Maine’s updated Climate Action Plan comes on the heels of the state’s rejection of two standards that would have cut climate-damaging pollution from cars and trucks. The plan is supposed to chart a pathway for curbing pollution, protecting our health, and safeguarding Maine’s environment.
In Maine, Cooke Aquaculture grows millions of salmon in these floating cages, which are spread across 13 active sites in the state. But these operations come with serious environmental consequences, many of which are largely unregulated and unaccounted for by current oversight systems.
CLF has notified Cooke Aquaculture of its intent to sue for Clean Water Act violations at 13 active sites in Maine where Cooke grows millions of salmon in 150 cages. The Canadian company regularly pollutes Maine’s iconic bays and negatively impacts recreation and the lobstering and fishing industries.
The Penobscot Nation and CLF filed an appeal to stop the harmful expansion of the Juniper Ridge Landfill.
Project 2025, written as a blueprint for a new conservative administration, would eviscerate decades of hard-won environmental protections for the benefit of the wealthy few. The rest of us—and the country as a whole—would be much worse off because of it.
Researchers at Climate Central find that autumn is becoming warmer, with consequences for our health and the environment
Getting entangled in fishing gear is a major threat to right whales. Solutions are available.
The Northern Edge is vital Atlantic cod habitat and needs protections.
CLF is fighting to ensure vital offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Maine are responsible and equitable.
The Gulf of Maine lease sale is a pivotal step in our clean energy transition and for the region to significantly reduce climate-damaging emissions.
