Dec 23, 2024
New England’s drinking water is under threat from dangerous chemicals. Toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, otherwise known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” infiltrate water because they are widely used in consumer, commercial, and industrial products.
Dec 19, 2024
The Inflation Reduction Act, the most extensive climate legislation ever passed in the United States, is now under threat thanks to Donald Trump’s pledge to unravel it.
Dec 17, 2024
CLF will continue to counter Trump and make climate and environmental progress in the next four years.
Dec 12, 2024
We have both great momentum and the fight of our lives ahead of us. And to prevail in that fight we need state officials committed to climate and environmental progress to step up their game.
Dec 09, 2024
If New Englanders hope to address the climate crisis, more of us must upgrade our old oil boilers and gas furnaces to electric heat. Our buildings are responsible for nearly a third of all the carbon pollution overheating our planet.
Dec 04, 2024
North Atlantic right whales are fascinating, majestic creatures. Get to know some remarkable facts about this critically endangered species.
Nov 26, 2024
Diving Cashes Ledge reveals a fantastic hotspot of biodiversity
Nov 22, 2024
Julia is a senior attorney with the Strategic Litigation team. Prior to CLF, she worked with The Wren Collective to advance policy for safer, healthier communities. She previously directed advocacy at Maine’s Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Before moving to Maine, she represented death-sentenced clients in Georgia. Julia holds a B.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill and a… Continue reading Julia Brown
Nov 21, 2024
Maine’s updated Climate Action Plan comes on the heels of the state’s rejection of two standards that would have cut climate-damaging pollution from cars and trucks. The plan is supposed to chart a pathway for curbing pollution, protecting our health, and safeguarding Maine’s environment.
Nov 14, 2024
In Maine, Cooke Aquaculture grows millions of salmon in these floating cages, which are spread across 13 active sites in the state. But these operations come with serious environmental consequences, many of which are largely unregulated and unaccounted for by current oversight systems.