Press Releases Archive

Oct 05, 2026

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Lobster Vessel Tracking Rules that Support Conservation and Sustainability

The New England lobster fishery needs comprehensive, reliable data to respond to complex issues facing our ocean.

Oct 02, 2026

Coalition Sues Trump Administration Over Rule Making Cars Less Fuel Efficient

This lawsuit challenges the Trump administration rollback of fuel economy standards that will drive up costs for American drivers.

Clean car standards are good for our health, good for the environment, and good for our wallets.

Oct 01, 2026

CLF Challenges Gas Pipeline Push

More pipelines won’t protect New England from rising fuel prices.

Two construction workers in blue jumpsuits wearing masks are bent over welding a large pipeline. The pipeline stretches far into the background against a dug-out dirt background, where more construction workers are seen in the distance.

Oct 01, 2026

Court Rules CLF’s Case Against Cooke Aquaculture Can Move Forward

This ruling brings us one step closer to protecting the health of Maine’s waters and the ecosystems, industries, and communities that rely on them.

Sep 30, 2026

Senate’s Backroom Energy Deal Puts Communities and Clean Energy at Risk

The more than 400-page bill appears to adopt a fossil fuel industry wish-list.

Sep 18, 2026

Court Strikes Down Trump’s EPA Cancellation of $7B Solar for All Program

A federal judge rules that the agency unlawfully ended the program aimed at lowering energy bills and expanding access to solar.

Massachusetts is drafting a Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2030

Sep 18, 2026

Another New England Offshore Wind Project Completes Construction

Revolution Wind will power 350,000 homes, businesses with clean, affordable energy.

Sep 17, 2026

States Push Back on Civil Rights Rollbacks That Put Communities at Risk of More Pollution, Environmental Harms

Disparate-impact protections affect decisions that shape everyday life, from housing and health care to transportation and where polluting facilities are built.

Sep 17, 2026

Trump Administration Plans to Gut the Endangered Species Act, Threatening At-Risk Whales

This is a dangerous, unlawful reinterpretation of a longstanding law that will drive many species to extinction if the administration enacts it.

Right whale with visible propeller scars

Sep 15, 2026

CLF and Upstream Call to Restore Fish Passage in Cobbosseecontee Watershed

Maine must reopen historic habitat for alewives, blueback herring, eels, shad, and Atlantic salmon.