Oct 24, 2024

3 Terrifying Truths About the MBTA

Boston’s MBTA is crumbling, underfunded, and unreliable, leaving riders stranded and disconnected. These three terrifying truths reveal the haunting reality of our aging transit system, calling for urgent action to secure funding and prevent further collapse.

An MBTA rider is wearing a Halloween costume of the orange line on fire. The costume plays on the idea that riding the MBTA is terrifying.
Oct 23, 2024

CLF Continues Fight to Protect Cape Cod Waters 

CLF is keeping up its fight to stop Barnstable’s sewage treatment plant from polluting Cape Cod’s waters with nitrogen, leading to toxic algae outbreaks that destroy habitats and sicken people and pets.

Aerial view of algae mats in Warren's Cove in Marston Mills, Massachusetts. Cape Cod.
Oct 10, 2024

There is No Safe Haven from Climate Change

There is no haven from climate change. Like a B-movie horror film, we might run from the boogieman to locales we think are safe, but the scale and magnitude of climate change are so great that, sooner or later, the boogieman will get us.   
Our only recourse now is to take our heads out of the sand and work to do something about it.

storm clouds behind an evacuation route sign
Oct 07, 2024

Roots of Resilience

An increasingly accepted principle in city halls and state houses is that communities can become more resilient to extreme weather by leaning into nature.

A view of Dog River park in Northfield, VT with trees and grass in the foreground.