In a letter to President Obama today, CLF added a regional voice to the chorus of national organizations asking him to use the State of the Union address on January 25th to show his support for the Clean Air Act. read more..

The folks who deny that the globe is warming are fond of saying the computer models that show how our climate is changing are wrong. It looks like they may be right - but not in they way they intend. read more..

Learn about CLF's targeted coal plant advocacy with the launch of the Coal-free New England campaign. Find out how CLF is working with Restore America's Estuaries and local residents to bring New England's waterways back to health. Hear from new CLF Ventures CEO Jo Anne Shatkin on what's next for Ventures. And get the lowdown on our new look from CLF President John Kassel. The new issue of Conservation Matters is here. read more..

CLF Director of Clean Energy and Climate Change N. Jonathan Peress appeared on an NHPR segment yesterday to discuss the possibility of state energy utility PSNH increasing the price of power for its consumers. He argued that the proposed price increases are the result of PSNH's struggle to cover increasing costs of their aging facilities. read more..

When the Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plan came out on December 29, laying out roughly 40 policies to get the state’s greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, the proposal to test a fledgling concept called Pay-As-You-Drive (PAYD) (See page 61) auto insurance emerged as the plan’s poster child. read more..

It was thrilling to attend the meeting of the RI Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) last night, where the Council voted unanimously to reject the application of Champlin's Marina to expand by several hundred feet into the Great Salt Pond of Block Island. The vote probably brings to a final conclusion a lawsuit that CLF has been fighting for the last seven years in the CRMC, in the Superior Court, and in the R.I. Supreme Court. read more..

It's difficult to imagine a day like today in Boston without the aid of salt to make our roads safe to use. read more..

The Vermont Public Service Board began hearings this week on what to do about the leaks at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power facility in southern Vermont. CLF is asking the Board to shut down the plant until all the leaks are repaired and the site is cleaned up. read more..

The Maine Alliance for Sustainable Transportation (MAST), a statewide coalition of which CLF is a member, has submitted a proposal to increase commuter transit options, reduce household expenditures on gasoline and diesel, increase employment opportunities and productivity and reduce government expenditures by expanding the routes of the highly-successful ZOOM Turnpike Express bus services along the Maine Turnpike corridor. The program would also establish a fund for the improved maintenance of Maine’s roadways. read more..

Let’s say you are a state agency tasked with making a tough choice on how to spend your money. Your options are: a. Spend $150 million on widening 9 miles of highway despite the fact that volume has waned; b. Spend $56 million on building another toll booth; c. Spend $3.8 million on expanding an existing, highly successful bus service that will benefit thousands of commuters. read more..