Clean Air & Water Archives

Mar 10, 2025

Attacking NOAA and the EPA: Can They Do That?

The Trump administration has taken aim at NOAA and the EPA. We’re ready to fight back.

Mar 06, 2025

Rolling Back EPA Pollution Permits and Projects: Can They Do That?

The Trump administration could try to halt the EPA’s work to protect New England’s waters, but CLF will be ready to fight back.

Charles River, dotted with boats, with the city skyline in the background

Mar 05, 2025

SCOTUS Ruling Weakens Clean Water Protections

This Supreme Court has taken away an important tool used by federal and especially state agencies for decades to keep our waters safe from toxic pollution.

Mar 05, 2025

Flawed EIS for Kennebec Dams Ignores Calls for a Collaborative Recovery Solution

A final Environmental Impact Statement issued for four dams on Maine’s lower Kennebec River ignores the best available science and could doom endangered Atlantic salmon to extinction while harming recovery of other sea-run fish.

A dam in Skowhegan, ME on the Kennebec River. Robby Virus via Flikr

Feb 24, 2025

A Win for Clean Air in Tailpipe Pollution Case

CLF has won a First Circuit Court of Appeals decision in a lawsuit against Academy Express regarding the bus company’s unlawful tailpipe emissions.

An exhaust pipe is shown spewing out black smoke

Feb 20, 2025

The Hidden Connections Between Methane, Trees, and Heat Islands

Methane leaks kill trees and contribute to dangerous heat islands.

Sunny, mostly treeless Chelsea intersection

Feb 19, 2025

Turning Up the Heat with Geothermal Energy

Zeyneb Magavi is executive director of HEET, a Boston-based nonprofit (and a CLF partner) dedicated to spreading the gospel of geothermal energy. She sees geothermal networks linking hundreds of homes and businesses through pipes snaking deep underground as part of “an ethical and efficient thermal energy transition.”