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May 12, 2026
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Do Offshore Wind Farms Kill Whales? Evidence Says No.
We can balance protecting whales and advancing renewable energy
Right whale breaching the surface of the water
May 11, 2026
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Legal Intervention Aims to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales from Deadly Ship Strikes
This rule is the only one that protects the few remaining right whales from vessel strikes. Weakening it would be a reckless abandonment of our responsibility to protect endangered marine...
Right whale with visible propeller scars
May 11, 2026
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CLF Settles Historic Clean Air Lawsuit Against Academy Express for $5.6M   
The federal court’s rulings and the subsequent settlement demonstrate that Academy and others will face significant consequences if they ignore the laws aimed at protecting our health and the environment.
An exhaust pipe is shown spewing out black smoke
May 6, 2026
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RI Governor’s Budget Amendment Bad Deal for Customer Energy Costs
Clean energy is affordable energy. Rolling back a law that brings more of it online makes no sense.
A solar panel and wind turbine
May 6, 2026
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Can New England Industrial Facilities Run on Electricity? Yes.
It’s not only possible, but critical to upgrade these facilities to electricity so our neighbors don’t live in their polluting shadows.
A view of Rumford Paper Mill in the distance across a streaming river. There is smoke coming out of the Mill.
May 5, 2026
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Environmental Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration to Protect Northeast Canyons and Seamounts 
The last time the Trump administration tried to strip away protections, we sued and kept fighting until protections were restored. We’re ready to do it again.
A shrimp crawling on bright pink coral
May 4, 2026
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Extreme Weather is Here. Connecticut Must Create a Better Shelter System We Can Count On
We need a system open before, during, and after extreme weather events to keep our communities safe.
An aerial view of homes damaged and destroyed
April 30, 2026
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Lowell Residents File Lawsuit Challenging Data Center Expansion 
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection unlawfully approved the air permit allowing the data center to operate dozens of diesel generators and cooling towers. 
Photo of two-story neighborhood houses along a street in Lowell, Massachusetts, with the black facade of a data center looming over the homes in the background.
April 27, 2026
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Moose, Ticks, and Climate Change: A Q&A with Wildlife Biologist Eric Orff
Veteran wildlife biologist Eric Orff walks us through how warming temperatures are decimating New England’s moose populations.
A young bull moose looks back at the camera amongst a field of yellow-green plants.
April 25, 2026
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From Artemis to Earth Day
Despite trying times and competing needs, communities in our region continue to make concrete, collective decisions to protect what sustains us – not just on Earth Day – but all...
The planet earth floating in space
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