MASSPIRG MASSCitizen

Summer 2005



Top Stories

Efficiency Bill Passes Key Committee
On July 26, the Legislature’s Committee on Telecommunication, Utilities and Energy passed the Energy Efficiency Standards Bill, the first step toward making the bill a law.

Romney Considering Capping Power Plant Global Warming Pollution
On July 6 and 7, top environmental staff for Gov. Mitt Romney met with their colleagues from the other northeast states at a meeting in New York to discuss capping power plant global warming pollution in the region.

  MASSPIRG's Frank Gorke
MASSPIRG Energy Advocate Frank Gorke at podium with Energy Efficiency bill sponsors Rep. Matthew Patrick (Falmouth), (left), and Sen. Robert O’Leary (Barnstable), (middle), at a press conference for the bill.


Featured Articles
Massachusetts Community Water Watch Educates Children About Water Pollution

Romney Joins MASSPIRG, Water Watch and Volunteers to Clean Up the Charles

More Heat Than Light

 


From The Director
National Energy Bill: Disaster


News Briefs
Governor’s Auto Insurance Plan Won’t Benefit Consumers

ID Theft Growing Threat

Toxics Use Reduction Funding Victory

MASSPIRG And Other Groups Call On Consumers To Boycott Exxon Products

 



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