Mar 27, 2025
How We’re Fighting Environmental Injustice in New England in 2025
CLF is advocating for bills that promote environmental justice and reduce inequity across New England
Focus Area: Clean Air & Water
Mar 27, 2025
Letting Rivers Flow Freely
The Kennebec River is emblematic of the damage dams can do to healthy rivers. For decades, dams blocked fish passage in Maine, causing a series of cascading problems. That’s why CLF has worked hard to remove dams that are harming people, communities, and wildlife.
Mar 25, 2025
Protecting Pollinators and Ourselves from Toxic Neonicotinoid Pesticides
Neonicotinoids are killing off vulnerable pollinators, polluting the environment, and harming human beings.
Mar 10, 2025
Attacking NOAA and the EPA: Can They Do That?
The Trump administration has taken aim at NOAA and the EPA. We’re ready to fight back.
Mar 06, 2025
Rolling Back EPA Pollution Permits and Projects: Can They Do That?
The Trump administration could try to halt the EPA’s work to protect New England’s waters, but CLF will be ready to fight back.
Mar 05, 2025
SCOTUS Ruling Weakens Clean Water Protections
This Supreme Court has taken away an important tool used by federal and especially state agencies for decades to keep our waters safe from toxic pollution.
Mar 05, 2025
Flawed EIS for Kennebec Dams Ignores Calls for a Collaborative Recovery Solution
A final Environmental Impact Statement issued for four dams on Maine’s lower Kennebec River ignores the best available science and could doom endangered Atlantic salmon to extinction while harming recovery of other sea-run fish.
Feb 24, 2025
A Win for Clean Air in Tailpipe Pollution Case
CLF has won a First Circuit Court of Appeals decision in a lawsuit against Academy Express regarding the bus company’s unlawful tailpipe emissions.
Feb 20, 2025
The Hidden Connections Between Methane, Trees, and Heat Islands
Methane leaks kill trees and contribute to dangerous heat islands.
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.”
