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GROUPS KICK OFF CAMPAIGN TO UPDATE BOTTLE BILL
Boston, MA - A statewide network of environmental, consumer, and civic groups launched their ãNew Year's Resolution Campaign for an Updated Bottle Bill" today in Boston. The Massachusetts Bottle Bill celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2003. The bottle bill has done more to control litter and spur recycling in Massachusetts than any other state or local program. Since 1990, more than 21 billion bottles and cans bearing a 5-cent deposit have been returned and recycled through the bottle bill.
Release Date: January 4, 2005
Contacts: Phillip Sego, Political Chair - (See Contacts page)
James McCaffrey, Director - (See Contacts page)
For additional information: www.massbottlebill.org
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SENATOR RESOR RECEIVES SIERRA CLUB ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPION AWARD
Release Date: September 9, 2004
Contact: James McCaffrey - (See Contacts page)
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GREENBUSH LINE WITHOUT THE NORTH/SOUTH RAIL LINK:
SOUTH STATION WILL EXCEED CAPACITY, SERVICE WILL SUFFER
Boston, MA—The MBTA's recently announced plan to move forward with the Greenbush Line to finally reconnect portions of the south shore to the regional rail system and will reduce dangerous air pollutants from our skies. The Club is, however, questioning how Greenbush will fit, along with eight other lines, into an already overcrowded South Station and is calling on the state to get serious about connecting North and South Stations with a one-mile train tunnel which will reduce capacity problems at North and South Stations.
Release Date: September 30, 2003
Contact: Jeremy Marin - (See Contacts page)
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SIERRA CLUB SUPPORTS MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S SUIT TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING
Boston, MA—The Sierra Club offered support to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office in its lawsuit against the Federal Government for failure to protect the public from global warming pollution. Massachusetts announced the landmark lawsuit in conjunction with bipartisan administrations in Connecticut, and Maine.
Release Date: January 30, 2003
Contact: James McCaffrey - (See Contacts page)
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SIERRA CLUB RELEASES INDEPENDENT STUDY ON NORTH-SOUTH RAIL LINK RIDERSHIP
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Contact: Jeremy Marin - (See Contacts page)
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SIERRA CLUB OPPOSES APPROVAL OF LOW FREQUENCY SONAR WHICH WILL ENDANGER MARINE WILDLIFE
Release Date: July 18, 2002
Contact: James McCaffrey - (See Contacts page)
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OCEANS STUDY DEMONSTRATES THREAT TO MARINE MAMMALS FROM OVERFISHING
Release Date: July 17, 2002
Contact: James McCaffrey - (See Contacts page)
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