Focus Area: Climate Change

Jun 01, 2026

Protecting New England’s Sweetest Tradition

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.

A metal sap bucket hangs from a tapped maple tree in a snowy New England sugarbush. Bare trees, patches of melting snow, fallen leaves, and stacked wooden boards fill the background, capturing the quiet winter landscape of maple sugaring season.
May 18, 2026

Federal Lawmakers Drive Us Decades into the Past with New Bill

The bill from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee was an opportunity to address rising transportation pollution, asthma rates, the spiking cost of gas, and the lack of options for people to commute. Instead, the federal government is throwing that all away.

A row of cars alongside a curb plugged into curbside charging stations to recharge while parked. A red sedan is first in view, and then a black/grey SUV behind it.
May 06, 2026

New England Industrial Electrification

A new report finds that it’s not only possible, but critical to upgrade these facilities to electricity so our neighbors don’t live in their polluting shadows.