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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Get involved: cleanwater.org/MA
Actions and news: linktr.ee/cleanwaterma
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...
“You have all of these manufacturing facilities that were planned but aren’t happening, so all of those jobs no longer exist.”
Trump's anti-environment policies kill jobs.
But this story isn't over yet.
Our New England communities will build the clean energy future.
e360.yale.edu/features/eas...
Trump's anti-environment policies kill jobs.
But this story isn't over yet.
Our New England communities will build the clean energy future.
e360.yale.edu/features/eas...
Facing a Hostile Administration, U.S. Offshore Wind Is in Retreat
Offshore wind had been poised to take off along the East Coast, with about 30 utility-scale farms planned. But the Trump administration’s opposition to wind power has caused most of those projects to ...
e360.yale.edu
October 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“You have all of these manufacturing facilities that were planned but aren’t happening, so all of those jobs no longer exist.”
Trump's anti-environment policies kill jobs.
But this story isn't over yet.
Our New England communities will build the clean energy future.
e360.yale.edu/features/eas...
Trump's anti-environment policies kill jobs.
But this story isn't over yet.
Our New England communities will build the clean energy future.
e360.yale.edu/features/eas...
Reposted by Clean Water Action Massachusetts
Oppose the Permission to Pollute Act! Protect Clean Water now! 🌊🚫 #CleanWater #ProtectOurWater #EPA #PERMITAct
act.cleanwater.org/page/173938/...
act.cleanwater.org/page/173938/...
Tell Congress to STOP the Permission to Pollute Act
Send a message to your US Rep. and tell them to vote NO on the #PERMISSIONTOPOLLUTE Act (HR3898).
This bill guts the Clean Water Act, weakens pollution safeguards, and puts our water, health, and com...
act.cleanwater.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Oppose the Permission to Pollute Act! Protect Clean Water now! 🌊🚫 #CleanWater #ProtectOurWater #EPA #PERMITAct
act.cleanwater.org/page/173938/...
act.cleanwater.org/page/173938/...
Reposted by Clean Water Action Massachusetts
New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule.
Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.
grist.org/energy/new-e...
#Coal #Energy #Economics #NH #NewHampshire
Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.
grist.org/energy/new-e...
#Coal #Energy #Economics #NH #NewHampshire
New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule
Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.
grist.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule.
Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.
grist.org/energy/new-e...
#Coal #Energy #Economics #NH #NewHampshire
Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.
grist.org/energy/new-e...
#Coal #Energy #Economics #NH #NewHampshire
Did you attend a protest this weekend? Wondering how YOU can get involved in local efforts to defend our environment? Start HERE. Join us for an update on the bills we're working on right here in Massachusetts and find out how you can help! RSVP: cleanwater.org/ma-state-house-update
October 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Did you attend a protest this weekend? Wondering how YOU can get involved in local efforts to defend our environment? Start HERE. Join us for an update on the bills we're working on right here in Massachusetts and find out how you can help! RSVP: cleanwater.org/ma-state-house-update
Reposted by Clean Water Action Massachusetts
The Government Is Shut Down. But Not for Fossil Fuels. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/c...
The Government Is Shut Down. But Not for Fossil Fuels.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The Government Is Shut Down. But Not for Fossil Fuels. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/c...
Reposted by Clean Water Action Massachusetts
“The lunatics are running the asylum, and industry is firmly in charge of chemical safety. They will stop at nothing to reverse the progress that we’ve made in recent years on toxic chemicals.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US Senate poised to approve industry lobbyist to lead chemical safety at EPA
If Douglas Troutman is confirmed, the top four toxics office at the environmental agency will be held by ex-lobbyists
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“The lunatics are running the asylum, and industry is firmly in charge of chemical safety. They will stop at nothing to reverse the progress that we’ve made in recent years on toxic chemicals.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And MA will be the next state to take on toxic #PFAS!
Our new CT Director, Christine Bartlett-Josie, was at the @saferstates.bsky.social conference this week networking with toxics activists from across the nation.
Connecticut became one of the #StatesInTheLead getting #PFAS out of common products with our 2025 legislation. Great work, CT activists!
Connecticut became one of the #StatesInTheLead getting #PFAS out of common products with our 2025 legislation. Great work, CT activists!
October 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
And MA will be the next state to take on toxic #PFAS!
🎃Our friends at Mass Power Forward are taking on the vampire utilities and fossil fuel billionaires sucking the life out of our future!👻
Join us Monday, 10/28, 11:30–2 on the MA State House steps for a rally and trick-or-treat visits to legislators!
RSVP: bit.ly/MPFhalloween
Please share!
Join us Monday, 10/28, 11:30–2 on the MA State House steps for a rally and trick-or-treat visits to legislators!
RSVP: bit.ly/MPFhalloween
Please share!
October 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🎃Our friends at Mass Power Forward are taking on the vampire utilities and fossil fuel billionaires sucking the life out of our future!👻
Join us Monday, 10/28, 11:30–2 on the MA State House steps for a rally and trick-or-treat visits to legislators!
RSVP: bit.ly/MPFhalloween
Please share!
Join us Monday, 10/28, 11:30–2 on the MA State House steps for a rally and trick-or-treat visits to legislators!
RSVP: bit.ly/MPFhalloween
Please share!
Reposted by Clean Water Action Massachusetts
TFF’s science director breaks down the science behind Washington's recent first-in-nation ban on all formaldehyde-releasing chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products—and why it's good news for salon workers, women of color, and anyone who uses everyday products like shampoo or lotion. 💚
The science surrounding Washington’s formaldehyde ban—and what it means for salon workers and consumers - Toxic-Free Future
Washington leads the nation with the first-ever ban on all formaldehyde in cosmetics—protecting salon workers, women of color, and consumers.
toxicfreefuture.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
TFF’s science director breaks down the science behind Washington's recent first-in-nation ban on all formaldehyde-releasing chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products—and why it's good news for salon workers, women of color, and anyone who uses everyday products like shampoo or lotion. 💚
Reposted by Clean Water Action Massachusetts
Amid a continued clampdown on the #offshorewind industry by the Trump administration, Vineyard Wind has quietly progressed with project buildout and reached 50% power production. That means about half of the project’s 62 turbines are sending power to the Massachusetts grid.
Vineyard Wind reaches 50% power production - The New Bedford Light
The offshore wind farm is sending power from at least 30 turbines to the Massachusetts grid.
newbedfordlight.org
October 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Amid a continued clampdown on the #offshorewind industry by the Trump administration, Vineyard Wind has quietly progressed with project buildout and reached 50% power production. That means about half of the project’s 62 turbines are sending power to the Massachusetts grid.
We're midway through this legislative session.
So how are our environmental priorities doing?
Find out NEXT WEEK at our special member update.
From banning toxic #PFAS to fighting air pollution, learn how YOU can get involved!
**RSVP for Zoom link at cleanwater.org/ma-state-house-update
So how are our environmental priorities doing?
Find out NEXT WEEK at our special member update.
From banning toxic #PFAS to fighting air pollution, learn how YOU can get involved!
**RSVP for Zoom link at cleanwater.org/ma-state-house-update
October 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We're midway through this legislative session.
So how are our environmental priorities doing?
Find out NEXT WEEK at our special member update.
From banning toxic #PFAS to fighting air pollution, learn how YOU can get involved!
**RSVP for Zoom link at cleanwater.org/ma-state-house-update
So how are our environmental priorities doing?
Find out NEXT WEEK at our special member update.
From banning toxic #PFAS to fighting air pollution, learn how YOU can get involved!
**RSVP for Zoom link at cleanwater.org/ma-state-house-update
Clean Water's Energy Efficiency Outreach Specialist, Shay and Kevin with Complete Energy Services bumped into a promotional sign as they were canvassing to spread the word about energy efficiency solutions. If you’re a small business in Attleboro, now is the perfect time to get an Energy Assessment!
October 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Clean Water's Energy Efficiency Outreach Specialist, Shay and Kevin with Complete Energy Services bumped into a promotional sign as they were canvassing to spread the word about energy efficiency solutions. If you’re a small business in Attleboro, now is the perfect time to get an Energy Assessment!
Reposted by Clean Water Action Massachusetts
Trump is purposely driving up your electric bills to cater to his big crypto, AI, and fossil fuel donors — money from your pockets to theirs. He’s also driving up your homeowners insurance, hurting property values.
Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Trump is purposely driving up your electric bills to cater to his big crypto, AI, and fossil fuel donors — money from your pockets to theirs. He’s also driving up your homeowners insurance, hurting property values.
Reposted by Clean Water Action Massachusetts
“If any of these chemicals get into a woman while she’s pregnant, the chemicals will go right across into the baby. The placenta provides no protection at all.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The health risks from plastics almost nobody knows about
Researchers have linked phthalates, chemicals found in plastics, to premature birth, infertility and ADHD.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“If any of these chemicals get into a woman while she’s pregnant, the chemicals will go right across into the baby. The placenta provides no protection at all.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
"We like to be in the vanguard of public health, of environmental health and safety. We are no longer in the vanguard. I think there are 13 or 14 other states that have passed...legislation related to PFAS. We’re losing ground a bit."- @juliancyr.bsky.social
www.statehousenews.com/news/environ...
www.statehousenews.com/news/environ...
Massachusetts trails other states on forever chemical policies
Massachusetts is not "in the vanguard" when it comes to addressing toxic "forever chemicals," according to the Senate sponsor of a bill meant to help municipalities and water systems clean
www.statehousenews.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"We like to be in the vanguard of public health, of environmental health and safety. We are no longer in the vanguard. I think there are 13 or 14 other states that have passed...legislation related to PFAS. We’re losing ground a bit."- @juliancyr.bsky.social
www.statehousenews.com/news/environ...
www.statehousenews.com/news/environ...