Blog
September 23, 2025 | Progress Report: Holding Shell Oil AccountableFor years, Shell Oil has jeopardized the health and safety of New England coastal residents by constructing oil storage tanks right next to waterways and communities. Shell did it in New Haven, Connecticut, where oil storage tanks hulk next to New Haven Harbor. And it did it again in Providence, Rhode Island, where an oil storage terminal looms above the iconic Narragansett Bay. |  |
September 18, 2025 | The Berkshire Future Is Getting Hazier: Wildfires Driven by Climate Change are Clouding Idyllic SkiesClimate change is fueling wildfires, causing dangerous air pollution that worsens public health across New England. |  |
September 16, 2025 | What are Wetlands? Why Are Wetlands Important?Wetlands are a critical piece of our ecosystem that must be protected. |  |
September 12, 2025 | How Solar Saved New England When Heat Waves Hit this SummerIt wasn’t gas or oil that kept our electricity grid secure during abnormally hot weather, it was solar. |  |
September 9, 2025 | By Revoking the Endangerment Finding, Trump is Putting Us All in DangerScrapping the Endangerment Finding both sets us back from the fundamental obligation of protecting health, but impedes the urgent action we need to address climate change. |  |
August 18, 2025 | Offshore Wind Farm Provides New Habitats for Seafloor LifeEarly reports from the South Fork wind project reveal that turbine structures are providing homes for marine life |  |
August 13, 2025 | Protecting “Blue Spaces” to Protect Mental HealthBeing in and around water has powerful benefits for your health |  |
August 13, 2025 | What Is Energy Efficiency?Investing in more efficient technology to power our homes and businesses now can save us money on our utility bills in the long run. |  |
August 11, 2025 | How Climate Change is Making Summer Humidity WorseNo, it’s not just you. Summers across New England are getting more humid. Failing deodorant and the inability to cool off by opening the windows at night are our new realities under the extreme weather caused by climate change. |  |
August 8, 2025 | Impacts of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” on New England’s Clean Energy EconomyWe break down how this disastrous bill will impact us here in New England. The bottom line: The news isn’t good, but in the end, the clean energy economy is unstoppable. |  |