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.
Lead poisoning remains a hidden danger in homes, pipes, and soil across New England. The good news? It’s 100% preventable. Learn the facts about lead exposure – and how we can protect families from this toxic threat once and for all.
Decades after lead paint was banned, thousands of New England homes still pose a hidden danger – especially to children. Learn about the ongoing risks of lead exposure, the policy gaps that allow it to persist, and what communities can do to ensure safe, healthy housing for all.
In a milestone moment for clean energy and public health, the last remaining coal-fired power plant in New England is being deactivated.
Toxic litter is fouling our waters. Lakekeeper Julie Silverman is fighting to clean up and protect Lake Champlain.
Two minutes. That’s all it takes to reach the MBTA commuter rail station from the new apartment complex at 191 Talbot Avenue in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. And in many respects, that quick walk is life-changing.
Aruni Ranaweera is CLF’s Community Resilience Policy Fellow, focusing on ensuring public priorities are reflected in how coastal resilience infrastructure is planned and designed. Before joining CLF, Aruni worked at Partnerships for Parks, the New York City Parks Department’s environmental justice community engagement program where she organized neighborhood coalitions around issues of health and community… Continue reading Aruni Ranaweera
Climate change is fueling wildfires, causing dangerous air pollution that worsens public health across New England.
Neighbors organized, educated, and supported one another every step of the way. No one should have to fight this hard just to be safe in their own neighborhood – but they did, and they won.
“We carry a huge air pollution burden, indoors and outdoors,” says Rusty Polsgrove, associate director of Arise for Social Justice, a Springfield environmental justice organization dedicated to defending the rights of the city’s low-income residents. Polsgrove says that Springfield, with its historic districts, diversity, and easy urban-suburban amenities, has been unfairly saddled with an environmental problem that can overshadow the city’s many positive attributes.
