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Why Do Landfills Stink?

I’ll never forget the first time I visited a landfill. My family forgot to take out the trash on pickup day. So, my dad and I loaded the bags into the truck and drove to the local dump ourselves. As we arrived, my dad told me to stay in the truck while he hauled out… Continue reading Why Do Landfills Stink?

Five Questions with Caty Taborda

CLF’s new director of research and metrics has spent her career examining health inequity. Now, she brings an ambitious goal to CLF: addressing environmental health disparities across New England.

Progress Report: Tackling Toxic Chemicals

New England’s drinking water is under threat from dangerous chemicals. Toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, otherwise known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” infiltrate water because they are widely used in consumer, commercial, and industrial products.

The Massachusetts Climate Law is a Win for Utility Customers

The Massachusetts legislature passed, and Governor Maura Healey has signed, a climate law that may be the first step toward a clean, reliable, and economical grid that will be less prone to outages and more resistant to extreme weather.

Can They Do That? Deflating the Inflation Reduction Act

The Inflation Reduction Act, the most extensive climate legislation ever passed in the United States, is now under threat thanks to Donald Trump’s pledge to unravel it.

I Just Spoke to Vermont Climate Councilors

On behalf of every family and business affected by extreme weather, I demanded accountability and accuracy from our government.

Three Things You Need to Know About the New Massachusetts Climate Law

It includes people in climate solutions, strengthens our electric system, and paves the way for more clean energy.

With State Leadership, Trump Can Only Slow – Not Stop –Climate Progress

We have both great momentum and the fight of our lives ahead of us. And to prevail in that fight we need state officials committed to climate and environmental progress to step up their game.

Title VI Turns 60! But Its Future Is Under Threat

For 60 years, Title VI has helped communities fight back against injustice, from environmental pollution to racial discrimination. But now, recent court decisions and potential Trump-era rollbacks threaten these protections. We need to strengthen Title VI to ensure everyone has access to clean air, safe water, and a healthy environment.

Girding the Grid for Climate Change

Supercharged storms are rampaging through towns and cities like a bull liberated from a pen, crashing through a fragile utility infrastructure that, in many cases, has not changed in a century. U tility companies submit to the onslaught of storms, repair the damage, then obediently wait for more and do it all over again.

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