Feb 02, 2019
Defending the Charles River
Stormwater pollution is a major threat to the Charles River. CLF and the Charles River Watershed Association are pressuring the EPA to hold polluters accountable.
Focus Area: Clean Air & Water
Jan 28, 2019
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Responds to PFAS Petition
“PFAS contamination is endangering public health across Massachusetts,” said Heather Govern, Director of CLF’s clean water program. “Setting a protective limit is an important first step, as is DEP’s commitment to evaluate every option to protect the public from the entire PFAS class of chemicals. But there are thousands of these dangerous compounds in the environment, and CLF will continue the fight to rid them all from our water.”
Jan 28, 2019
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Responds to CLF PFAS Petition
“No one should have to worry about drinking toxic chemicals when they turn on their tap,” said Jen Duggan, Vice President and Director of CLF Vermont. “ANR’s decision to regulate five PFAS chemicals is an important first step.”
Jan 28, 2019
State proposes drinking water limits for PFAS contaminants
Jen Duggan, Vermont director of Conservation Law Foundation, said that CLF sees the drinking water standard as an “important step” and was encouraged to see the state is looking to move beyond setting chemical by chemical limits.
Jan 28, 2019
Agency Of Natural Resources Wants To Test All Vermont Drinking Water For PFAS Chemicals
“We are encouraged by ANR’s commitment to evaluate options to protect Vermonters from the PFAS class of chemicals,” said Jen Duggan, director of CLF Vermont. “ANR’s decision to regulate five PFAS chemicals is an important first step. There are thousands of these harmful substances, and CLF will continue to fight to get them out of our water.”
Jan 25, 2019
Tackling Toxic Chemicals
New England’s drinking water is under threat.
Jan 15, 2019
Tackling Toxic Chemicals in New Hampshire’s Drinking Water
CLF and our partners are calling on state leaders across New England to step in to protect our drinking water – and our health – from dangerous chemicals.
Jan 14, 2019
Pease Agrees To Address Contaminated Stormwater Runoff In Settlement
CLF says the new settlement is the first of its kind to require a redeveloped base to get a federal sewer permit, or to mandate pilot treatment technologies for PFAS.
Jan 13, 2019
Judge rejects Wychmere Beach Club’s motion to dismiss suit
The Boston-based environmental law firm contends this unimpeded flow of nutrients into these water bodies must be regulated under the Clean Water Act, which imposes much higher standards of pollution control than the state permit. Nutrients such as nitrogen spur rapid algal growth, destroying pond and bay ecosytems, rendering them unfit for swimming, fishing or marine life.
Jan 11, 2019
CLF Reaches Historic Agreement to Protect Great Bay from Stormwater Pollution
“This historic agreement ensures that the Pease Development Authority will be playing by the same rules as communities throughout the Seacoast and will comply with the Clean Water Act. The health and safety of our waters is essential to our communities and our economy. No one has a right to pollute them.”
