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February 14, 2022 | We Know Big Storms are Growing More Frequent and Severe. We Need to Prepare for Them Now.About 350,000 homes and businesses lost power in early February as a winter storm rolled across the country. The storm was mercifully much less deadly than the one last year, but now is the time to prepare for the next one. | |
February 9, 2022 | 5 Ways Big Beverage Sabotages Recycling ReformBig Beverage companies drive the global plastic pollution crisis, thanks to the single-use bottles in which they sell their beverages. They also do everything they can to maintain the status quo by sabotaging efforts to reform our recycling systems. That’s why we’re exposing Big Beverage’s playbook – because we can no longer afford to let them avoid responsibility while we drown in plastic pollution. | |
February 7, 2022 | Environmental Justice is Racial JusticeWhere we live affects how much pollution we experience each day. It affects how long our commute is, how hot our neighborhood gets in the summer, whether we can afford winter heating bills, how much or how little open space we have around us, and whether we have access to healthy homes, nourishing food, and quality schools. | |
January 27, 2022 | Keeping Food “Waste” Out of Landfills Can Help Relieve Food InsecurityMillions of adults and children around the country and here in New England suffer from a lack of access to affordable, nutritious food. What’s more, so much perfectly edible food gets dumped in landfills every day. The good news is that we can alleviate both of these problems at the same time. | |
January 26, 2022 | Why Is ISO-New England Helping Big Oil Lie to You?A misleading letter peddled by Big Oil echos the anti-clean energy rhetoric of a supposedly credible source: ISO-New England. | |
January 21, 2022 | Carbon Pricing 101A previous version of this blog was published in August, 2017 With the federal government stymied over any meaningful climate legislation, it’s up to the states to take the lead on curbing carbon pollution. Here in New England, such leadership is nothing new. Five New England states have climate laws in the books, mandating cuts… Continue reading Carbon Pricing 101 | |
January 20, 2022 | Connecticut Takes Promising Steps Towards Our Clean Energy FutureState officials recommend immediately downsizing and wrapping up a Connecticut plan to expand gas heat. | |
January 19, 2022 | Fishing for a Future: What “The Codfather” Fishing Scandal Can Teach Us About Fishery ManagementFor more than two decades, Carlos “The Codfather” Rafael dominated the New England groundfishery. He made millions from his criminal activities before a sting operation shut him down and forced him into prison. CLF’s latest publication offers guidance to improve the current management system and avoid another scandal like Rafael’s. | |
January 12, 2022 | My Turn: Energy Failure in New HampshireThe state’s Public Utilities Commission recently reversed nearly a decade of progress on energy efficiency in the state. | |
January 12, 2022 | Holding Producers Accountable for the Waste They CreateManufacturers should not be allowed to reap profits while their toxic products and packaging harm our health and environment. Producer responsibility laws have the potential to drastically cut our waste generation and disposal, as well as their harms. And all while holding producers accountable. |