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CLF has experts available throughout New England on a variety of local, regional, and national issues, including climate change, clean water, environmental justice, ocean conservation, and renewable energy.

CLF Press Releases and News Clips

June 12, 2025
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CLF is appealing New Hampshire’s approval of a permit that allows the Manchester Wastewater Treatment Facility to discharge toxic PFAS chemicals – also known as “forever chemicals” - into the...
June 12, 2025
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Transportation is the largest source of carbon pollution in New England. Switching from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles cuts the pollution that endangers health and fuels climate change.   
June 11, 2025
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The Maine Legislature has passed LD 1065, a new law that will help large food institutions – from grocery stores to college cafeterias – keep food out of landfills and incinerators.
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June 10, 2025
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Enforcement of the Clean Water Act will at long last require mandatory control of nitrogen pollution, which is killing Cape Cod’s priceless estuaries. 
June 9, 2025
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Conservation Law Foundation and All-Star Transportation settled a lawsuit over Clean Air Act violations from harmful tailpipe emissions in Brookfield, New Milford, Seymour, and Waterbury.
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June 3, 2025
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Conservation Law Foundation is calling on Governor Ned Lamont to sign the bill without delay – and ensure it receives the funding it needs to make a real impact.
CTtransit bus in downtown Hartford, supporting fare-free transit for students.
May 30, 2025
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This bill takes important first steps and creates a needed stakeholder process, but it doesn’t confront the root cause of Vermont’s broken system: the divided jurisdiction over agricultural water pollution.
A farm on Lake Champlain
May 27, 2025
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This fight isn’t just about permits stamped in 2011. It’s about setting a dangerous precedent – letting polluters pretend it’s still 2011 while ignoring today’s science and silencing community voices.
May 27, 2025
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The rejected proposal would have brought up to 130,000 tons of waste per year – about 2,500 times the site’s current volume – into a residential neighborhood, raising serious concerns about...
Photo: image of garbage truck carrying waste from a dumpster into a waste transfer station or a landfill.
May 22, 2025
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Congress has gutted state authority to adopt standards that would increase the availability of clean cars and trucks and drive down the amount of tailpipe pollution in the air we...