D.C. There is a growing body of evidence that these synthetic surfaces endanger children’s health, are harmful to our environment, and are […]