Springfield residents have spent 14+ years fighting a polluting biomass plant backed by expired permits and legal loopholes. Despite multiple court victories, the battle continues as developers push outdated paperwork. This is a story of environmental justice, community resilience, and the demand to finally end the Franken-permit once and for all.
As the pace of natural disasters picks up, stunned communities ask themselves: How do we clean up from this? While there’s no easy answers, we need to take a more systematic approach to natural disasters.
Conservative media and even some conservation spaces want you to believe that Black people don’t care about the environment, nor do they vote for the environment. I find that ironic, considering I was raised by farmers and environmentalists on both sides of my family. They cared about taking care of the environment because it was the only thing they had.
Dr. Casey Thornbrugh shares insights as an environmental advocate and citizen of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.
States are pouring money into roads and highways. It’s time for a better plan — one that cuts pollution and brings real driving alternatives to every community.
We spend so much time indoors, working, studying, exercising, or just lounging around on the couch that indoor air quality – or the lack of it – can profoundly affect our health.
The Trump administration has launched an all-out legal attack on states’ authority to set climate change policy, but the president has come to the fight That’s why we’re urging state and local leaders to remain steadfast in pursuing environmental and climate change policies they know will improve the health of the planet.
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.
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.
CLF is advocating for bills that promote environmental justice and reduce inequity across New England
