Real results For Massachusetts' environment
A plan to fight global warming
The carbon footprint of power plants and other polluters will be reduced 80% by 2050. Beacon Hill passed our Global Warming Solutions Act in 2008, thanks in large part to the calls, e-mails and letters of more than 25,000 Environment Massachusetts members and activists.
Cleaner cars on Massachusetts’ roads
Starting in 2011, new cars and trucks sold in Massachusetts will emit one-third less carbon pollution and get better gas mileage. That’s because of the of the Clean Cars Program we helped to establish in Massachusetts.
A new way forward on energy
Wind farms, solar panels and other sources of clean, renewable energy will supply at least 15% of our electricity by 2020 under an Environment Massachusetts-backed energy law enacted in 2008.
In defense of Boston Harbor
The Boston Harbor Islands will stay off-limits to industrialization because of our work. When energy conglomerate AES Corporation sought to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Outer Brewster Island, we convinced Beacon Hill decision-makers to reject the bid outright.
The path to a toxic-free environment
We’re a step closer to reducing our exposure to many dangerous toxic chemicals. In 2008, we won the support of the Massachusetts Senate for a law to phase out the most dangerous chemicals used in the state, and require manufacturers to use safer alternatives instead.
The health of our ocean wildlife
Hundreds of humpback whales and the planet’s last surviving North Atlantic right whales are safer because of the protections thousands of Environment Massachusetts supporters petitioned for, and won, in 2008. Now, large industrial ships have to slow down or stay out of the critical migratory waters off Massachusetts’ coast.
A step forward for Cape Wind
The Cape and Islands will get three-quarters of their power from clean, renewable energy when Cape Wind is finally built. We’ve worked to convince state and federal decision-makers to begin construction on this critical clean energy project.
Funding for our treasured natural places
Walden Pond, Mount Greylock, and our state parks, forests and beaches will be better maintained thanks to our work to increase funding for Massachusetts’ protected natural places.
Pristine forests for future generations
Much of the state’s most precious and diverse natural habitat is now protected from unwise use. The Executive Office of Environmental Affairs set aside 100,000 acres of forest reserves after a campaign we helped to run in 2006.
Change comes to Washington, D.C.
In 2008, voters elected the most pro-environment president and Congress in recent memory. As part of Environment America Voter Action, we talked to more than one million voters about the environmental records of Barack Obama and the 29 pro-environment congressional candidates we endorsed.
