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{{Short description|Massachusetts state agency}}
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The '''Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection {{!}} Mass.gov |url=https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-department-of-environmental-protection |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=www.mass.gov |language=en}}</ref> is an agency in the [[Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs|Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs]] of the [[Massachusetts|Commonwealth of Massachusetts]], responsible for protecting the [[Natural environment|environment]] in the state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bonnie Heiple, an attorney, named MassDEP commissioner |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/03/14/massachusetts-department-of-environmental-protection-commissioner-appointed |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref>  Its areas of responsibility include preventing pollution of air, water, and ground;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lodgen |first=Sherin and |date=2014-05-14 |title=Science Meets Government: MassDEP Moves Forward With Contingency Plan Regulations |url=https://www.sherin.com/real-estate/2014/05/14/science-meets-government-massdep-moves-forward-with-contingency-plan-regulations/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Real Estate |language=en}}</ref> protecting wetlands; waste and recycling issues;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $1.1 Million to Advance Recycling and Materials Reuse {{!}} Mass.gov |url=https://www.mass.gov/news/healey-driscoll-administration-awards-11-million-to-advance-recycling-and-materials-reuse |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=www.mass.gov |language=en}}</ref> regulating hazardous materials; and reducing [[climate change]].

==See also==
* [[Climate change in Massachusetts]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.mass.gov/dep/ Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection]

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[[Category:State environmental protection agencies of the United States]]


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