Trump’s EPA released draft guidance that leaves PFAS protections voluntary and shifts responsibility for avoiding contaminated sewage sludge onto farmers, families, and communities.
For too long, the way Massachusetts approved energy projects failed to fully consider what communities already live with before adding new infrastructure. New energy siting rules taking effect July 1 mark a major step toward a fairer process. CLF and our partners helped win these reforms so residents have more say and decision-makers take a fuller look before approving major projects.
For decades, CLF has been a leading force in holding polluters accountable, protecting Lake Champlain, pushing for stronger safeguards, and driving real progress. That work has made a difference.
We should never put the polluting status-quo over people, especially when it fuels chronic respiratory and cardiac illnesses.
This ruling closes one more courthouse door to people harmed by toxic chemicals in products mass-marketed as safe.
We don’t have to choose between protecting environmental justice communities and advancing the projects we need for a cleaner, more productive economy.
CLF is fighting the Juniper Ridge Landfill expansion, which threatens the Penobscot Nation and local communities. We’re ensuring residents’ voices are heard in the fight to protect their health and environment from harmful pollution.
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.
The governor’s reckless veto puts Vermonters at unnecessary risk of skyrocketing utility bills and unchecked pollution.
Legislators have sent a clear message that Vermont will not sacrifice its communities, public health, or natural resources to accommodate data centers.
