Focus Area: People & Justice

Mar 03, 2025

CT Advocates Rally for Bold Climate Action

Climate and clean energy advocates from across Connecticut gathered at the State Capitol and called for improved access to cost-saving clean energy, lower pollution, and build healthy and resilient communities.

Connecticut state house building where senators and representatives meet to discuss legislative issues.
Feb 27, 2025

Rolling Back Environmental Justice Regulations: Can They Do That? 

The Trump administration is working to roll back environmental justice protections like Justice40 and Title VI – but can they really do that? Undoing these policies won’t be easy, but their strategy goes beyond legal challenges. Learn how communities can fight back against these attacks on clean air, safe water, and environmental equity.

A wooden gavel held by a hand is poised above a small globe balancing on a judge's sound block, symbolizing the intersection of environmental justice and legal decisions. The background is blurred, emphasizing the focus on the gavel and Earth.
Feb 14, 2025

Rebuilding Allston’s Future: Prioritize People Over Pavement

Highways have cut Allston off for decades, limiting how people move and connect. The Allston Multimodal Project is a chance to fix that—if we push MassDOT to prioritize people, not just cars. Here’s how we can make it work for everyone.

Aerial view of the Allston Interchange and surrounding rail yards, highways, and industrial land, showing the barriers dividing the neighborhood from the Charles River. The Allston Multimodal Project aims to reconnect these communities.
Feb 07, 2025

6 Reasons Why We Waste So Much Food (and How We Can Stop)

We have a food waste problem. Each year, the U.S. trashes about 125 to 160 billion pounds of food. And while several factors play into our increasing wastefulness, the good news is, we have readily available solutions at hand.

Best-before date label on aluminum can
Feb 07, 2025

The Truth about Plastic Bag Bans

Several studies have emerged challenging the effectiveness of plastic bag bans. These studies and their coverage in the media are causing some confusion among consumers and legislators. We want to set the record straight, as studies critiquing plastic bag bans don’t account for the broader scope of plastics.

Single-use plastic bags threaten our environment.
Feb 07, 2025

What’s Wrong with Burning Trash, Anyway?

Incinerator companies have done a great job green-washing their true impacts on communities by implying that so-called “waste-to-incineration” facilities are good neighbors offering a safe process that eliminates waste, allows for robust recycling programs, and generates renewable energy. Nothing could be further from the truth. The reality is burning waste harms the health, environment, and economy of many communities. The perceived benefits simply aren’t worth the risk.

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