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Victory! Scarborough Bans Pesticides on Public Land
Maine town residents' organizing wins vote
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Bucket Brigade forms to test air pollution
North Providence residents fed up with asphalt plant pollution
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Framingham residents work to shut down Massachusetts’s most toxic site
FACES takes on one of the state's most egregious polluters
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Test Results Show Lead Contamination Spreading in Vermont town
Lead from nearby shooting range in Williston has not been cleaned up as promised.
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Campaign for a Coal-Free Commonwealth Launched in Massachusetts
Citizen activism in communities like Somerset and Salem have recently forced retirement of two of the oldest and dirtiest coal plants in Massachusetts. Now residents take on Mt. Tom in Holyoke.
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Cape Cod, MA - NSTAR Abandons Toxic Spray Plan for 2011
After tireless work by GreenCAPE and Toxics Action Center, NSTAR has agreed not to spray pesticides under 150 miles of power lines throughout the Cape during 2011
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Somerset, MA – Residents shut down a coal plant, take on an incinerator
After shutting down a dirty coal plant, local residents successfully halt a proposal to replace it with an incinerator
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Springfield, MA: Victory for Clean Air!
Residents in Springfield and Attleboro celebrate the defeat of incinerator proposals for their communities.
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North Providence, RI - Neighbors Stand Up To the Neighborhood Polluter
Residents of North Providence stand up to a filthy asphalt plant
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Connecting Community Leaders: Our Conferences and Leadership Retreat
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Hamden, CT - Toxic Cleanup Begins Despite Concerns the Project Does’t Go Far Enough
Local citizens and Toxics Action Center continue to push for deeper cleanup of toxic leak in residential area
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Brunswick, Maine - Citizens Gather for Pesticide Summit
Toxics Action Center brings Maine citizens together to discuss strategies to stop pesticide spraying in the state
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Statistics for Action: Math Meets Environmental Organizing
Toxics Action Center and TERC team up to help communities understand scientific test results
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MILTON, VT: Judge Rules Against Junkyard Owner
Judge's ruling finds junkyard owner responsible for cleaning up illegal salvage yard
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Biddeford, ME: Toxic Mold Makes Students and Teachers Sick
Parents of Biddeford High School students are calling for the School Board to immediately improve the air quality at the school.
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Cabot, VT - Community Group Pressures Agri-Mark to Stop Polluting Vermont’s Water
Community group, Whey to Go organizes to stop Agri-Mark from dumping toxins in their water
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Northampton Protects Drinking Water, Halts Landfill Expansion Over Aquifer
Northampton Residents Succeed in Stopping a Proposed Landfill Expansion
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Williamstown, Vermont - Residents Push for Junkyard Cleanup
Toxics Action Center helps local residents push for enforcement of newly passed legislation to clean up illegal junkyards
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Franklin, NH - Community acts to preserve town center
Concerned Citizens of Franklin canvass neighborhoods to oppose a proposed asphalt plant
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Hawleyville, CT Group Passes a New Environmental Law
Bill Will Protect Town's Water From a Hazardous Waste Station
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Local group exposes threat from hazardous waste spill in Westbrook, ME
Industry still trying to quarry on a site which has a TCE plume and is near thousands of homes and businesses.
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Vermont Community Leaders Win Funding for Salvage Yards Program
Seek Cleanup of over 200 Illegal Junkyards
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Springfield, Massachusetts Works to Stop Incinerator Proposal
Victories in Springfield and Statewide for better trash policy
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Court Victory Will Reduce Pesticides Nationwide and Protect Water
Clean Water Act Rollbacks Reversed
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Massachusetts Activists Work to Strengthen Solid Waste Plan
Zero Waste Plan Talks the Talk, Needs to Walk the Walk
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Stamford, Connecticut Searches for Answers
Residents in Stamford, CT, are searching for the source of pesticides that have contaminated their drinking water.
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Belmont, New Hampshire Stands Against Sludge
This spring, Belmont residents voted overwhelmingly to maintain local protections against sludge.
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Moretown, Vermont Stops Quarry
Residents successfully defend their community from an invasive quarry.
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Vermont Votes 'No'
Toxics Action Center coordinated grassroots pressure in to key districts in the final days before the vote.
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Sanford, Maine Dump Site Begins Cleanup
Bowing to pressure from local residents, the town of Sanford recently made great strides toward a cleanup of a local hazardous waste site that has lingered for decades.
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