In the 1970s, Philip J. Landrigan conducted groundbreaking work linking lead in gasoline and paint to a lowered IQ in children exposed to it. Now he’s sounding the alarm about the pesticides and plastics in our lives that are also compromising the health of both children and adults.
Learn some of the most impactful activities you can do this Earth Day.
Trump’s latest executive order aims to make English the only official U.S. language – threatening civil rights and silencing millions. Learn how this move harms communities, undermines language access, and why CLF is fighting back to protect everyone’s voice.
The Schiller and Merrimack power plants are New England’s last two coal-fired behemoths. During their operating lives, the two relics pumped out deadly soot and climate-damaging carbon pollution. Now, thanks to a CLF campaign, they’re set to close.
CLF is advocating for bills that promote environmental justice and reduce inequity across New England
The Kennebec River is emblematic of the damage dams can do to healthy rivers. For decades, dams blocked fish passage in Maine, causing a series of cascading problems. That’s why CLF has worked hard to remove dams that are harming people, communities, and wildlife.
Climate Superfund bills could make the worst climate polluters fund projects to protect New Englanders from the impacts of climate change.
The Trump administration has taken aim at NOAA and the EPA. We’re ready to fight back.
The Trump administration could try to halt the EPA’s work to protect New England’s waters, but CLF will be ready to fight back.
A final Environmental Impact Statement issued for four dams on Maine’s lower Kennebec River ignores the best available science and could doom endangered Atlantic salmon to extinction while harming recovery of other sea-run fish.
