Climate disruption is forcing us to regularly grapple with extreme weather. That’s why we need to act now on climate resiliency measures to ensure that our communities can cope with not only the climate impacts here today but with those yet to come.
The gas industry is trying to convince us that electric stoves are inferior to gas stoves. But we’ve got the facts that make electric stoves sizzle with potential.
New England’s fishery managers have adopted a new plan to help the Gulf of Maine cod population bounce back.
All of us at CLF are reeling from and sharing in the national outrage over the murders and persecution of black people perpetrated and condoned by the police and other state actors. Racial justice is at the heart of climate justice, and we fight for both.
Heather Thomas is the Manager of Operations & the Massachusetts Office. She has primarily worked in the non-profit world focusing on environmental issues and food justice work, including two years with Ameri-Corps. She also spent a few years in the travel industry. She received her B.S. in Environmental Studies and Spanish Linguistics from Gettysburg College.… Continue reading Heather Thomas
Katherine Lee Goyette is a Staff Attorney assisting with the coordination of the Clean Energy and Climate Change Program’s efforts to ensure the timely, effective and equitable implementation of climate laws in all six New England states. Prior to CLF, she served as Counsel at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU). Her work at… Continue reading Katherine Lee Goyette
Dr. Gareth Lawson is a Senior Scientist in the CLF Ocean Program. Before CLF, Gareth was a scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where his research program focused on various marine animals in the context of fisheries, ecosystem management, and climate change. Gareth earned his PhD in the MIT–WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, his… Continue reading Gareth Lawson
Alex is a senior attorney with the Strategic Litigation team. Prior to joining CLF, Alex was a senior staff attorney on the economic justice team at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, where she litigated federal civil rights class actions challenging debtor prisons, money bail, privatized probation, and financial bias in the criminal… Continue reading Alexandra Jordan
Dominique White is the Program Coordinator for CLF’s People, Culture, and Equity department. In this role, she works to advance inclusion and a welcoming culture for all employees at CLF. She collaborates cross-organizationally to offer staff and volunteers resources and tools to apply an equity lens to the work they are doing for CLF. Prior… Continue reading Dominique White
In the last five years, the foundation successfully settled eight lawsuits against bus vendors, four of which serve schools.
“We really have to put the pressure on to get these companies to transition,” said Heather Govern, vice president and director of CLF’s Clean Air and Water Program.
