Aug 05, 2025
Clean Steam Ahead: Boston Pioneers Innovative Heating Tech
“eSteam™” is Vicinity Energy’s latest innovation in district heating, which involves heating or cooling a collection of buildings connected to one central source.
Focus Area: Clean Air & Water
Jul 29, 2025
Trump Attacks EPA Climate Finding That Protects Public Health
President Trump is once again siding with Big Oil and Gas over our health. It’s a scientific fact: fossil fuel pollution is deadly.
Jul 14, 2025
Court Rules CLF’s Tailpipe Pollution Case Can Move Forward
This ruling brings us one step closer to protecting the health of our communities and ensuring that polluting companies violating clean air laws can’t avoid accountability.
Jul 10, 2025
Protecting Citizens’ Rights to Sue for Clean Air
When illegally idling vehicles produce toxic fumes, citizens should be able to fight back.
Jul 09, 2025
Two Stories, A Scent of Déjà Vu
Across regions, people are standing up for their health, culture, and environment – pushing back on unjust waste infrastructure and reclaiming power over their communities’ futures. In Old Town, Maine, and New Bedford, Massachusetts, residents are confronting a familiar pattern – and showing what it takes to break the cycle and build lasting change.
Jul 07, 2025
Officials Allow Polluting New Bedford Trash Facility to Proceed
In partnership with the community, CLF has been actively opposing the expanded facility.
Jun 28, 2025
Looking for Leadership on Climate? Rhode Island General Assembly Says “Nothing to See Here!”
Rhode Island legislators chose inaction on issues critical to the health and well-being of Rhode Islanders.
Jun 17, 2025
Lawmakers Greenlight Loophole for Casella to Bring More Out-of-State Waste to Maine
This bill allows Casella to yet again fill the landfill with other states’ construction waste, creating toxic garbage juice that ultimately flows into waterways, like the Penobscot River, and puts people at risk.
Jun 17, 2025
Maine Lawmakers Miss the Mark on Climate and Transportation
This failure keeps us stuck in the same polluting patterns that harm our health, our wallets, and our communities.
Jun 12, 2025
CLF Appeals State’s Approval of Manchester Wastewater Permit
CLF is appealing New Hampshire’s approval of a permit that allows the Manchester Wastewater Treatment Facility to discharge toxic PFAS chemicals – also known as “forever chemicals” – into the Merrimack River.
