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February 14, 2020	UPDATE: Is Rhode Island Really Making Progress on Climate? by James Crowley UPDATE: Rhode Island has still not corrected how it measures dangerous greenhouse gas emissions. The State continues to dramatically underestimate the amount of methane – an extremely potent greenhouse gas – leaking from its pipes. To ensure Rhode Island makes real progress in cutting its carbon pollution, the legislature should adopt the Act On Climate 2020 bill – which would turn the State’s existing emission reduction goals into mandatory targets and hold the State accountable for achieving them.
February 13, 2020	Rebuild Atlantic Cod Now by Peter Shelley Atlantic cod is in crisis. For decades, our fishery managers have failed to take effective action to stem the problem. Now, a rapidly warming ocean is making cod’s precarious position even worse. Now, CLF is calling on the federal government to follow the law and rebuild Atlantic cod. If management doesn’t improve now, we could lose our founding fish forever.
February 12, 2020	Research from the Ground Up by Ashira Morris CLF’s Healthy Neighborhoods Study is powered by resident researchers, who play a key role in designing and conducting the study and in sharing it with their neighbors. Cliff Bennett, JoAnn Diaz, and Mela Miles, part of the research team on the ground in Roxbury, discuss what the survey means for their community.
February 12, 2020	Why New England Needs More Solar Energy by Bethany Kwoka From more severe storms to prolonged heat waves, climate change is here and it’s happening now. Luckily, clean energy solutions like solar panels can help both our planet and our economy.
February 11, 2020	We Need Recycling Reform in Maine – and All of New England by John Hite Maine legislators are working to shift soaring recycling costs back where they belong: onto the producers of unmanageable plastic packaging.
February 10, 2020	Supporting a Vermont Global Warming Solutions Act by Sandy Levine Vermont’s legislature hit the ground running this year. Lawmakers are taking up critical bills to tackle climate change – bills that put the state on a path to slash polluting emissions while making sure rural communities and hardworking Vermonters prosper.
February 7, 2020	Taking on Nitrogen Pollution by Melissa Paly and Heidi Trimarco Nitrogen pollution is one of the biggest threats to the Great Bay estuary. A new, comprehensive “Nitrogen General Permit” could help cut that pollution in half.
February 7, 2020	Proposed Garbage Depot Is a Bad Idea for Providence by Kevin Budris At the corner of Allens and Thurbers avenues in Providence, Rhode Island, sits a less-than-four-acre lot that could soon be home to a massive garbage depot. The proposal has nearby residents in South Providence and Washington Park worried and angry – and with good reason. These communities are already burdened by daily pollution from other nearby industrial facilities.
February 4, 2020	Getting off Gas by Investing in Rooftop Solar by Bethany Kwoka Since installing solar panels on their barn, Sean Mahoney and his wife have noticed a huge difference in their energy bills. They’ve also been able to reduce their carbon footprint.
January 31, 2020	New England Doesn’t Need, or Want, New Gas Pipelines by Bethany Kwoka Every winter the gas industry tries to scare us, claiming there isn’t enough gas during cold snaps to heat and power our homes. Their solution? More fracked gas and new, expensive gas pipelines. But we don’t have to buy into their propaganda. We have all the power we need without expensive new pipelines.