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EnviroMatters: MassDEP Environmental eNewsletter
Fall '07 - Winter '08
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 MassDEP's mission is to protect and enhance the Commonwealth's natural resources - air, water, and land - and to provide for the health and safety of its citizens. As an agency, we have a long history and well-deserved reputation for being innovative leaders in environmental protection. Read full story >> |
 Fourteen Plants Statewide to Reduce Energy, Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Save Communities Money
The Patrick Administration has announced the first phase of an innovative pilot program, targeting 14 wastewater and drinking water treatment plants across the state, which will reduce the amount of energy that municipal facilities currently use to treat wastewater and drinking water, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and save communities money. Read full story >> |
 State, City Officials Break Ground on State-of-the-Art, 'Green' Building Project in Lawrence
Over the next two years, MassDEP's Senator William X. Wall Experiment Station will evolve from a small, 53-year-old laboratory facility into an expanded, renovated "green building," which will contain state-of-the-art analytical equipment and feature Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) amenities. Read full story >> |
 Progress Marked for Wetland Appeals Reform, Chapter 91, Groundwater Discharges, and Air Quality Permits
MassDEP has made significant progress in meeting Governor Deval Patrick's goals to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of environmental regulation in Massachusetts without compromising environmental protection. Read full story >> |
 States File Cleanup Plan to Eliminate Fish Consumption Advisories and Protect Children's Health
Governor Deval Patrick and Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles joined officials from the New England states and New York to call upon the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to do more to control mercury pollution that blows into the Northeast from coal-fired power plants in the Midwest and elsewhere in the nation. Read full story >> |
 US Appeals Court reinstates critical Oil Spill Act protective requirements
Important developments and key activities continue to mark MassDEP progress under the Massachusetts Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act, as the agency works with local communities to protect the Commonwealth's precious coastal resources. Read full story >> |
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