State: National

Apr 08, 2025

Exposure to Chemicals is Making Our Kids Sick

In the 1970s, Philip J. Landrigan conducted groundbreaking work linking lead in gasoline and paint to a lowered IQ in children exposed to it. Now he’s sounding the alarm about the pesticides and plastics in our lives that are also compromising the health of both children and adults.

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.
Feb 28, 2025

Let’s Talk About CLF in 2025

We continue to make progress notwithstanding this second Trump administration. They’re clearly better prepared and taking more radical steps to undermine our bedrock environmental laws and stop clean energy progress. But in a sense, their overreach may very well be their undoing. 

Brad Campbell standing at waterfront in East Boston
Feb 27, 2025

Rolling Back Environmental Justice Regulations: Can They Do That? 

The Trump administration is working to roll back environmental justice protections like Justice40 and Title VI – but can they really do that? Undoing these policies won’t be easy, but their strategy goes beyond legal challenges. Learn how communities can fight back against these attacks on clean air, safe water, and environmental equity.

A wooden gavel held by a hand is poised above a small globe balancing on a judge's sound block, symbolizing the intersection of environmental justice and legal decisions. The background is blurred, emphasizing the focus on the gavel and Earth.