Pinkwashing: The environmental links to breast cancer and what can be done about it
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Communities In Action
Environmental Action 2012
Residents work to shut down state's most toxic site
A spill of chemicals from fifty years ago from the General Chemical hazardous waste transfer station in Framingham has yet to be cleaned up and is migrating under homes. More recently they were caught pumping TCE-laced water directly into the neighborhood's street. Now residents fight back.
Goodbye to Mt. Tom Coal Plant!
Our work has paid off. The Mt. Tom coal plant is one of the most egregious polluters in Massachusetts. It has averaged almost one air pollution violation a day for the last five years! Now it looks like Mt. Tom is near retirement.
East Providence, RI - Neighbors Stand Up To the Neighborhood Polluter
Residents, fed up with horrendous air pollution from a nearby waste facility have been fighting back for a year - and won this week.
Victory! Scarborough, ME Bans Pesticides on Public Land
Citizens for a Green Scarborough celebrate a winning vote to ban the use of synthetic chemicals on town land. The World Bank estimates each year 350,000 people die from pesticide poisoning.
Residents work to shut down state's most toxic site
A spill of chemicals from fifty years ago from the General Chemical hazardous waste transfer station in Framingham has yet to be cleaned up and is migrating under homes. More recently they were caught pumping TCE-laced water directly into the neighborhood's street. Now residents fight back.
