May 08, 2025
Fighting Climate Change, One State at a Time
States need to rise to the occasion and fight climate change on a local level
Campaign: Clean Technology
May 07, 2025
Six Ways States Can Lead the Fight On Climate Change Right Now
The Trump administration has launched an all-out legal attack on states’ authority to set climate change policy, but the president has come to the fight That’s why we’re urging state and local leaders to remain steadfast in pursuing environmental and climate change policies they know will improve the health of the planet.
Feb 27, 2025
Rolling Back Environmental Justice Regulations: Can They Do That?
The Trump administration is working to roll back environmental justice protections like Justice40 and Title VI – but can they really do that? Undoing these policies won’t be easy, but their strategy goes beyond legal challenges. Learn how communities can fight back against these attacks on clean air, safe water, and environmental equity.
Feb 19, 2025
Turning Up the Heat with Geothermal Energy
Zeyneb Magavi is executive director of HEET, a Boston-based nonprofit (and a CLF partner) dedicated to spreading the gospel of geothermal energy. She sees geothermal networks linking hundreds of homes and businesses through pipes snaking deep underground as part of “an ethical and efficient thermal energy transition.”
Dec 17, 2024
Conservation Matters: Winter 2024
CLF will continue to counter Trump and make climate and environmental progress in the next four years.
Dec 09, 2024
Clean Heat
If New Englanders hope to address the climate crisis, more of us must upgrade our old oil boilers and gas furnaces to electric heat. Our buildings are responsible for nearly a third of all the carbon pollution overheating our planet.
Jul 10, 2024
Robert King on the Power of Water
Robert King has nursed neglected dams back to health for more than 30 years. He says his story shows how regular people concerned about climate change can make a difference.
Jul 03, 2024
Railing Against the Wind
Local anti-wind citizens’ groups are using pro-environment rhetoric to turn public opinion against offshore wind, a tactic borrowed from fossil fuel companies.
Jun 24, 2024
5 Lessons for Communities in Negotiating New Energy Infrastructure
CLF worked with Salem Alliance for the Environment (SAFE), a local community group, to negotiate with the mayor of Salem and an offshore wind developer a legal contract known as a Community Benefits Agreement. Here, we present 5 takeaways from our work with the local community.
Jun 05, 2024
Winds of Change
The Salem Harbor site where a coal-fired power plant once stood is slated to become a clean energy offshore wind port terminal in 2026, launching New England definitively into a clean energy future.
