Massachusetts faces a host of environmental and public health challenges that will likely take years to solve. But one problem we can clearly solve in the near term is the amount of waste we discard that should be reduced, composted, or recycled.
We must prepare our coastal communities for the increasing frequency and damage associated with high tide flooding. Here’s how.
Liz Rickley is a Policy Analyst working with CLF’s Healthy & Resilient Communities program. Before joining CLF, Liz worked at WegoWise where she supported energy and water efficiency projects in buildings across the country. Liz holds an MS in Environmental Policy and Planning and a Certificate in GIS from Tufts University. She completed her undergraduate… Continue reading Liz Rickley
Maggie Sullivan is a senior community resilience attorney promoting meaningful public access and climate resilience on the Massachusetts waterfront. Before coming to CLF, Maggie was an assistant attorney general in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s ratepayer advocacy division, and before that was a commercial litigator for a large Boston firm. Maggie currently serves on the board… Continue reading Maggie Sullivan
Oh, this is certainly a big deal. It gives a major boost to offshore wind, both in terms of some technical ways, like removing the price cap, but also changing the process of selection, so the major utilities aren’t deeply, essentially, controlling the process. There was kind of a fox in the henhouse design of the earlier law.
President Biden recently signed this first-of-its-kind climate bill into law – but what does it mean for climate action here at home?
The way we grow our food has a big impact on our climate. Changing how we farm can help our climate rather than harm it.
Regenerative farmers can play a role in combatting the climate crisis. However, if more farmers are to transition to climate-smart regenerative agriculture, they need sufficient technical and financial support.
“This new law takes some great steps on biomass and offshore wind, but it’s sorely lacking when it comes to environmental justice,” said Staci Rubin, Vice President of Environmental Justice at CLF. “For too long, these communities have been overburdened and overlooked when it comes to air quality, access to transit, and toxic pollution. We need to put a much larger focus on protecting EJ neighborhoods and phasing out fossil fuels once and for all when the legislature reconvenes.”
Clear communication goes a long way in helping people adjust to these inconveniences. It’s also time to dedicate the funding and staffing needed to repair our transit system today and stop kicking the can down the road.
