Get the Lead Out "Back to School" Toolkit
Our children need safe drinking water – especially at school where they go to learn and play each day. Unfortunately, lead is contaminating drinking water at schools and pre-schools across the...
View ArticleMaking Sense of Energy Storage
Energy storage technologies can be an important part of the electric grid of the future, helping to assure reliable access to electricity while supporting America’s transition to 100 percent renewable...
View ArticlePlugging In
The adoption of large numbers of electric vehicles (EVs) offers many benefits for cities, including cleaner air and the opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Electric vehicles are far cleaner...
View ArticleCooler Together
Now more than ever, state leadership is critical for America to make progress in the fight against global warming. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative shows the way forward – bringing together...
View ArticleTroubled Waters 2018
Over a 21-month period from January 2016 to September 2017, major industrial facilities released pollution that exceeded the levels allowed under their Clean Water Act permits more than 8,100 times....
View ArticleShining Cities 2018
America’s major cities have played a key role in the clean energy revolution and stand to reap tremendous benefits from solar energy.
View ArticleTrouble in the Air
People across America regularly breathe unhealthy air that increases their risk of premature death, asthma attacks and other adverse health impacts.
View ArticleRenewables on the Rise
Clean energy is sweeping across America and is poised for further dramatic growth in the years ahead.
View Article100% Renewable Energy Agenda
To protect our health, clean up our air, and ensure a safe future for our children, and to lead the way for the rest of the nation and the world, Massachusetts should set out an ambitious plan to...
View ArticleClimate Solutions from Day 1
New governors are getting ready to take office in 20 states, from Florida to Alaska. As America’s newly elected governors prepare to take on their states’ biggest challenges, they should prioritize...
View ArticleFrom Pollution to Solutions
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), created more than a decade ago by Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states, has been a clear success. The program has contributed to the 60 percent reduction...
View ArticleRenewable Communities 2019
Across Massachusetts, cities and towns are leading the way to 100% renewable energy with innovative policies and programs to increase renewable electricity, energy efficiency, clean heating and...
View ArticleSafe for Swimming?
An analysis of bacteria sampling data from beaches in 29 coastal and Great Lakes states and Puerto Rico reveals that 2,580 beach sites – more than half of all sites tested – were potentially unsafe for...
View ArticleOffshore Drilling, Onshore Damage
The Trump administration has proposed opening much of the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans off the U.S. coast to offshore oil and gas drilling. The environmental dangers posed by offshore oil...
View ArticleDestination: Zero Carbon
In the U.S., transportation is climate enemy number one. The good news: A clean, efficient, and sustainable low-carbon transportation system is possible.
View ArticleRenewable Communities 2020
Across Massachusetts, cities and towns are leading the way to a future powered entirely by clean, renewable energy. Municipal officials and staff — working together with citizen activists, volunteers,...
View ArticleFirst Things to Fix
After years of setbacks on the environment, in the Biden administration’s early days, it is critical that we take swift action to clean up our environment and address the climate crisis. There are...
View ArticleBlueprint for America
Americans agree: Our nation’s infrastructure needs work. This report provides the blueprint that should form the basis of an infrastructure plan that will make America stronger today and lay the...
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