New England’s Best Beaches (And How We’re Protecting Them)
Our favorite shores deserve to be protected from climate change, pollution, and other threats.

Our favorite shores deserve to be protected from climate change, pollution, and other threats.

This agreement strikes an important balance between addressing Vermont’s urgent housing shortage and protecting wetlands that are so critical to the state’s resilience.

Boston needs a comprehensive, well-funded plan to protect our coast from climate change.

Boston deserves a plan that embraces the innovative, nature-based solutions our communities have already helped design.

Extreme heat forced FIFA to add new protections for players and fans during the 2026 World Cup. Yet the tournament also gave oil giant Aramco a global platform, exposing the contradiction at the heart of sportswashing: celebrating the game while helping a major polluter polish its image.

Climate change is threatening New England’s maple sugaring season, making it shorter and more unpredictable. At Clark’s Sugar House in New Hampshire, one family’s story shows what’s at stake for one of the region’s oldest traditions.

Weather whiplash, unpredictable weather patterns and extreme weather are becoming increasingly frequent. These are changes we can see and feel and it’s time to prepare.

We need a system open before, during, and after extreme weather events to keep our communities safe.

Today, in the era of climate change, the winter sports that were once integral to New England’s identity are skating, literally, on thin ice. Gone is the certainty that on any given weekend in January, conditions will be cold and snowy enough for beloved sports like snowboarding, skiing, ice skating, or sledding.

The state must pair this plan with common-sense, long-overdue standards to stop unsafe development and truly safeguard our coastal communities for the long term.
