Information

Note: Community Action Works was formerly known as Toxics Action Center, the name attached to many of the below reports.

Accomplishments

• The Sooty Six Campaign in Connecticut Six Years Later (2008)

State Toxic Maps and Reports

• Toxics in Vermont (2011)
• Toxics in Massachusetts (2010)
• Toxics in New Hampshire (2008)
• Toxics in Rhode Island (2008)
• Toxics in Connecticut (2007)

Statistics for Action

• More About Statistics for Action
• Soil Guide: Digging in the Dirt (2010)
• Statistics for Action Activities (2010)
• Statistics for Action Workshops (2010)

Energy

• Doubling Down on Climate Progress (2017)
• Natural Gas and Global Warming: A Review of Evidence Finds That Methane Leaks Undercut the Climate Benefits of Gas (2016)
• Gas and Global Warming: Fact Sheet (2016)
• Map: New Gas Infrastructure in New England (2016)
• Reimagining Brayton Point: A guide to assessing reuse options for the Somerset community (2015)

Solid Waste & Zero Waste

• Trash in America: Moving from Destructive Consumption towards a Zero-Waste System (2021)
• Waste, by Kate O’Neill (2019)
• Trash in America: Moving from Destructive Consumption to a Zero-Waste System (2018)
• Zero Waste Potential in Dorchester and Roxbury: The Boston Recycling Coalition Community Survey (2015)
• Garbage and Recycling in Massachusetts Fact Sheet (2010)
• Putting Waste to Work: Jobs in Vermont’s Resource Recovery Sector (2010)
• An Industry Blowing Smoke: 10 Reasons Why Gasification, Pyrolysis & Plasma Incineration Are Not “Green Solutions” (2009)
• Moving Towards Zero: From Waste Management to Resource Recovery (2007)
• Trash or Treasure (2005)
• Casella: Coming To A Community Near You? (2005)

Pesticides

• Pesticide Organizing Playbook: Maine (2021)
• Chemical-Free Lakes: A Resource Guide to New Hampshires Invasive Aquatic Plants and Non-Toxic Treatment Alternatives (2012)
• Pesticide Regulation in Vermont (2010)
• Atrazine Fact Sheet (2010)
• Clear As A Lake: A Resource Guide to Invasive Aquatic Plants and Non-Toxic Treatment Alternatives (2008)
• Refuse to Use Chemlawn (2005)
• Catching the Toxic Drift (2005)

Sludge

• Toxic Sludge in Our Communities: Threatening Public Health and Our Farmlands (2001)

Toxics

• National PFAS Contamination Coalition
• PFAS chemicals and community health: An introduction (2017)
• Polyfluoroalkyl Substance – PFAS (2016)
• The Latest Facts on BPA Health and Exposure Report (2010)
• The Facts on MBTE (2010)
• The Facts on Lead (2010)
• Asbestos (The Mesothelioma Center)

Salvage Yards

• Community Action Works: Salvage Yards 
• Vermont’s Guide to Environmental Permitting of Junkyards Report (2010)

Mold

• Toxic Mold: Everything You Need to Tackle Mold and Make Change in Your Community
• Mold 101: What to do and who to call
• Part 1: What is mold and how does it affect my health?
• Part 2: How to prevent and remove toxic mold
• Part 3: Know your rights, act to protect them

Dirty Dozen Awards

• 25 Years of the Dirty Dozen (2012)
• Map of Dirty Dozen Sites (2012)
• Dirty Decade Report (2007)

Citizen Guides

• A Citizen’s Guide to SLAPP Suits (2017)
• A Citizen’s Guide to Act 250 (VT) (2017)
• Is a health study the answer for your community? A guide for making informed decisions
  • Guía de Estudios sobre la Salud
• Public Laboratory Open Tools (2013)
• A Citizens’ Guide to Town Hall Meetings (MA)
• Industrial Toxics: How to Learn More About a Business’ Toxic Use and Generation (2010)
• A Citizens’ Guide to the Clean Water Act (2010)