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State Environmental Spending--Home Page
- ELM Green Budgets
2007 2006 2005 2002 2001 2000 1999 - ELM Testimony and Reports
- Links & Past Budget News
- Green Budget 2007
- ELM’s Letter on Amendments to House Ways and Means Committee
- Friend of the General Court Brief in Support of the Green Budget
- Green Budget Appeal
- ELM's 2006 Green Budget and State Budget News
- ELM's Letter to the House Regarding Proposed Amendments
- ELM's Testimony to the Senate and House Ways & Means Committees
- Worcester Telegram & Gazette Senate budget ups ante by John Monahan 5/18/05
- MetroWest Daily News Senate plan would keep pools, beaches open entire summer by Jon Brodkin 05/19/05
- Boston Globe article Green movement pales in Bay State by Beth Daley 2/21/05
- WAMC, Northeast Public Radio Interviews ELM's Megan Amundson Massachusetts Environmental Spending 48th in Nation by Eesha Williams 2/22/05
Green Budget Press Coverage
- Green Budget 2005
- ELM’s Recommendations to Budget Conference Committee
- Environmental League Reacts to Legislative Plan to Sell Naming Rights to State Parks
- Budget Cuts Roll Back Environmental and Public Health Protections
- Testimony Regarding the Fiscal Year 2004 Budget
ELM's testimony to Members of the Committees on Ways and Means, March 28, 2003 - Testimony Regarding the Office of Commonwealth Development
ELM's testimony to the Senate Committee on State Administration, April 15, 2003 - Testimony Regarding the Fiscal Year 2004 Budget
ELM's testimony to EOEA, September 25, 2002 - Summary of Environmental Budget Cuts 2001-2003
See how funding for state environmental programs has fared in recent years.
- Green Budget Archives--see how environmental programs fared in recent state budgets
Lobby Day For Environmental Programs
Thank you for your participation! View photos of the event.- Environmental Bond Bill
- In December 2002, the Environmental League joined with business, industry, and others in the private sector to advocate for maintenance-level funding for the Department of Environmental Protection, and suggesting that increased fees would be one way to increase revenues. Click here to see the letter sent to legislative leaders.
Also see excerpts from a DEP report on the status of the Agency's budget as of December 2002.
- Budget Cuts Lead to Layoffs
DEP Press Release, October 3, 2002