A year after the election of Donald Trump, at least one thing is clear: New England is not buying into his nostalgia for an America we left behind a long time ago. Despite the President’s rhetoric, the end of the fossil fuel era has already begun. With the region’s last two coal plants sitting today…
Nov 7
2017
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Nov 3
2017
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Conservation Matters Fall 2017
We are at a defining moment in the effort to avert the threat of climate catastrophe. President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord has put the United States on the wrong side of history. With renewed urgency, CLF is escalating our work to develop legally binding climate laws, like the one we helped create and enforce here in Massachusetts, in every New England state.
Nov 1
2017
2017
Road Work Ahead? Proposed Expansions of the Maine Turnpike Should Proceed with Caution
Traffic in the greater Portland area is getting worse, so the Maine Turnpike Authority wants to add lanes and build a new highway connector. But is this really the best solution to the problem?
Oct 4
2017
2017
UPDATE: Fighting the Vermont Gas Pipeline – at the State Supreme Court
UPDATE: CLF argued our case this morning, taking Vermont gas to task for trying to charge hardworking vermonters for a polluting pipeline. The Vermont Supreme Court was engaged in our argument – we’re asking that the Vermont Public Utilities Commission follow its own rules and re-examine this project based on ballooning costs. We’ll let you…
Sep 29
2017
2017
Why We Need Solar Energy Now
We all know that climate change is a big problem. From more severe storms to prolonged heat waves, climate change is here and it’s happening now. Luckily, clean energy solutions like solar panels can help both our planet and our economy. In the last five years, the amount of power generated by solar panels has…
Aug 11
2017
2017
It’s a Topsy Turvy World: EPA Wants to Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions
EPA is trying to roll back greenhouse gas emission standards on cars. Here’s what you can do to help.
Aug 9
2017
2017
Carbon Pricing 101
With the Trump administration in denial about climate change, let alone the need for urgent climate action, it’s up to the states to take the lead on curbing carbon pollution. Here in New England, such leadership is nothing new. Massachusetts passed first-of-its-kind legislation to limit emissions back in 2008 and all six New England states…
May 4
2017
2017
Another Day, Another Unneeded Fracked-Gas Power Plant
New England has been stepping away from fossil fuels, and our regional grid operator hasn’t been choosing new polluting power plants. So why are energy companies still trying to build them?
Apr 12
2017
2017
Climate-Damaging Emissions are Down in Massachusetts, but Getting to 2050 Will Take Much More
Last week Massachusetts finalized and released the state’s latest inventory of its statewide emissions of climate-damaging greenhouse gases (GHGs). The final numbers indicate that in 2014, the Commonwealth released the equivalent of 74.6 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is a slight improvement over 2013. That’s good news and is far better than the increase in climate-damaging emissions we saw the year before. But a single year of slightly lower emissions isn’t good enough.
Apr 12
2017
2017
CLF and New England Battle Back as President Trump Attacks U.S. Climate Progress
On March 28th, President Trump signed an executive order that launched a full-scale attack on our national progress in protecting public health and the environment from dangerous climate change. The so-called Energy Independence Order asks EPA to reconsider the Clean Power Plan, the first-ever federal rule designed to reduce climate-warming emissions from power plants, as…