May 13, 2025
Healey Releases Energy Affordability Bill
To truly make energy affordable, Governor Healey must take bolder steps to rein in excessive utility spending on costly infrastructure projects and corporate profits.
Tag: environmental justice
Feb 07, 2025
What’s Wrong with Burning Trash, Anyway?
Incinerator companies have done a great job green-washing their true impacts on communities by implying that so-called “waste-to-incineration” facilities are good neighbors offering a safe process that eliminates waste, allows for robust recycling programs, and generates renewable energy. Nothing could be further from the truth. The reality is burning waste harms the health, environment, and economy of many communities. The perceived benefits simply aren’t worth the risk.
Oct 17, 2024
What Hurricanes Helene and Milton Reveal About Storm Inequity
People are still digging out in Florida and North Carolina after two powerful hurricanes, Helene and Milton, hit this month. Neighborhoods were flooded, trees and power lines were toppled, and rising rivers even swept away some homes. The devastation was so striking it would be easy to imagine everyone felt it equally. But the fact… Continue reading What Hurricanes Helene and Milton Reveal About Storm Inequity
Oct 16, 2024
FAQs: How to Plant, Protect, and Promote Trees in Your Neighborhood
Follow our tips to nurture a strong, thriving tree canopy.
Oct 02, 2024
How Many Times Must a Community Say No?
The Palmer biomass plant would harm Springfield residents and those in surrounding communities. It’s taken 10-plus years to stop it. After having their permit revoked, Palmer has appealed multiple times to have it overturned. CLF is going to court to protect Springfield’s right to clean air.
Aug 30, 2024
Why Cashes Ledge Deserves to Become a National Marine Sanctuary
Cashes Ledge nourishes marine life and builds climate resilience in the Gulf of Maine.
Aug 13, 2024
Methane Leaks Threaten Our Trees, Putting Our Communities at Risk
Trees are vital to climate resiliency because they keep cities cooler. But many trees are dying because of methane gas leaks.
Aug 06, 2024
The Truth About Tree Equity
The number of trees in a neighborhood is determined by income and race. It’s a troubling imbalance that holds broad social implications as we grapple with climate change.
Aug 01, 2024
Fossil Fuels Are More Dangerous Than You Think. Clean Energy Offers a Way Out.
Fossil fuels are dangerous to workers and communities. Renewable energy is a safer alternative.
Jul 30, 2024
New Hampshire Environmental Justice Laws Must Consider Total Pollution
Unlike other New England states, New Hampshire does not have laws designed to consider the cumulative effects of pollution.
