Clean energy efforts making a difference 11/18/2009

It’s a small step, but one members of Environment Massachusetts hope can be maintained.

Alewife Reservation Leading the Way in Clean Water: Federal Legislation Would Extend Protections to All Wetlands 1/12/2010

In 1972, the Clean Water Act was passed in a historic promise to make all of our lakes and rivers safe for fishing and swimming by 1985. Today, 38 years later, our waters still lack the protections they need: nearly half the waters in the U.S. are considered too polluted to be safe.

Generating Failure: How Building Nuclear Power Plants Would Set America Back in the Race Against Global Warming 11/17/2009

Far from being a solution to global warming, nuclear power will actually set America back in the race to reduce pollution. Nuclear power is too slow and too expensive to make enough of a difference in the next two decades. Moreover, nuclear power is not necessary to provide clean, carbon-free electricity for the long haul.

Wasting Our Waterways: Toxic Industrial Pollution and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Clean Water Act 10/21/2009

Industrial facilities continue to dump millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into America’s rivers, streams, lakes and ocean waters each year—threatening both the environment and human health.