Maine Archives

Jan 09, 2026

Judge Rejects Proposed Juniper Ridge Landfill Expansion

This decision sends a powerful message: the lived experience of the Penobscot Nation matters, and environmental justice cannot be ignored.

A sprawling landfill under a bright sky, with piles of mixed waste. A bulldozer sits atop the waste, processing the layers. The scene conveys the scale of waste disposal and the potential for strong smells often associated with landfill operations and the mix of garbage.

Dec 26, 2025

Why We Should Care About Public Utilities Agencies

State public utilities agencies are the government entities that regulate the utilities operating within the state. These agencies oversee how utilities and energy companies can use your money – and how much they can charge you for their services.

Dec 22, 2025

Conservation Matters: Winter 2025

CLF is on the ground and in the courts, sustaining our clean energy progress. The stakes could not be higher. CLF will not relent until a just, affordable, and sustainable energy future becomes reality for all.

Magazine cover showing a small yellow cut-out house wrapped in a gray scarf. The house is not the actual size. Text reads Conservation Matters, a journal of Conservation Law Foundation. What's Fueling Your High Energy Bills.

Dec 22, 2025

Let’s Talk About Why Your Energy Bill is So High

As we head into winter, the cold, hard truth is that our energy bills are destined to spiral higher.

Dec 15, 2025

A Sustainable (and Tasty) Solution to Ocean Health

Since 2019, Ken Sparta and his son Leo have quite literally leapt into the world of oyster and kelp farming, where they now regularly pull oysters and kelp from the coastal waters near Freeport, Maine. In fact, in 2024, Spartan Sea Farms hauled 100,000 pounds of kelp out of the water.

Dec 09, 2025

Building the Momentum for On-Demand Fishing

On-demand fishing gear, with fewer dangerous lines that can entangle marine life, is a key tool in protecting right whales

Dec 03, 2025

Do Heat Pumps Work Year-Round?

Heat pumps are today’s cleaner, cheaper option for heating and cooling New England homes and businesses. It’s an option that doesn’t force us to rely on a fossil fuel system that is rapidly overheating our planet and draining our wallets.

Two air source heat pump units installed on a modern house

Nov 26, 2025

How to Talk to Friends and Family about Climate Change

Only about a third of Americans talk to family and friends about climate change, but conversation is a catalyst to change.

Nov 21, 2025

“A Remarkable, Unique Place”: Three Divers on Their Visit to Cashes Ledge

CLF scientist Gareth Lawson interviews three divers about their experience diving Cashes Ledge, an extraordinary marine habitat in the Gulf of Maine.

A diver measures kelp with a triangular frame while diving Cashes Ledge

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.