State: Maine

Apr 04, 2025

How Plastic is Made Is Harmful to People and the Environment

Plastic is everywhere – even in the places you’d least expect, like chewing gum, tea bags, wet wipes, receipts, and microwaveable popcorn bags. Yet, manufacturers continue to make more and more plastic each year – even though how plastic is made fuels a toxic cycle of production, consumption, and disposal.

trash can filled with plastic waste
Apr 02, 2025

Can They Do That? Making English the Only U.S. Official Language 

Trump’s latest executive order aims to make English the only official U.S. language – threatening civil rights and silencing millions. Learn how this move harms communities, undermines language access, and why CLF is fighting back to protect everyone’s voice.

President Trump signs an executive order at his desk, holding a black marker over an open document, with his red tie and hands reflected on the polished surface.
Mar 28, 2025

Accelerating the Clean Energy Future

The Schiller and Merrimack power plants are New England’s last two coal-fired behemoths. During their operating lives, the two relics pumped out deadly soot and climate-damaging carbon pollution. Now, thanks to a CLF campaign, they’re set to close.

An angled, overhead view of the Merrimack coal station.
Mar 27, 2025

Letting Rivers Flow Freely

The Kennebec River is emblematic of the damage dams can do to healthy rivers. For decades, dams blocked fish passage in Maine, causing a series of cascading problems. That’s why CLF has worked hard to remove dams that are harming people, communities, and wildlife.

A dam in Skowhegan, ME on the Kennebec River. Robby Virus via Flikr