State: Massachusetts

Feb 01, 2023

The Truth About Electric Stoves  

The gas industry is trying to convince us that electric stoves are inferior to gas stoves. But we’ve got the facts that make electric stoves sizzle with potential.

Hand turning on an electric burner
Jan 30, 2023

Black Lives Matter

All of us at CLF are reeling from and sharing in the national outrage over the murders and persecution of black people perpetrated and condoned by the police and other state actors. Racial justice is at the heart of climate justice, and we fight for both.

Jan 25, 2023

Heather Thomas

Heather Thomas is the Manager of Operations & the Massachusetts Office. She has primarily worked in the non-profit world focusing on environmental issues and food justice work, including two years with Ameri-Corps. She also spent a few years in the travel industry. She received her B.S. in Environmental Studies and Spanish Linguistics from Gettysburg College.… Continue reading Heather Thomas

Jan 25, 2023

Katherine Lee Goyette

Katherine Lee Goyette is a senior attorney assisting with the coordination of the Climate & Energy program’s efforts to ensure the timely, effective and equitable implementation of climate laws in all six New England states.  Prior to CLF, she served as counsel at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU).  Her work at the DPU… Continue reading Katherine Lee Goyette

Jan 25, 2023

Gareth Lawson

Dr. Gareth Lawson is a Senior Scientist in the CLF Ocean Program. Before CLF, Gareth was a scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where his research program focused on various marine animals in the context of fisheries, ecosystem management, and climate change. Gareth earned his PhD in the MIT–WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, his… Continue reading Gareth Lawson

Jan 23, 2023

Dominique White

Dominique White is the Manager for CLF’s Culture and Equity department. In this role she works to advance inclusion and a welcoming culture for all employees at CLF. She collaborates cross-organizationally to offer staff and volunteers resources and tools to apply an equity lens to the work they are doing for CLF.   Prior to joining… Continue reading Dominique White

Jan 23, 2023

More Massachusetts districts are switching to electric school buses

In the last five years, the foundation successfully settled eight lawsuits against bus vendors, four of which serve schools.

“We really have to put the pressure on to get these companies to transition,” said Heather Govern, vice president and director of CLF’s Clean Air and Water Program.