Maine Archives

Mar 20, 2025

Climate Superfunds Will Make Polluters Pay

Climate Superfund bills could make the worst climate polluters fund projects to protect New Englanders from the impacts of climate change.

Exxon facility in Everett, Massachusetts during a rainstorm

Mar 10, 2025

Attacking NOAA and the EPA: Can They Do That?

The Trump administration has taken aim at NOAA and the EPA. We’re ready to fight back.

Mar 06, 2025

Rolling Back EPA Pollution Permits and Projects: Can They Do That?

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.

Charles River, dotted with boats, with the city skyline in the background

Mar 05, 2025

Flawed EIS for Kennebec Dams Ignores Calls for a Collaborative Recovery Solution

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.

A dam in Skowhegan, ME on the Kennebec River. Robby Virus via Flikr

Mar 04, 2025

The Truth About Overfishing

Overfishing is not caused by the actions of an individual boat. It’s a systemic problem in which federal regulators may allow fish to be caught faster than they can replenish themselves.

Feb 28, 2025

Let’s Talk About CLF in 2025

We continue to make progress notwithstanding this second Trump administration. They’re clearly better prepared and taking more radical steps to undermine our bedrock environmental laws and stop clean energy progress. But in a sense, their overreach may very well be their undoing.