Jason Lewis is a Leader Who Gets Results for the Environment

Leaders of Massachusetts’ environmental community endorse Jason Lewis for the 5th Middlesex senate seat

 BOSTON – Jason Lewis’ record of accomplishment in the legislature and focus on local issues make him the right choice to replace Katherine Clark in the Massachusetts senate, leaders of the Commonwealth’s environmental community said today.

“In his five years as a state legislator, Jason Lewis has been a driven and effective advocate on environmental issues,” said Elizabeth Saunders, Massachusetts Director of Clean Water Action. “It’s very easy for elected officials to give lip service to the environment, but Jason has been much more than a reliable vote in the legislature, he has been a leader.”
 
Lewis worked closely with Sustainable Winchester, an organization that promotes renewable energy, to help the town earn designation as a Green Community.
 
“If you want a reliable measure of someone’s commitment to  the environment, look at what they have done at the local level,” said Environmental League of Massachusetts Action Fund Treasurer Ken Pruitt, a Winchester resident. “Jason’s work in Winchester should give everyone confidence that he will take his genuine commitment to environmental protection with him to the senate.”
 
Noting his work to hold manufacturers accountable for increasing recycling and decreasing the use of toxic chemicals, environmental leaders also credit Lewis with effective leadership statewide in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
 
“Jason has been a leader on efforts to help communities across the Commonwealth reduce the flow of household solid waste to our landfills, keep toxic chemicals out of water and air and to increase recycling,” said Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters Chair Chuck Anastas. “Jason is also helping to lead the charge to expand the Bottle Bill because he knows that it is the right thing to do.”
 
“Jason Lewis gets things done because he is propelled by the knowledge that climate change is a massive challenge facing us and that dramatic and sustained action is needed to prevent further global warming and to prepare for its effects,” said Phil Sego of the Massachusetts Sierra Club. “We know that Jason Lewis will not just support efforts to create green jobs in Massachusetts and reduce our carbon footprint, he will get results.”
 
Leading up to the Democratic primary on March 4, the environmental community will offer all the support it can to Lewis’ efforts to represent Malden, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield and Winchester in the Massachusetts senate.