Investing in Change
by Ashira MorrisMichele Cubelli Harris gets a new lease on life, thanks in part to CLF’s Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund
Burning Waste Poisons People
by Olivia SynorackiJackie Mercurio is carrying on her mother’s fight against a toxic waste incinerator.
Stopping Big Oil
Grassroots organizing led to a big win over Big Oil in Maine. And while the case continues, residents are not sitting idle.
President Trump Illegally Stripped Protections for New England’s Marine Monument. We’re Suing.
CLF is suing the Trump administration for rolling back protections on the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, their latest attack on our public lands and waters.
Why New England States Are Fighting the Climate Crisis with Laws to Slash Emissions
Here in New England, only Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine have binding laws that set enforceable limits on the emissions that cause climate change – the same emissions scientists say must drop to net zero before 2050 to avoid the worst effects of climate catastrophe.
Local Food, Local Connections
Legal Food Hub launches in Connecticut to support local food economy
Getting the Lead Out
Charlene Lovett takes on lead poisoning in her New Hampshire city.
Farmland Matters
Vermont residents fought to protect working land threatened by sprawl – and succeeded.
Can Cod Be Saved?
Overfishing and inept management have driven Atlantic cod to the brink. Now climate change looms. Atlantic cod still have a chance at survival, but it’s not going to be easy.
How to Kill a Power Plant
In 2015, energy giant Invenergy announced its plan to pave over a pristine forest in Burrillville, Rhode Island, to build a 1,000-megawatt fracked gas and diesel oil power plant. For the next four years, CLF and the town of Burrillville fought to keep the polluting behemoth from being built.
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