Mar 18, 2026
Getting Road Salt Out of Our Waters
Vermont is fighting to keep our streets clear without polluting waterways
Campaign: Tackling Toxic Chemicals
Dec 09, 2025
CLF Appeals Federal Approval of Manchester Wastewater Permit
PFAS are found in wastewater from industrial users sent to Manchester’s Wastewater Treatment Facility, the largest wastewater treatment plant in northern New England.
May 29, 2025
The Truth About Indoor Air Quality
We spend so much time indoors, working, studying, exercising, or just lounging around on the couch that indoor air quality – or the lack of it – can profoundly affect our health.
Apr 22, 2025
The Truth About Plastic
Big Plastic has sold us on these easy-to-use plastic products and packaging, even though their effects, in the long run, are neither quick nor easy. In fact, the intrusion of plastic into every conceivable corner of our lives is contributing to the degradation of not only the planet but of our very own bodies.
Apr 08, 2025
Exposure to Chemicals is Making Our Kids Sick
In the 1970s, Philip J. Landrigan conducted groundbreaking work linking lead in gasoline and paint to a lowered IQ in children exposed to it. Now he’s sounding the alarm about the pesticides and plastics in our lives that are also compromising the health of both children and adults.
Dec 23, 2024
Progress Report: Tackling Toxic Chemicals
New England’s drinking water is under threat from dangerous chemicals. Toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, otherwise known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” infiltrate water because they are widely used in consumer, commercial, and industrial products.
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 05, 2024
New Hampshire Needs Leadership on Issues that Will Shape Our Future
As Governor-elect Kelley Ayotte prepares for office, she has an opportunity to tackle challenges facing the health of our communities and environment.
Aug 02, 2024
New Hampshire Bans Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed into law today an important bill that will stop the spread of toxic chemical pollution by banning PFAS—or “forever chemicals”—in many consumer products sold in New Hampshire.
Jul 26, 2024
Stopping Dangerous Chemical Pollution in Manchester and the Merrimack River
In Manchester, New Hampshire, treated wastewater gets released into the Merrimack River and sludge is burned in an on-site incinerator. That means these dangerous chemicals are released into our water and air every day.
