Strategy: Building our Clean Energy Future

Apr 28, 2025

The Truth About Electric Buses: From Challenges to Benefits

Electric buses are transforming public transit with cleaner air, quieter streets, and lower long-term costs. From Boston to Burlington, communities benefit from healthier rides and reliable service. Despite federal setbacks, local action can accelerate this transition. Learn why investing in electric buses is essential for a cleaner, safer future.

Electric bus charging at a station, highlighting the future of clean transit with electric buses.
Apr 23, 2025

The Truth about Biofuels

Are fuels derived from crops and waste good climate solutions at scale? Short answer: No. Here’s why.

Biofuels, like those created from soybeans, are not a climate solution at scale.
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 19, 2025

Turning Up the Heat with Geothermal Energy

Zeyneb Magavi is executive director of HEET, a Boston-based nonprofit (and a CLF partner) dedicated to spreading the gospel of geothermal energy.  She sees geothermal networks linking hundreds of homes and businesses through pipes snaking deep underground as part of “an ethical and efficient thermal energy transition.”