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October 19, 2020	CLF Leverages Funds to Improve Public Health and Strengthen Local Businesses in New York by Kelsey Salmon Schreck CLF forges partnerships with maritime companies to leverage a creative funding solution for clean air: the EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA).
October 15, 2020	Trash Incineration in Providence Has Met Its Match by Olivia Synoracki The City of Providence took a critical step in creating a zero-waste future and protecting its communities by banning trash incineration. The ban provides a model that other communities throughout the region can follow.
October 15, 2020	UPDATE: What Would Massachusetts’s Environmental Justice Laws Accomplish? by Amy Laura Cahn Low-income, immigrant, and communities of color experience more environmental burdens than whiter, wealthier neighborhoods. Having strong environmental justice legislation would make a significant difference in these neighborhoods, in part by simply ensuring residents have a voice in what happens in their own communities.
October 14, 2020	Are Private Developers a Threat to the People’s Harbor? by Deanna Moran Private developers deliberately obscure the lines between public and private space along Boston’s waterfront – with the goal to make the general public feel unwelcome – even though we all have the legal right to access much of our waterfront lands. It’s time for private developers to become part of the solution to create a vibrant and welcoming Boston Harbor for all.
October 14, 2020	UPDATE: How Has Racism Contributed to Environmental Justice Inequities? by Amy Laura Cahn Environmental justice requires reversing and repairing the impacts of decades of environmental racism. Residents of environmental justice communities are the most likely to bear the burdens polluting industries and infrastructure, while having to fight for their share of resources we all need — healthy homes, schools, transit, food, and open space.
October 13, 2020	UPDATE: What Are Environmental Justice Protections? by Amy Laura Cahn For decades, low income, immigrant, and communities of color across the Commonwealth have disproportionately born the burdens of air pollution from power plants, congested freeways, and industrial activity. After generations of disenfranchisement, what would having strong environmental justice protections mean for these communities?
October 7, 2020	Voting Is a Right – We Must All Fight to Protect It by Bradley Campbell The leaders that we select in this year’s elections – up and down the ticket – will fundamentally shape our lives, not just for the next four years, but for decades to come. As a nonpartisan organization that wields the law to protect New England communities and that challenges broken systems and discriminatory policies, CLF cannot be a passive witness to any attempt to undermine our election process. Neither can our supporters.
October 6, 2020	What You Need to Know About the Boston Green New Deal by Saritha Ramakrishna The Green New Deal may be stalled on the federal level, but it’s always been local governments that move the needle on progress and have immediate, concrete impacts on our lives. Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu’s proposal – Planning for a Green New Deal & Just Recovery – is a great example of local action in the face of federal inertia, and offers an ambitious vision for Boston’s future.
October 1, 2020	Climate Change Is the Threat of Our Lifetime by Bethany Kwoka New England is extremely vulnerable to climate change. It’s a crisis not only for the environment, but also for the health of our communities. It will take systemic change in the way we do business, the way we govern, and the way we guide people to solve climate change and move into the next century.
October 1, 2020	States Stepping Up to Combat Toxic Forever Chemicals by Jake O'Neill Massachusetts regulated six dangerous PFAS chemicals. It’s a good start but, like its New England neighbors, more can be done to safeguard our drinking water.