Communities in Action | Toxics Action Center

News from the Field

Every year, Toxics Action Center works with thousands of residents, in hundreds of communities across New England. We organize with neighborhoods for safe drinking water, for clean air, for pesticide-free schools, and dozens of other goals. Below are updates and stories from just some of the towns, communities, and states working with Toxics Action Center for more sustainable communities.

Malden, MA: Cleaning Up the Toxic Legacy of the Malden River

Residents work to restore river access to community

Scarborough, ME: Banning Pesticides on Public Land

Maine town residents' organizing wins votes

New England-wide: 25 Years of Calling Attention to New England's "Dirty Dozen"

Toxics Action Center celebrates 25 Years of the Dirty Dozen Awards with New Report Release

RI: Neighboring Towns Unite to Fight Dangerous Strip Mining Operation

Group uses multiple avenues

Bristol, VT: Landfill Expansion

Residents work to prevent risky landfill expansion

Blocking Tar Sands Then Banning Pesticides

South Portland activists tackle a new issue

Framingham, MA: Residents work to shut down Massachusetts' most toxic site

The Framingham community group, FACES, takes on General Chemical

ME: Toxics Action Center Releases Safer School Grounds Report

Continuing to work for safer Maine schools

VT: Berlin Pond, an important drinking water source, was under protection from pollution--until last year.

Residents organize to change that

Your Support Helps Residents Reach Major Milestone on the Road to a Coal-Free N.H.

Residents express their frustration with dirty power plants

On Massachusetts’ South Coast, Neighbors Unite Against Spectra Energy

The fight to stop dirty fossil fuels continues

Williston, VT: Test Results Show Lead Contamination Spreading in Vermont town

Lead from nearby shooting range in Williston has not been cleaned up as promised.

Moretown, VT: Dirty Landfill Attempts To Expand

Citizens fight back

Berlin, VT: Community Comes Together to Protect Drinking Water

Berlin Pond, an important drinking water source, was under protection from pollution--until last year.

CT: Citizen's Press Conference at New England Energy Summit

Activists Gather to Call for a Clean Energy Future

MA: Campaign for a Coal-Free Commonwealth Launched

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.