Clean Water Action Massachusetts
@cleanh2oma.bsky.social
Safeguarding our environment, standing up for climate justice, and advocating for toxic-free products in Massachusetts!
Get involved: cleanwater.org/MA
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House Climate Bill is a Big Step Backwards – read our coalition op-ed
Coalition partners Cindy Luppi, Clean Water Action; Kyle Murray, Acadia Center; Caitlin Peale Sloan, Conservation Law Foundation; and John Walkey, GreenRoots jointly authored the following op-ed, publ...
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The terrible climate rollbacks bill is on hold, thanks to the voices of grassroots organizations and people across Massachusetts. Read more about what was proposed, and why a broad coalition rallied to stop it: cleanwater.org/2025/11/17/h...
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What are you thankful for this season? Clean Water Action’s National Water Projects Coordinator, Julie McNamara, shares an important, powerful message.
Protect clean water today: cleanwater.org/giving-tuesday-2025
Protect clean water today: cleanwater.org/giving-tuesday-2025
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What are you thankful for this season? Clean Water Action’s National Water Projects Coordinator, Julie McNamara, shares an important, powerful message.
Protect clean water today: cleanwater.org/giving-tuesday-2025
Protect clean water today: cleanwater.org/giving-tuesday-2025
What do plates,💩, and pickleballs all have in common? They’re all things we found in the trash at our downtown JP waste audit! It was gross. It was hilarious. And we did it for the data!
Read more:
cleanwater.org/2025/11/24/g...
Read more:
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Getting Dirty for the Data in Jamaica Plain, MA!
What do plates,💩, and pickleballs all have in common? They’re all things we found in the trash at our downtown JP waste audit!
cleanwater.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
What do plates,💩, and pickleballs all have in common? They’re all things we found in the trash at our downtown JP waste audit! It was gross. It was hilarious. And we did it for the data!
Read more:
cleanwater.org/2025/11/24/g...
Read more:
cleanwater.org/2025/11/24/g...
❄ #AttleboroMA and #TauntonMA residents, are you worried about your utility bills this winter? Here are some tips on how you can maintain a cozy home while saving energy and money. The Mass Save Programs are offering up to 100% off on insulation and weatherization right now!💡
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
❄ #AttleboroMA and #TauntonMA residents, are you worried about your utility bills this winter? Here are some tips on how you can maintain a cozy home while saving energy and money. The Mass Save Programs are offering up to 100% off on insulation and weatherization right now!💡
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As people break down cardboard shipping boxes, rinse out plastic yogurt tubs and collect aluminum cans, it’s common to wonder: Is this really helping? On the South Coast of Massachusetts, #recycling works, The Light finds in answer to ar reader's question. And it’s vital.
Is recycling worth the effort? - The New Bedford Light Does recycling on the South Coast work?
Recycling is cheaper for towns — and the taxpayer — than solid waste disposal. So it’s in every resident’s interest to recycle as much as possible.
newbedfordlight.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
As people break down cardboard shipping boxes, rinse out plastic yogurt tubs and collect aluminum cans, it’s common to wonder: Is this really helping? On the South Coast of Massachusetts, #recycling works, The Light finds in answer to ar reader's question. And it’s vital.
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Our new research shows many of The Home Depot’s top suppliers are still using PVC in their packaging. Seriously?!
#PVC doesn’t make our homes better; it threatens our health, safety, and the environment. 🌎 The Home Depot can and must do more to phase it out of all packaging on store shelves.
#PVC doesn’t make our homes better; it threatens our health, safety, and the environment. 🌎 The Home Depot can and must do more to phase it out of all packaging on store shelves.
Packed in poison plastic: New research shows The Home Depot’s key suppliers are using PVC packaging - Toxic-Free Future
Our new research shows that The Home Depot can and must do more to rid their stores of PVC, the poison plastic, from packaging.
toxicfreefuture.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Our new research shows many of The Home Depot’s top suppliers are still using PVC in their packaging. Seriously?!
#PVC doesn’t make our homes better; it threatens our health, safety, and the environment. 🌎 The Home Depot can and must do more to phase it out of all packaging on store shelves.
#PVC doesn’t make our homes better; it threatens our health, safety, and the environment. 🌎 The Home Depot can and must do more to phase it out of all packaging on store shelves.
Disposing of leftover food products wastes money and pollutes our environment. Zero Waste Massachusetts, a coalition of MASSPIRG, Community Action Works, @theclf.bsky.social, and Clean Water, has been calling for food diversion for years.
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Mass. Dept. of Environmental Protection proposes diverting food waste from landfills, incinerators
Advocacy coalition Zero Waste Massachusetts applauds plan to dispose of uneaten food products and scraps in more responsible ways
cleanwater.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Disposing of leftover food products wastes money and pollutes our environment. Zero Waste Massachusetts, a coalition of MASSPIRG, Community Action Works, @theclf.bsky.social, and Clean Water, has been calling for food diversion for years.
cleanwater.org/releases/mas...
cleanwater.org/releases/mas...
Check out our collaboration with JP ZeroWaste!
Step 1: Count trash.
Step 2: Implement programs like ReThink Disposable to help businesses phase out single-use disposable items.
Step 3: Re-count the trash this summer!
Follow our progress!
#ZeroWaste
jamaicaplainnews.com/2025/11/17/j...
Step 1: Count trash.
Step 2: Implement programs like ReThink Disposable to help businesses phase out single-use disposable items.
Step 3: Re-count the trash this summer!
Follow our progress!
#ZeroWaste
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JP ZeroWaste Collected 340 Lbs of Trash: How Much Could've Been Recycled or Composted? - Jamaica Plain News
Of the 340 pounds of garbage that JP ZeroWaste collected along a stretch of Centre Street in a recent waste audit, the organization determined more than half could’ve been recycled or composted. That ...
jamaicaplainnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Check out our collaboration with JP ZeroWaste!
Step 1: Count trash.
Step 2: Implement programs like ReThink Disposable to help businesses phase out single-use disposable items.
Step 3: Re-count the trash this summer!
Follow our progress!
#ZeroWaste
jamaicaplainnews.com/2025/11/17/j...
Step 1: Count trash.
Step 2: Implement programs like ReThink Disposable to help businesses phase out single-use disposable items.
Step 3: Re-count the trash this summer!
Follow our progress!
#ZeroWaste
jamaicaplainnews.com/2025/11/17/j...
GOOD NEWS UPDATE: Our #ZeroWaste partnership with Newton schools continues! We helped sort waste at the THRIVE 2025 conference of teachers along with Newton student volunteers and local leaders. This partnership began when a student wanted to fight cafeteria food waste. The kids are alright!
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
GOOD NEWS UPDATE: Our #ZeroWaste partnership with Newton schools continues! We helped sort waste at the THRIVE 2025 conference of teachers along with Newton student volunteers and local leaders. This partnership began when a student wanted to fight cafeteria food waste. The kids are alright!
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Big win for grassroots power today!
The terrible climate rollbacks bill is on hold, thanks to the voices of grassroots organizations and people across Massachusetts. Read more about what was proposed, and why a broad coalition rallied to stop it: cleanwater.org/2025/11/17/h...
House Climate Bill is a Big Step Backwards – read our coalition op-ed
Coalition partners Cindy Luppi, Clean Water Action; Kyle Murray, Acadia Center; Caitlin Peale Sloan, Conservation Law Foundation; and John Walkey, GreenRoots jointly authored the following op-ed, publ...
cleanwater.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Big win for grassroots power today!
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NEW: House punts on sweeping energy bill that would dial back state climate commitments
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House punts on sweeping energy bill that would dial back state climate commitments - CommonWealth Beacon
After intense blowback to a draft House bill to weaken the state’s 2030 clean energy target, the chamber’s budget chief says the topic is on hold until next year.
commonwealthbeacon.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
NEW: House punts on sweeping energy bill that would dial back state climate commitments
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
The terrible climate rollbacks bill is on hold, thanks to the voices of grassroots organizations and people across Massachusetts. Read more about what was proposed, and why a broad coalition rallied to stop it: cleanwater.org/2025/11/17/h...
House Climate Bill is a Big Step Backwards – read our coalition op-ed
Coalition partners Cindy Luppi, Clean Water Action; Kyle Murray, Acadia Center; Caitlin Peale Sloan, Conservation Law Foundation; and John Walkey, GreenRoots jointly authored the following op-ed, publ...
cleanwater.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The terrible climate rollbacks bill is on hold, thanks to the voices of grassroots organizations and people across Massachusetts. Read more about what was proposed, and why a broad coalition rallied to stop it: cleanwater.org/2025/11/17/h...
We packed the State House yesterday. Now we need YOU to raise your voice.
A costly climate rollback bill that would gut landmark Massachusetts clean energy and climate policies has been proposed in the House.
Tell your state representative to vote NO.
Take action: act.cleanwater.org/page/181753/...
A costly climate rollback bill that would gut landmark Massachusetts clean energy and climate policies has been proposed in the House.
Tell your state representative to vote NO.
Take action: act.cleanwater.org/page/181753/...
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We packed the State House yesterday. Now we need YOU to raise your voice.
A costly climate rollback bill that would gut landmark Massachusetts clean energy and climate policies has been proposed in the House.
Tell your state representative to vote NO.
Take action: act.cleanwater.org/page/181753/...
A costly climate rollback bill that would gut landmark Massachusetts clean energy and climate policies has been proposed in the House.
Tell your state representative to vote NO.
Take action: act.cleanwater.org/page/181753/...
Reposted by Clean Water Action Massachusetts
After an outcry from clean water advocates, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority’s board has tabled an upcoming vote on a proposal to allow the continued release of sewage overflows into the Charles River.
MWRA board tables vote on Charles River sewage proposal, environmental group says - The Boston Globe
Officials have worked for decades to stem the periodic release of street runoff and sewage overflows into the Charles.
trib.al
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
After an outcry from clean water advocates, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority’s board has tabled an upcoming vote on a proposal to allow the continued release of sewage overflows into the Charles River.
A terrible bill that guts MA clean energy and climate policies is on the move. 68 orgs sent a letter urging committee members to halt the Climate-Rollback Bill.
Clean Water Action and @sierraclubma.bsky.social endorsed climate champions Rep Higgins and Rep Scarsdale took a stand! Thank you!
Onwards!
Clean Water Action and @sierraclubma.bsky.social endorsed climate champions Rep Higgins and Rep Scarsdale took a stand! Thank you!
Onwards!
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A terrible bill that guts MA clean energy and climate policies is on the move. 68 orgs sent a letter urging committee members to halt the Climate-Rollback Bill.
Clean Water Action and @sierraclubma.bsky.social endorsed climate champions Rep Higgins and Rep Scarsdale took a stand! Thank you!
Onwards!
Clean Water Action and @sierraclubma.bsky.social endorsed climate champions Rep Higgins and Rep Scarsdale took a stand! Thank you!
Onwards!
We've been awarded a @massdep.bsky.social Reduce, Reuse, Repair Microgrant!
We're working with @boston.gov, JP Zero Waste, @beyondplastics.bsky.social Greater Boston, and Recirclable to help restaurants on the Center/South JP Main Street incorporate zero waste practices!
Step 1: waste audit! (Ew!)
We're working with @boston.gov, JP Zero Waste, @beyondplastics.bsky.social Greater Boston, and Recirclable to help restaurants on the Center/South JP Main Street incorporate zero waste practices!
Step 1: waste audit! (Ew!)
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We've been awarded a @massdep.bsky.social Reduce, Reuse, Repair Microgrant!
We're working with @boston.gov, JP Zero Waste, @beyondplastics.bsky.social Greater Boston, and Recirclable to help restaurants on the Center/South JP Main Street incorporate zero waste practices!
Step 1: waste audit! (Ew!)
We're working with @boston.gov, JP Zero Waste, @beyondplastics.bsky.social Greater Boston, and Recirclable to help restaurants on the Center/South JP Main Street incorporate zero waste practices!
Step 1: waste audit! (Ew!)
Calling all TAUNTON AND ATTLEBORO neighbors!
Join us (online) for a fun, FREE workshop to learn how you can save money by saving energy.
Winter is coming, and we have ways you can keep your home warm without blowing the budget.
RSVP for the Zoom link at our link in bio or the website below!
Join us (online) for a fun, FREE workshop to learn how you can save money by saving energy.
Winter is coming, and we have ways you can keep your home warm without blowing the budget.
RSVP for the Zoom link at our link in bio or the website below!
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Calling all TAUNTON AND ATTLEBORO neighbors!
Join us (online) for a fun, FREE workshop to learn how you can save money by saving energy.
Winter is coming, and we have ways you can keep your home warm without blowing the budget.
RSVP for the Zoom link at our link in bio or the website below!
Join us (online) for a fun, FREE workshop to learn how you can save money by saving energy.
Winter is coming, and we have ways you can keep your home warm without blowing the budget.
RSVP for the Zoom link at our link in bio or the website below!
"What happens to the letters I write when Clean Water canvassers knock on my door?"
We deliver them directly to your elected leaders!
We're fighting for legislation to clean up air pollution. Shout out to Sen Mark's and @jocomerford.bsky.social's enthusiastic staff!
Keep the letters coming!
We deliver them directly to your elected leaders!
We're fighting for legislation to clean up air pollution. Shout out to Sen Mark's and @jocomerford.bsky.social's enthusiastic staff!
Keep the letters coming!
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"What happens to the letters I write when Clean Water canvassers knock on my door?"
We deliver them directly to your elected leaders!
We're fighting for legislation to clean up air pollution. Shout out to Sen Mark's and @jocomerford.bsky.social's enthusiastic staff!
Keep the letters coming!
We deliver them directly to your elected leaders!
We're fighting for legislation to clean up air pollution. Shout out to Sen Mark's and @jocomerford.bsky.social's enthusiastic staff!
Keep the letters coming!
The Saugus trash incinerator is the oldest in the nation. Clean Water joined neighbors to call on Home Depot to dump toxic packaging and materials, to reduce the toxic pollution that comes from burning PVC.
#BanPVC
#poisonplastic
#HomeDepotBanPVC
#WeAreHomeDepot
#MindTheStore
#ToxicFreeFuture
#BanPVC
#poisonplastic
#HomeDepotBanPVC
#WeAreHomeDepot
#MindTheStore
#ToxicFreeFuture
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The Saugus trash incinerator is the oldest in the nation. Clean Water joined neighbors to call on Home Depot to dump toxic packaging and materials, to reduce the toxic pollution that comes from burning PVC.
#BanPVC
#poisonplastic
#HomeDepotBanPVC
#WeAreHomeDepot
#MindTheStore
#ToxicFreeFuture
#BanPVC
#poisonplastic
#HomeDepotBanPVC
#WeAreHomeDepot
#MindTheStore
#ToxicFreeFuture
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Heat pumps don’t burn fossil fuels, but instead pull warmth from the air or ground. Even in freezing climates they stay more efficient than gas or oil systems, and some of the world’s coldest countries have the most heat pumps per household. 🔥⚡️
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/c...
Do Heat Pumps Work When It Gets Really Cold?
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Heat pumps don’t burn fossil fuels, but instead pull warmth from the air or ground. Even in freezing climates they stay more efficient than gas or oil systems, and some of the world’s coldest countries have the most heat pumps per household. 🔥⚡️
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/c...
👻Happy Halloween!🎃
Let's protect all of the little witches, pirates, dragons, and k-pop demon hunters by passing the Toxic Free Kids Act!
Sign a letter to your legislators at: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-kids
Thank you @jocomerford.bsky.social for your efforts to protect kids from toxic chemicals!
Let's protect all of the little witches, pirates, dragons, and k-pop demon hunters by passing the Toxic Free Kids Act!
Sign a letter to your legislators at: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-kids
Thank you @jocomerford.bsky.social for your efforts to protect kids from toxic chemicals!
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
👻Happy Halloween!🎃
Let's protect all of the little witches, pirates, dragons, and k-pop demon hunters by passing the Toxic Free Kids Act!
Sign a letter to your legislators at: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-kids
Thank you @jocomerford.bsky.social for your efforts to protect kids from toxic chemicals!
Let's protect all of the little witches, pirates, dragons, and k-pop demon hunters by passing the Toxic Free Kids Act!
Sign a letter to your legislators at: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-kids
Thank you @jocomerford.bsky.social for your efforts to protect kids from toxic chemicals!
Kids can't vote. But grownups can still make sure their voices are heard! Send a message to your state legislators TODAY and tell them to support the Toxic Free Kids Act!
Visit: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-free-kids
Visit: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-free-kids
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Kids can't vote. But grownups can still make sure their voices are heard! Send a message to your state legislators TODAY and tell them to support the Toxic Free Kids Act!
Visit: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-free-kids
Visit: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-free-kids
We love Halloween. 🎃
We love puns.
And we love getting toxic chemicals out of the products we all use.
You can help! Visit: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-free-kids to sign a letter to your legislators.
Thank you Senator @jocomerford.bsky.social and State Rep. Hawkins for being champions for our kids!
We love puns.
And we love getting toxic chemicals out of the products we all use.
You can help! Visit: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-free-kids to sign a letter to your legislators.
Thank you Senator @jocomerford.bsky.social and State Rep. Hawkins for being champions for our kids!
October 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We love Halloween. 🎃
We love puns.
And we love getting toxic chemicals out of the products we all use.
You can help! Visit: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-free-kids to sign a letter to your legislators.
Thank you Senator @jocomerford.bsky.social and State Rep. Hawkins for being champions for our kids!
We love puns.
And we love getting toxic chemicals out of the products we all use.
You can help! Visit: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-free-kids to sign a letter to your legislators.
Thank you Senator @jocomerford.bsky.social and State Rep. Hawkins for being champions for our kids!
How can parents protect their kids from cauldrons of unknown toxic threats?
Good news! There is legislation pending in MA that requires the disclosure of toxic chemicals in children's products!
Take action to support the Toxic Free Kids Act: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-fre...
@jocomerford.bsky.social
Good news! There is legislation pending in MA that requires the disclosure of toxic chemicals in children's products!
Take action to support the Toxic Free Kids Act: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-fre...
@jocomerford.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
How can parents protect their kids from cauldrons of unknown toxic threats?
Good news! There is legislation pending in MA that requires the disclosure of toxic chemicals in children's products!
Take action to support the Toxic Free Kids Act: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-fre...
@jocomerford.bsky.social
Good news! There is legislation pending in MA that requires the disclosure of toxic chemicals in children's products!
Take action to support the Toxic Free Kids Act: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-fre...
@jocomerford.bsky.social
Reposted by Clean Water Action Massachusetts
Siloxanes, parabens & other harmful chemicals shouldn’t be in our beauty products—but new ChemFORWARD research shows they still are, and major data gaps on ingredients still remain.
The good news? Washington state and retailers like Sephora & Ulta Beauty are leading the way toward safer beauty. 💄🌎
The good news? Washington state and retailers like Sephora & Ulta Beauty are leading the way toward safer beauty. 💄🌎
Sephora, Ulta and more join forces to define clean beauty standards
A collective of beauty retailers collaborated on a report categorising the safety of beauty and skincare ingredients while bringing clarity to the clean beauty sector.
www.voguebusiness.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Siloxanes, parabens & other harmful chemicals shouldn’t be in our beauty products—but new ChemFORWARD research shows they still are, and major data gaps on ingredients still remain.
The good news? Washington state and retailers like Sephora & Ulta Beauty are leading the way toward safer beauty. 💄🌎
The good news? Washington state and retailers like Sephora & Ulta Beauty are leading the way toward safer beauty. 💄🌎
IT'S SPOOKY SEASON! 🧟
But what's really scary is that kids are still exposed to known toxic substances in products designed for them.
We can change that! Tell your MA state legislators to support the Toxic Free Kids Act!
Send a message now: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-fre...
But what's really scary is that kids are still exposed to known toxic substances in products designed for them.
We can change that! Tell your MA state legislators to support the Toxic Free Kids Act!
Send a message now: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-fre...
October 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
IT'S SPOOKY SEASON! 🧟
But what's really scary is that kids are still exposed to known toxic substances in products designed for them.
We can change that! Tell your MA state legislators to support the Toxic Free Kids Act!
Send a message now: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-fre...
But what's really scary is that kids are still exposed to known toxic substances in products designed for them.
We can change that! Tell your MA state legislators to support the Toxic Free Kids Act!
Send a message now: cleanwater.org/ma-toxic-fre...