In early February, I was headed home with our children from school pick-up. Several feet of snow covered the ground, but an eerie spring-like fog surrounded us. The unseasonably warm air smelled of the ocean. Several days of downpours were causing rising floodwaters, and we could hear each passing waterway raging. It was too close… Continue reading What is Vermont’s Flood Safety Act and Why Does It Matter?
New England’s last two coal-fired power plants will close by 2028 and the region will finally be free of this polluting, toxic, climate-changing fuel.
CLF is suing Big Oil to protect communities from dangerous facilities.
CLF is holding a big polluter accountable while allowing communities to restore contaminated public waters.
Maine’s coastal waters need more protection from polluting industrial fish farms.
CLF is fighting to enforce anti-idling laws and protect communities from tailpipe pollution.
Scientists are finding neonicotinoids which are used by farmers on seeds are killing pollinators, and that threatens our food system. Now Vermont’s Pollinator Protection Bill seeks to protect our crops.
“Every year, vehicle emissions are linked to thousands of deaths in the northeast,” said Heather Govern, Director of CLF’s Clean Air and Water program. “Large bus companies must be held accountable for ignoring idling laws designed to limit toxic emissions and protect public health. CLF filed this appeal to continue the fight for cleaner air in our communities.”
“It is unconscionable that anyone would build such a dirty power plant right across the street from a residential neighborhood,” said CLF attorney Johannes Epke. “Inefficient biomass plants like the one proposed here don’t make sense anywhere in 2023, and especially not in a community in Springfield already overburdened by air pollution. Burning wood for electricity worsens asthma and other respiratory conditions and sets us back in reaching mandatory climate goals, and the court made the right decision.”
The Conservation Law Foundation reached an agreement with Schnitzer Steel over heavy metal pollution going into the water in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Puerto Rico
