Environment Massachusetts

Ben Wright, Advocate for Environment Massachusetts talks with Rob about state and national environmental issues.  EPA efforts to regulate (reduce!) mercury emissions into the air we breathe is being met by stiff resistance from politicians in Washington..  The bad news is that the EPA has been delayed to give time for the opposition to get their objections in order.  The good news is there is still time to tell them why you think reducing mercury emission is so vital for environments, our bodies and the lives of our children.  Act by going to the Ocean River Institute’s webpage for more information and for submitting comments.  Click on http://www.oceanriver.org/StopMercuryfromCoal.php

 Ben Wright describes the battle on Capital Hill to defend the Clean Air Act and battles in Massachusetts to defend clean drinking water. The Quabbin Reservoir that supplies drinking water for 2.2 million people is being spoiled by clear-cutting logging operations.  Loggers disregarded 400 foot setback regulations from lake shore and cut down to the water’s edge as well as indiscriminately across wetlands.  Their destructions have been halted by a moratorium on all logging in the Quabbin. Harvard Forest scientists have researched and documented that any further logging in the Quabbin despite honoring setbacks will be detrimental. Visithttp://www.environmentmassachusetts.org/ to urge the Governor to maintain the moratorium to save the Quabbin, to save clean drinking water in Massachusetts.