Thalia Chaves is the Program Assistant for Strategic Litigation at CLF. She works to further CLF’s strategic litigation program management, active litigation cases, and cases in development. Thalia joins CLF following her graduation from Boston College this May, where she graduated with a B.A. in International Relations. She wrote her senior honors thesis on the… Continue reading Thalia Chaves
CLF is fighting to develop offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine while protecting our natural resources and coastal communities.
Single-use plastic bag recycling seems like the right thing to do, but only a tiny portion of our plastic bags get recycled. Mostly, they end up being incinerated, or piled up in landfills, where they slowly break down into microplastics.
Robert King has nursed neglected dams back to health for more than 30 years. He says his story shows how regular people concerned about climate change can make a difference.
In June, the state of Hawai’i agreed to cut carbon emissions in a historic climate case settlement. This is a big win with implications for communities in New England and beyond.
Local anti-wind citizens’ groups are using pro-environment rhetoric to turn public opinion against offshore wind, a tactic borrowed from fossil fuel companies.
In its ruling against “Chevron deference” the Supreme Court has eroded the environmental and health protections we rely on.
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned 40 years of precedent and practice comprising the “Chevron doctrine,” under which federal courts defer to an agency’s interpretation of ambiguous legal terms when Congress has given that agency authority to implement the law.
Toxic blue-green algae makes it dangerous to swim for humans and animals, and climate change is making it worse.
Cole has worked at housing justice and environmental justice organizations on a variety of community organizing campaigns and projects. He is an alum of Tufts University’s Urban and Environmental Planning M.A. Program. He most recently joins us from Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, a nonprofit based in Roxbury, MA, where he was Development and Communications Coordinator. Cole… Continue reading Cole Huang
