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3 Things We Loved About Winter Canvassing in 2026

Posted on March 24, 2026
Canvassing is the heart of Clean Water Action. Over a winter of relentless breaking bad news and AI-generated slop, the connections we made with our members at your front doors mattered more than ever. To everyone who stopped to chat with us about your local neighborhoods and the environmental issues that matter to you, even if only for five minutes, thank you!
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June 8, 2016: Making of the MA House Energy Bill

June 22, 2016 | By Becky Smith
With apologies to “A Visit from St. Nicholas” poet Clement Clarke Moore. Twas the day of formal session, and all through the House Not an official was stirring, not even Rep. Straus. Just the day prior, the caucuses met Not many amendments… but really, just not yet! In fact, in just 12 hours, there
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Massachusetts Representative Michelle DuBois (D) Tenth Plymouth District with Becky Smith, MA Campaigns Director CWA

Fixing Gas Leaks With Stronger Laws

June 15, 2016 | By Victoria Wu
During the special hearing on Kain v Department of Environmental Protection that I attended on my first day at Cleab Water Action, David Ismay of the Conservation Law Foundation highlighted fixing gas leaks as an accessible method to reduce Massachusetts’s emissions. Since that hearing, I have been
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My First Task: Enforce Our Climate Laws?

June 1, 2016 | By Victoria Wu
At Clean Water Action, interns hit the ground running. That was my conclusion after traveling to the Massachusetts State House to witness a special hearing on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling on Kain v Department of Environmental Protection--on my first day, before I even had a
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Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change hearing

Fighting Back Toxic Flame Retardants

May 19, 2016 | By Marley Kimmelman
Marley Kimmelman is an Environmental Health and Justice Intern with our Massachusetts office The last time you heard from me I was just beginning my internship with Clean Water Action. That was 5 months ago. Even before stepping foot in to the Clean Water Action office in downtown Boston I had
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Denny Alsop Arrives in Boston by Canoe

A River Quest, a Canoe and a Commitment to #MakeGEPay

April 22, 2016 | By Joel Wool
Follow Joel on Twitter: @joelwool When Denny Alsop first canoed across Massachusetts in 1988 (see the New York Times) to raise awareness of water pollution and push for environmental progress, he probably did not expect to be making the same trek nearly thirty years later. But General Electric's
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