By many measures, our climate outlook here in the United States is grim. Our president denies the settled science of climate change. Our natural monuments are being pillaged for oil and gas. And a coal lobbyist now heads the Environmental Protection Agency, the federal entity charged with protecting our health, not endangering it. Despite these…
Sep 11
2018
2018
Jun 7
2018
2018
Mayors Climate Summit: Less Talk, More Action
Today, hundreds of mayors are convening in Boston to talk about climate change. We’re calling on them to walk the walk when it comes to climate action – these solutions can’t wait.
Feb 17
2017
2017
Whose Side Will Scott Pruitt Really Be On?
Scott Pruitt is more than just a threat to our environment – he’s a threat to our economy, our safety, and our entire way of life. The stakes are too high to stand idly by. CLF is ready for the fight.
Dec 8
2016
2016
Doubling Down and Getting to Work: A Message for Our Times
As we head into the final weeks of 2016, we face a very different world than we did at this same time last year. On the one hand, we have just come through an election marked by rancor and division, racism and anger. A climate denier and Big Oil lobbyist is leading the EPA through…
Nov 15
2016
2016
Getting Ready for the Battles Ahead: A Message from CLF President Brad Campbell
I want personally to reach out to our supporters to talk about the election and its impact on our work here at CLF. For us and I am sure for you, Donald Trump’s victory was a stunning and disturbing end to a disheartening election – disheartening because our priorities as an organization and our values…
Sep 15
2016
2016
A Historic Moment for New England: A Marine National Monument in the Atlantic!
With Marine National Monument designation in the Atlantic, President Obama seals conservation legacy President Obama is making history today, announcing the designation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, which will become the only fully protected large marine area in the U.S. Atlantic Ocean. Until today, zero miles of the U.S. Atlantic were…
Aug 24
2016
2016
Maine’s North Woods Monument a Fitting Celebration of the National Park Service’s Legacy
If you’ve spent time in the woods in Maine, you know how hard it is to describe the peace and wonder that come with being amidst such natural beauty. Henry David Thoreau probably said it best when he wrote that “the tops of the mountains are the unfinished parts of the globe” and the gateways…
Jul 12
2016
2016
Collaboration Toward a Greener Future
By Charles River Watershed Association and Conservation Law Foundation Since 1949, the Kendall Cogeneration Station, located near Longfellow Bridge and now owned by Veolia, had been withdrawing 77 million gallons of Charles River water to cool its three turbines. Called “once-through” cooling, the water was pumped through a piping network and used to convert the steam that had already…
Jul 8
2016
2016
Massachusetts AG Healey is Right to Take on ExxonMobil
The following blog post is co-authored with Kelsey Wirth, co-founder and Chair of Mother’s Out Front, a national grassroots advocacy organization. Just as the City of Boston issued yet another report about the city’s vulnerability to potentially devastating climate change impacts from fossil fuel use, ExxonMobil and its surrogates are attacking anyone with the temerity to scrutinize…
Apr 6
2016
2016
Where Is Our Ocean Champion in New England?
I have had the privilege of seeing Senator Ed Markey lead on tough environmental issues in the House, in the Senate, here in Massachusetts, and at the recent Paris Climate talks. On both climate change and ocean conservation, he has been our champion. So when new research announced last week by prominent scientists from the…