Sep 18, 2025
The Berkshire Future Is Getting Hazier: Wildfires Driven by Climate Change are Clouding Idyllic Skies
Climate change is fueling wildfires, causing dangerous air pollution that worsens public health across New England.
Focus Area: People & Justice
Sep 17, 2025
New Bedford Board of Health Rejects Trash Facility
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.
Sep 15, 2025
Adam Reynolds
Adam Reynolds is an Environmental Justice Fellow at CLF. He works to address cumulative impacts in overburdened communities in Massachusetts and throughout New England. Adam supports the work of leaders who have long fought to reduce pollution in New England’s most impacted communities by ensuring that existing laws are effectively implemented and pushing for better… Continue reading Adam Reynolds
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 22, 2025
Trump’s Cuts to IRA Funding are Anti-Climate and Anti-Farmer
In a short-sighted vendetta against “diversity, equity, and inclusion” the Trump administration has canceled many grants that farmers were relying on to grow their food sustainably.
Jul 18, 2025
CLF Files Brief Urging Court to Reinstate Revoked EPA Funding
The brief supports a motion to restore funding while litigation proceeds – and lays bare the devastating impact these cuts have had on frontline communities.
Jul 15, 2025
Why Rhode Island Must Pass an Environmental Justice Law
What stands in the way of cleaner air, safer drinking water, unpolluted ports, and better health for Rhode Islanders is what we are sorely missing: an environmental justice law that takes a holistic perspective.
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.
Jul 07, 2025
Bottle Return Programs in New England: A Report Card
How does your state stack up in this report card? Could your elected officials be doing more to cut litter and keep bottles out of landfills?
