Climate change will impact septic systems. Lawmakers can get ahead of this clean water issue by adapting septic system regulations to the climate changes to come.
Feb 24
2017
2017
Nov 1
2012
2012
Sandy in New England: We Can and Must Change The Pattern of Loss
Each of us personally experienced in some way Superstorm Sandy slamming into our communities all along the East Coast. For many of us, the destruction has been widespread and severe and will be long-lasting. In New England, our neighbors in Rhode Island and Connecticut have been dealt a particularly devastating blow.
Feb 6
2012
2012
Participate in the Future of Great Bay Estuary: Voice Your Support for Needed Protections at EPA’s February 9 Public Hearing in Dover, NH.
On Thursday, February 9, the EPA is holding a public hearing on a new Clean Water Act discharge permit for the City of Dover’s sewage treatment plant. The hearing involves a decision that will be critical to the health of the Great Bay estuary. We urge all who care about the future health of the estuary to attend. The hearing takes place at 7:00 pm in the McConnell Center located at 61 Locust Street (Room 306).
Dec 8
2011
2011
Love That Dirty Water: Massachusetts Lacks Money, Needs Clean Water
Massachusetts lacks money and needs clean water. This bind – one in which the state found itself following a June report – has forced a discussion policies that are raising the hackles of Massachusetts residents.
Jun 23
2011
2011
Three decades in the making, CLF celebrates a new, clean Boston Harbor
It’s been a busy day for South Boston on several fronts – but the dawning of a new era for a transformed Boston Harbor and the environmentalists, legislators and other officials who have been fighting for a clean harbor for nearly three decades.
Jun 21
2011
2011
City of Portland gets one of its dirtiest little secrets out of the sewer and into the spotlight
Last night, the Portland City Council took a big step forward in addressing one of the city’s dirtiest little secrets – the discharge of literally hundreds of millions of gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater into Casco Bay every year.
Dec 22
2010
2010
United States Joins CLF Lawsuit Against Boston Water and Sewer Commission
Today, the U.S. EPA announced that it will join CLF’s lawsuit against the Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) for violations of the Clean Water Act. The suit, filled by CLF in U.S. District Court in February 2010, states that BWSC has failed to control polluted discharges from its storm water system.
Mar 20
2010
2010
Going Green To Keep Our Waters Blue
The Massachusetts’ Water Resource Authority’s decision to release 15 million gallons of untreated sewage into Boston Harbor’s Quincy Bay during last weekend’s storm felt to many like a giant step backward in the decades-long fight to clean up Boston Harbor. The good news is that there are actions that can be taken today that could…