Aug 21, 2025
“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.
Jul 29, 2025
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 09, 2025
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
In partnership with the community, CLF has been actively opposing the expanded facility.
Jun 28, 2025
Rhode Island legislators chose inaction on issues critical to the health and well-being of Rhode Islanders.
Jun 23, 2025
CLF’s move means the Waste Management Council will also hear about other dangers neighbors raised, not just the traffic issues.
Jun 19, 2025
Conservative media and even some conservation spaces want you to believe that Black people don’t care about the environment, nor do they vote for the environment. I find that ironic, considering I was raised by farmers and environmentalists on both sides of my family. They cared about taking care of the environment because it was the only thing they had.
Jun 17, 2025
This failure keeps us stuck in the same polluting patterns that harm our health, our wallets, and our communities.
Jun 11, 2025
With more boots on the ground than ever across all six New England states, we will be undaunted in these fights and the many others to come.
May 29, 2025
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.
