Diesel Pollution Makes Us Sick

Find an event in Florida, New Jersey, or where you live.

It's clear from the disaster in the Gulf that oil is risky, dirty, and dangerous.

Join Clean Water Action members and supporters in Florida on Saturday, June 26th for a national day of action to help clean up America's energy and to call on President Obama to move us off oil.

Find a Hand Across the Sand event in Florida, New Jersey, or in other parts of the U.S. or around the world.

For local organizing or attendance information in Florida, please contact Kathy Aterno.

On June 29th Clean Water Action and 40 other Massachusetts environmental organizations hosted the 2010 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Forum on Energy and the
Environment at the historic Old South Meeting House in Boston.

Participating candidates were Governor Deval Patrick, Green/Rainbow Coalition candidate Jill Stein, Independent candidate Tim Cahill and House Minority Leader Brad Jones, who served as a surrogate for Republican candidate Charles Baker (after Baker refused to attend the event).

On May 27th, the Massachusetts State Senate voted in favor of an amendment to the State Budget to fund the Toxics Use Reduction Act Program - the last major step towards maintaining funding for this important program.

The Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA) Program, has been a national leader in reducing the use and release of toxic chemicals. In it's 20+ years of existence, the TURA program has worked with Massachusetts companies to reduce 40% of their use and 80% of their release of toxic chemicals, all while saving million of dollars.  

In Massachusetts, Clean Water Action is supporting two key bills before the state legislature to make manufacturers responsible for keeping discarded electronics, such as computers and TVs, and mercury-added lamps out of our trash. These bills call for the brand-owners (or first importers) of these products to pay for their collection, recycling, or safe disposition.  

Municipal officials can help pass these two bills:

• H.4374 - An Act To require Producer Responsibility for Collection, Reuse, and Recycling of Discarded Electronic Products.
• H.726 – An Act Relative to Producer Responsibility for Mercury Added Lamps. 
  

Join us to celebrate!

Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010                                       
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Place: Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Rd, Framingham, MA 01701
See map: Google Maps

Clean Water Action supports the ramp up of energy efficiency programs to create quality green
jobs, cut energy costs for consumers, and reduce global warming pollution in Massachusetts. See
Governor Deval Patrick's press
release for more information. 

Kudos to Governor Deval Patrick!  In a step forward towards a victory for the public health and the environment, Patrick restored funding for the agencies involved in implementing the Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA) program in his proposed fiscal year 2011 budget issued January 27th 2010.

On Monday November 2nd, 2009 Clean Water Action and our partners in the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow turned out in force for a hearing on the Safer Alternatives Bill at the Massachusetts State House.  The hearing was held by the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture with Chairmen Representative William Straus and Senator Anthony Petruccelli presiding.

A Consumer's Union investigation found Bisphenol A, a hormone-disrupting chemical, in several major food and products some of which were marked "BPA free."

Clean Water Action's Mia Davis is interviewed in this report on the NBC Nightly News.

Learn more about BPA in the report Baby's Toxic Bottle