Jun 30, 2023
How Cities Can Prepare for Summer Heat Waves
Climate change means heat waves are getting longer and more frequent. But cities can prepare by implementing three simple steps.
Author: Deanna Moran
Sep 07, 2022
Flooding in Boston Is Growing More Frequent Even on Sunny Days
We must prepare our coastal communities for the increasing frequency and damage associated with high tide flooding. Here’s how.
May 18, 2022
New Tool Calculates Value of Public Benefits in Waterfront Projects
With support from our partners, CLF has developed an online calculator that will help provide greater transparency when balancing waterfront development and the public’s access rights.
Oct 19, 2021
Extreme Weather Is Our New Normal – Here’s How We Need to Brace for It
Climate impacts are here now, but are our communities ready for them? Here’s what we must do to get climate ready.
Sep 21, 2021
Bill Will Prepare Massachusetts Communities for Climate Change
While cutting our climate-damaging emissions remains critical to combatting climate change, we must also prepare for the impacts we know are coming. If we don’t, the consequences will become much more dire – and much more expensive – in the future.
Sep 02, 2021
Is New England Ready for a Hurricane Harvey? (Or Even Another Ida?)
Our region has seen hurricanes and tropical storms before, but, as we’ve just witnessed, it doesn’t have to be a storm of that magnitude to do significant damage. This year’s wet summer has shown that severe storms are becoming more common and intense, and they will only grow more frequent as the climate crisis deepens.
Jun 28, 2021
Enjoy Boston’s Waterfront This Summer… and Reclaim Your Space
If you’re like me, then, after a year of isolation and quarantine, you’re ready to get outside and celebrate summer. What better way to enjoy summer in the city than by spending time with friends and family along Boston’s waterfront? But here’s the thing: Things aren’t all that rosy when it comes to our waterfront.… Continue reading Enjoy Boston’s Waterfront This Summer… and Reclaim Your Space
Apr 30, 2021
It’s Time to Start Closing the Pandemic Loophole on Boston’s Waterfront
With life expected to slowly return to some semblance of normal by the summer, we must continue to find ways to promote public health and the economy. But we also must protect the public’s right to access open space along the city’s waterfront.
Jan 27, 2021
Biden’s Federal Flood Protections Are Positive Step But Local Action Needed, Too
Advocates cheered when President Biden reinstated the Obama-era flood protection standard among his first acts in office. The Biden administration is sending a clear signal that building according to climate patterns of the past is no longer acceptable – we must acknowledge and address increasingly frequent and extreme flooding caused by climate change. Reinstating the federal standard is a critical first step for increasing our national infrastructure’s climate resilience – one that signals the urgent need for action here at home.
Oct 14, 2020
Are Private Developers a Threat to the People’s Harbor?
Private developers deliberately obscure the lines between public and private space along Boston’s waterfront – with the goal to make the general public feel unwelcome – even though we all have the legal right to access much of our waterfront lands. It’s time for private developers to become part of the solution to create a vibrant and welcoming Boston Harbor for all.
