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.

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

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

Residents organize to change that

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

Berlin, VT: Community Comes Together to Protect Drinking Water

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

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

New England-wide: Technology for Grassroots Action

A partnership with Toxics Action Center and the Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science

Crystal, ME: Aroostook town mobilizes to protect aquifer

Crystal residents and Andy Jones of Toxics Action Center appeal before the Board of Environmental Protection in Augusta

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.