Environmental Organizations
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The Alliance for Environmental Innovation |
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| 18 Tremont St. Suite 850 Boston, MA 02108 (617)-723-2996 Fax: (617)-723-2999 Email: Alliance@environmentaldefense.org |
Changing the way business thinks about the environment by working with private companies to implement innovative environmental strategies. |
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| c/o Clean Water Fund 36 Bromfield Street. #204 Boston, MA 02108 (617) 338-8131 Email: info@healthytomorrow.org |
A coalition of citizens, scientists, health professionals, workers, and educators seeking to establish new government policies to prevent harm to our health from toxic hazards. |
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| 2343 Washington St, 2nd Floor |
Based in Roxbury, Mass, ACE has been working in partnership with low income communities and communities of color to achieve environmental justice since 1993. They provide legal and technical support, educational programs, and organizing assistance to community groups throughout New England to solve environmental problems and develop local environmental leadership. |
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| (978) 667-4340 Email: riverpines@attbi.com |
Providing scientific expertise that can help shape State and Federal wetland policies and regulations; Their educational workshops, internet presence and publications make them a leader in the growing field of wetland protection. |
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| Box 44-1017 Somerville, MA 02144 (617) 497-6527 Email: info@basea.org |
"Promoting renewable energy for a sustainable future."; BASEA fosters the design and use of solar and sustainable energy technologies through education, advocacy, and the demonstration of practical, cost effective techniques. |
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| (617)492-6614 (MCAN) Email: janderson@neaq.org (BCAN) CambClimAct@aol.com (MCAN) |
Dedicated to halting the threat of global climate change, they are striving to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, principally carbon dioxide (CO2), in our communities and the state. |
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| PO Box 2362 Boston MA 02107 (617)524-8110 Email: beth@bostonglobalaction.net |
"Bringing the ‘Spirit of Seattle’ to Boston"; BGAN educates and mobilizes people for social justice, the environment, cultural survival, labor and human rights in the face of neoliberalism, militarism, and corporate-driven globalization. They are a diverse, non-partisan network of over 20 local, national, and global grassroots organizations. |
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| 36 Bromfield St, #201 Boston, MA 02108 (617)426-7980 Fax: (617)426-6597 Email: ptodisco@greenspacealliance.org |
A private, nonprofit organization dedicated to "promoting the protection, creation, care, and use of Boston’s parks and open spaces for all." They serve as a watchdog on policy and planning matters affecting open space throughout the city.
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| 374 Congress Street, Suite 609 Boston, MA 02210 (617) 482-1722 Fax: (617) 482-9750 Email: mail@tbha.org |
The Boston Harbor Association is the leading harbor advocacy group working to promote a clean, alive, and accessible Boston Harbor. They advocate for greater public access and open space along Boston Harbor, promote the Port of Boston's economy, educates urban youths about Boston Harbor and related career opportunities, encourage affordable public water transportation throughout the Harbor, monitor water quality improvements, and work for the restoration of Boston Harbor Beaches. |
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| 59 Temple Place, #558 Boston, MA 02111 (617)542-7696 Fax: (617)542-0383 Email: info@bostonnatural.org |
Boston Natural Areas Network, organized in 1977, works to preserve, expand and improve urban open space through community organizing, acquisition, ownership, programming, development and management of special kinds of urban land - Urban Wilds, Greenways and Community Gardens. In all its endeavors, BNAN is guided by local citizens advocating for their open spaces and assisting them to preserve and shape their communities. |
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| 1657 Cambridge St. #3 Cambridge ,MA. USA 02138-4316 Email:DoanePerry@compuserve.com |
An organization composed of citizens' groups and individuals working together with the City of Cambridge in building support for the protection and management of community trees. |
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| Email: cetinfo@cetonline.org | "Energy and environmental services for the entire community"; CET's mission is to "research, develop, demonstrate and promote technologies that have the least destructive impact on the natural ecology of the Earth." |
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| Laura Inkeles, Northeast Organizer 59 Temple Place, Suite #669 Boston, MA 02111 (617)542-2782 Fax: (617)542-6755 Email: laura@envirocitizen.org |
A national non-partisan organization, founded by young activists to encourage college students to be environmental citizens. CEC is dedicated to educating, training, and organizing a diverse, national network of young leaders to protect the environment. |
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| P.O. Box 215 Boston, MA 02215 781-386-0926 Email: contact@cleancharles.org |
The Clean Charles Coalition is a voluntary association of industries, academic and research institutions, public interest groups and other oragnizations that have joined in support of a fishable and swimmable Charles River by 2005. |
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| 104 Eldredge Street Newton, Massachusetts 02458 (617)641-9131 Fax: (617)641-9304 Email: crc@charlesriverconservancy.org |
CRC is a nonprofit advocacy group dedicated to the renovation, maintenance and enrichment of the Charles River Basin and its surroundings, particularly its parks, parkways, and bridges. |
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| 2391 Commonwealth Ave. Newton, MA 02466 (617)965-5975 Fax: (617)332-9465 Email: crwa@crwa.org |
One of the country’s first watershed organizations, CRWA is a nonprofit protecting the health, beauty, and accessibility of the Charles River and its watershed. |
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| COEJL -Greater Boston Chapter, c/o JCRC 126 High Street Boston, MA 02110-2700 (617)457-8670 Fax: (617)988-6255 Email: coejl@jcrcboston.org |
COEJL is a volunteer-run grassroots organization that is dedicated to being a positive force for social and environmental change. Through advocacy, education and outreach, we promote the Jewish imperative to steward the Earth. In acting on this imperative, we embrace all denominations and partner with diverse communities to mobilize for change. |
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| Old City Hall School Street Boston, MA 02108 (617)725-0597 Fax: (617) 523-3782 |
A statewide partnership of organizations and individuals committed to environmental improvement, sustainable development, access to affordable housing, and preservation of our historic heritage. |
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| CLF Boston Advocacy Center 62 Summer Street Boston, MA 02110-1016 (617) 350-0990 Fax: (617) 350-4030 Email: dlevin@clf.org |
The Conservation Law Foundation is the largest regional environmental advocacy organization in the United States. A nonprofit, public interest group, they are based in New England, where their attorneys, scientists, economists, and policy experts work on the most significant threats to the natural environment of the region, and to the health of its residents. |
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| Earth Share of New England 5 Joy Street Boston, MA 02108 (877)207-5756 Fax: (202)537-7101 Email: info@earthshare.org |
Fostering environmental philanthropy through public education and workplace
giving. Earth Share of New England is a coalition of leading environmental organizations working to protect and preserve our natural resources and public health. |
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| 14 Beacon Street, Suite 714 Boston, MA 02108 (617) 742-2553 Fax: (617) 742-9656 E-Mail: elm@environmentalleague.org |
ELM is dedicated to protecting the air, water, and land for the people of the commonwealth. They do this by voicing citizens' concerns, educating the public, advocating for strong environmental laws, and ensuring that our laws are implemented and enforced.
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| 349 Lincoln Street Bldg 45 Hingham, MA 02043 (781)740-4290 Email: fbhi@earthlink.net |
Offering a wide variety of volunteer opportunities, the Friends make an effort to connect people with the islands of Boston Harbor. |
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| 11 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)497-7440 Fax: (617)876-4277 Email: psrmabo@igc.org |
GBPSR is an affiliate of the national organization originally created to address the health consequences of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. They have since broadened their mission to include the health consequences of environmental pollution and degradation and have been active in educating the medical community on the linkages between environmental exposures and health, activating members to work to protect public health, assisting grassroots groups with technical and scientific issues relating to human health and environment issues, and participating in public policy debates. |
The Greater Boston Urban Resources Partnership |
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| Stacey Compton-Maga, Executive Director The Freedon House 14 Crawford Street, Roxbury, MA 02119 Att: The Greater Boston Urban Resources Partnership (617) 445-3700 Email: stacey@freedomhouse.com |
GB-URP is a coalition of community organizations and agencies, business, and federal, state, and local governments whose mission is to help urban communities carry out strategies that link social, economic, and environmental concerns. To this end, the Partnership's members work together to develop stewardship and support services and coordinate and provide expertise, funding, and in-kind services to community-based organizations and local governments through Greater Boston. |
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| 29 Temple Place Boston, MA 02111 (617)426-8506 Fax: (617)292-8057 |
Green Corps' mission is to teach the next generation of environmental leaders the strategies and skills they'll need to win tomorrow's environmental battles while providing critical field support for today's pressing environmental problems. |
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| 320 Washington Street Brookline, MA 02445 (617)566-2600 Fax: (617)739-3550 Emal: inbox@investorscircle.net |
"Venture Capital for a Sustainable Future" IC is a non-profit national network of angel and institutional investors, foundation officers and entrepreneurs who seek to balance financial, social and environmental returns. They are dedicated to catalyzing the flow of capital to private companies that deliver commercial solutions to social and environmental problems. |
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| Mike Fogelberg New England Regional Director 3313 Washington Street, Suite 4 Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (617)983-3263 Fax: 617-983-3265 Email: mike_fogelberg@lcvef.org |
The LCV Education Fund is dedicated to making a difference for the environment. They work to help environmentalists and leaders of environmental organizations recognize and take full advantage of their ability to make a real, significant and lasting improvement in the quality of our lives and the future of our world. By empowering people and promoting collaboration among environmental, conservation and other allied groups, we can, and do, help transform popular support for the environment into lasting environmental policy. |
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| MACC Main Office 10 Juniper Rd. Belmont, MA 02478 (617) 489-3930 (617) 489-3935 fax |
"Protecting Wetlands & Open Space Through Education & Advocacy" Founded in 1961 to support, educate and advocate on behalf of conservation commissions, their mission is to foster environmental quality and the conservation of wetlands and other natural resources. |
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| Massachusetts Audubon Society 208 South Great Road Lincoln, MA 01773 (781) 259-9500 800-AUDUBON |
The Massachusetts Audubon Society is the largest conservation organization in New England, concentrating its efforts on protecting the nature of Massachusetts for people and wildlife. They protect conservation land, conduct educational programs, and advocate for found environmental policies at the local, state, and federal levels. MassAudubon maintains 41 wildlife sanctuaries that are open to the public. |
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| 240 Beaver St. Waltham, MA 02154-8022 (888)307-TREE Email: mcfcouncil@aol.com |
A non-profit statewide coalition of professional associations, nonprofit groups, and town and state organizations dedicated to improving the quality of life and the environment through the planting and care of community trees and forests. Their mission: to enhance and sustain the trees and forests in the communities of Massachusetts. |
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Massachusetts Community Water Watch is a joint program between AmeriCorps and the MASSPIRG Education Fund. Water Watch works to organize students and community members and empower them to address water quality problems in Massachusetts' urban areas through education and service, particularly river cleanups, stream monitoring, and environmental education. |
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| 670 Centre Street Boston, MA 02130-2511 (617)524-3950 or (800)287-3950 Fax: (617)524-0776 Email: info@massenergy.com |
A nonprofit, consumer alliance organization that combines advocacy and market-based solutions on behalf of consumers and the environment. |
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| Cristina Pratt, Associate Director Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition 2 Clock Tower Place, Suite 500 Maynard, MA 01754 (978)897-0739 Fax: (978)461-0322 Email: cpratt@massland.org |
An informal association of Massachusetts land trusts and conservation organizations whose mission is to increase the individual and collective effectiveness of Massachusetts land trusts and conservation organizations. A great resource for locating all land trusts within the state. |
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| 29 Temple Place Boston, MA 02111 (617)292-4800 Fax: (617)292-8057 Email: masspirg@masspirg.org |
A nonprofit, public interest advocate whose mission is to deliver persistent, result-oriented public interest activism that protects our environment, encourages a fair, sustainable economy, and fosters responsive, democratic government. *also visit the National Environmental Law Center, a non-profit environmental litigation center founded by the state PIRGs to take enforcement action againts the nation's worst polluters. |
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| MassRecycle, Inc. 198 Tremont Street - Mail Box 143 Boston, MA 02116 (617) 338-0244 E-mail: info@massrecycle.org |
MassRecycle is a statewide coalition of individuals, governments, businesses, institutions and non-profit organizations dedicated to promoting and realizing the vital environmental, social and economic benefits created by reducing, reusing, and recycling waste materials, and by increasing the utilization of recycled products. |
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| 14 Monument Square P.O. Box 577 Leominster, MA 01453 (978) 534-0379 Fax: (978) 534-1329 Email: mwc@commonwaters.org |
The Coalition is a network of local organizations that are committed to the protection, sound management and enhancement of Massachusetts rivers and watershed ecosystems.
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| Massachusetts Wildlife Federation Post Office Box 188 Concord, MA 01742 Email: info@masswildfed.org |
An independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of wildlife and wildlife habitat through comprehensive natural resource management and through a variety of compatible activities. The Federation promotes and advises on educational and legislative programs addressing issues which affect wildlife habitat and environmental quality, primarily but not exclusively, in Massachusetts. |
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| The Massachusetts Chapter of The Nature Conservancy 205 Portland Street, Suite 400 Boston, MA 02114 (617) 227-7017 Fax: (617) 227-7688 Email: mmail@tnc.org |
Their mission: to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. |
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| NESCB |
A community of conservation researchers, educators, students and practitioners of New England whose goal is to promote environmental planning, assure that communities are adequately informed, and focus on the conservation of species, habitats and vital ecosystem services by targeting specific issues from local to global scales for our concerted intervention. |
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| New England Wildflower Society at Garden in the Woods 180 Hemenway Rd. Framingham, MA 01701 (508)877-7630 Fax: (508)877-3658 TTY: (508)877-6553 Email: newfs@newfs.org |
The oldest plant conservation organization in the United States, promoting the conservation of temperate North American plants through: |
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| 101 Merrimac Street Boston, MA 02114 (617) 367-8540 Fax: (617) 742-9162 |
An interstate association of air quality control divisions in the Northeast states whose purpose is to exchange technical information, and to promote cooperation and coordination of technical and policy issues regarding air quality control among the member states. |
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| 59 Temple Place, Suite 304 Boston, MA 20111 (617)451-2860 Fax: (617)451-0496 Email: shsb@savetheharbor.org |
A Boston based, nonprofit environmental advocacy group whose original mission was to make sure the then filthiest harbor in America was fishable and swimmable by the end of the century. They now continue to work to restore, protect, and celebrate Boston Harbor and Mass Bay. |
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| Anthony Cortese, Second Nature, Inc. PO Box 120007 Boston, MA 02112-0007 (617) 876-3534 Email: acortese@secondnature.org. |
Dedicated to accelerating a process of transformation in higher education, they chose to assist colleges and universities in their quest to integrate sustainability as a core component of all education and practice, and to help expand their efforts to make human activity sustainable. |
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| 100 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 (617) 423-5775 Fax: (617) 423-5858 Email: office@sierraclubmass.org |
Inspired by nature, Sierra clubs’ members work together to protect our communities and the planet. The Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization consisting of environmental activists who focus on a issues that affect the quality of life in their regions including urban sprawl, air quality, transportation, and the preservation of open space. Also addressed are regional issues such as wetlands preservation, pollution and runoff, and the disruption of sea life. |
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| 29 Crafts Street Newton, MA 02458 (617) 332-4288 Email: info@silentspring.org |
A partnership of scientists, physicians, public health advocates, and community activists united around the common goal of identifying and changing the links between the environment and women's health, especially breast cancer. |
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| 670 Centre Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (617)524-3950 fax: (617)524-0776 email: info@solarboston.org |
Solar Boston, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's Million Solar Roofs Program, provides the resources and information to make it easier to pursue a solar project in the Boston area. Together we are working to overcome the barriers and educate the public about the benefits of solar. |
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| Astor Station P.O. Box 462 Boston, MA 02123-0462 (617)675-7774 Email: Massachusetts@surfrider.org |
An all-volunteer chapter composed of local New England surfers and environmentalists, dedicated to the preservation of the New England coastal environment, elimination of pollution, and open access to our beaches. |
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| 11 Arlington Street Boston, MA 02116-3411 (617) 266-5400 Fax: (617) 266-8303 Email: info@tellus.org |
A nonprofit research and consulting organization whose projects address policy and planning issues in such areas as energy, water, waste, and land use, while focusing on environmental stewardship and equitable development. * Tellus is home of the Stockholm Environment Institute-Boston, an international research organization focusing on the issue of sustainable development. |
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| 29 Temple Place Boston, MA 02111 (617) 747-4389 Email: mwilson@toxicsaction.org |
Working in issues that threaten the health and safety of residents, neighborhoods and the environment, they offer group consultations, expert referrals, conferences, and information guides, and will help wage effective campaigns to force stubborn polluters and unresponsive bureaucracies to protect the health and safety of your community. |
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| New England Regional Office 33 Union St., 4th Floor Boston, MA 02108 (617)367-6200 Fax: (617)367-1616 Email:l.heather.wiggins@tpl.org |
(for Massachusetts site, select state on national page) The only national nonprofit working exclusively to protect land for human enjoyment and well-being, land conservation is central to TPL’s mission. They help conserve land for recreation and spiritual nourishment and to improve the health and quality of life of American communities. |
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| 572 Essex Street Beverly, MA 01915-1530 (978) 921-1944 Fax: (978) 921-1948 Email: akendall@ttor.org |
A nonprofit organization formed for charitable purposes to preserve, for public use and enjoyment, landscapes of exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value in Massachusetts and to protect special places across the state. They also offer expert assistance and advice on conservation and preservation techniques. |
The Wilderness Society (Northeast Region) |
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| Northeast Regional Office 45 Bromfield St., Ste. 1101 Boston, MA 02108 (617)350-8866 Email: ne@tws.org |
The Wilderness Society works to protect America's wilderness and to develop a nation-wide network of wild lands through public education, scientific analysis and advocacy. Their goal is to ensure that future generations will enjoy the clean air and water, wildlife, beauty and opportunities for recreation and renewal that pristine forests, rivers, deserts and mountains provide. |
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| Antonia Pollak, Commissioner 1 City Hall Plaza, Room 805 Boston, MA 02201 (617)635-3850 Fax: (617)635-3435 E-mail:Environment@ci.boston.ma.us |
The ED aims to protect our built and natural environments and provide information on environmental issues affecting Boston.
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| 251 Causeway Street, Suite 600 Boston MA 02114-2104 (617) 626-1250 |
The DEM is the state's primary land management and natural resource planning agency.
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| 1 Winter Street Boston, MA 02108-4746 (617)292-5500 |
The DEP provides information and access to the state’s environmental programs and projects, statutes and regulation, consumer information and much more. |
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| Wayne MacCallum, Director 251 Causeway St, Suite 400 Boston, MA 02114-2152 (617) 626-1590 Email: Mass.Wildlife@state.ma.us |
The DFW works to conserve and manage our wildlife heritage by offering expertise and assistance, addressing issues involving wildlife and habitat, and making sure people understand and comply with laws designed to protect our populations of wild plants and animals. |
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| 33 Union Street, 4th Floor Boston, MA 02108 (617)727-0249 Fax: (617)727-0251 Email: env.trust@state.ma.us |
An environmental philanthropy established by the state through the settlement of a federal lawsuit over the pollution of Boston Harbor, the Trust works in concert with government agencies, environmental organizations, educational institutions, the legal community, and individuals to raise environmental awareness and to protect and preserve the Commonwealth’s natural resources. |
Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs |
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| 251 Causeway Street, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02114 (617) 626-1000 Fax: (617) 626-1181 |
This office oversees our state’s environment; governs other offices and agencies such as the Department of Fish and Wildlife, Mass. Environmental Policy Act, Division of Conservation Services, Mass Wetlands Restoration Program, and much more. |
