ACE Annual Report 2007 . . . read more – 89 reads

Community Works Spring 2008 Newsletter . . . read more – 90 reads

Diesel Legislation Factsheet . . . read more – 93 reads

Tiara Amarante's bus ride to school is a daily exercise in dodging danger. Last month, Amarante and nine other teenagers who take Bus 23 to school or to get around their neighborhood decided to do something about it. They would survey other passengers, document their stories, and try to persuade MBTA officials to take action. . . . read more – 89 reads

"Environmental justice and speaking out is about standing up and expressing yourself," [Brandon] McDowell said. "Hip hop - it's a way to tell stories and pass on knowledge." . . . read more – 67 reads

The complaints and questions -- including crime, transportation, air quality and waste disposal in areas including Chelsea, Dorchester and Roxbury -- are interrelated, said ACE Youth Director Brandon McDowell. "A lot of the time, you take all these things separately," McDowell said. "If you're not looking, you can miss the underlying connections between the issues." . . . read more – 322 reads

The incoming Patrick-Murray administration has the opportunity to address old problems in new ways. New approaches are desperately needed to address the growing disparities between the health and environmental conditions of communities in the Commonwealth. . . . read more – 322 reads

Officials from the T Riders Union, an advocacy group strongly against the proposed fare increase, believe the newly proposed fare increase will only put a Band-Aid on the T’s fiscal woes and in three years the T will be asking taxpayers for more cash. The last fare increase was in 2003. “We are looking to the MBTA to acknowledge there’s a larger problem,” said Lee Matsueda of the T Riders Union. “There’s been a cycle [of fare increases], and the service continues to be the same.” . . . read more – 311 reads

Hurricane Katrina may have put the spotlight on environmental injustice on the Gulf Coast, but a new report demonstrates that profound environmental injustices also exist in Massachusetts. . . . read more – 427 reads