State: Connecticut

Oct 28, 2025

The Villain, a Cure, and a Shift

We’ve got to understand that this is about to become a flaming pocketbook issue for Americans who right now don’t see climate change as something that immediately affects them.

Oct 21, 2025

Case by Case: CLF is Challenging Trump in Court

Despite Donald Trump’s sometimes hourly flip-flopping, his overall objective is clear: He wants to centralize power in the executive branch while dismantling an imagined “deep state.” His actions are hurting our democracy, people, and the environment.

U.S. President Donald Trump on a laptop screen
Oct 20, 2025

CLF Welcomes New CT PURA Nominees

Our decision makers must now focus on the road ahead and build a more reliable and affordable energy future for everyone.

Connecticut state house building where senators and representatives meet to discuss legislative issues.
Oct 20, 2025

Five Things You Need to Know About Lead Poisoning

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.

Close-up of a gloved hand holding a blood vial labeled "Lead (Pb) - Test," surrounded by test tubes, a syringe, and a stethoscope on a medical report – illustrating how lead poisoning is diagnosed through blood testing.
Oct 14, 2025

Painting a Safer Tomorrow

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.

A row of aging New England triple-decker homes in Dorchester, Massachusetts, with peeling paint and weathered porches—representing the hidden threat of lead paint still present in many older housing units built before 1978, where families remain at risk of lead exposure due to insufficient testing and remediation.
Oct 08, 2025

Five Things To Know About Tailpipe Emissions

For far too long, we’ve accepted the vehicle exhaust that clouds our roads and cities as just the price we pay to move from one place to another. It’s become our new normal. Our acceptance of this status quo is part of the reason that the transportation sector was the largest source of greenhouse gases in the United States in 2022.  

Sep 30, 2025

Andrea Leshak

Andrea Leshak is a senior attorney in CLF’s Strategic Litigation program. Andrea joins CLF from U.S. EPA Region 2 where she served as an Assistant Regional Counsel focused on Superfund enforcement and cost recovery litigation. Before EPA, Andrea was an attorney at Hackensack Riverkeeper and NY/NJ Baykeeper and a legal fellow at NRDC. Andrea is… Continue reading Andrea Leshak

Andrea Leshak headshot
Sep 24, 2025

Environmental Justice Starts with Community Power

In South Providence and across New England, neighbors are proving that environmental justice starts with community power. From blocking polluting projects to shaping new laws, families and advocates are shifting the balance of power – building healthier, fairer futures for everyone.

Aerial view of the Port of Providence in Rhode Island, where industrial facilities sit near neighborhoods and green spaces, highlighting local environmental justice issues.