Feb 03, 2025
Can Trump Stop Offshore Wind in New England?
Regardless, we’ll fight to keep offshore wind moving forward for the sake of cheaper energy and a healthier future.
State: Vermont
Jan 14, 2025
Attacking Marine National Monuments: Can They Do That?
This is part of an occasional series examining how the Trump administration may alter environmental laws. In 2020, President Trump rolled back protections of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. His administration opened it up to commercial fishing, endangering the area’s rare ancient corals, vibrant marine life, and vital habitats. We promptly sued… Continue reading Attacking Marine National Monuments: Can They Do That?
Jan 10, 2025
Jennifer Rushlow
Jenny Rushlow is a senior attorney for CLF Vermont, where she works in the Clean Energy & Climate Change program. Before joining CLF Vermont, Jenny was a Professor of Law, Dean of the Vermont School for the Environment, and Director of the Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law and Graduate School. Courses she taught include… Continue reading Jennifer Rushlow
Jan 09, 2025
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Are Ablaze With Fire
When I boarded a yellow school bus from South Central LA to Pacific Palisades each day, no one in either neighborhood was talking about climate change. But times have changed, and the unprecedented fires in Los Angeles are showing us what climate change looks like.
Jan 07, 2025
Critical Atlantic Cod Research Puts Survival of Struggling Fish at a Crossroads
New research shines a light on Atlantic cod’s falling populations.
Jan 03, 2025
Fossil Fuel Industry Challenges VT Climate Superfund Law
The fossil fuel industry is challenging a first-of-its-kind law meant to protect the wallets of Vermont families and businesses who are currently paying to cleanup and repair damage after extreme storms caused by climate change.
Dec 30, 2024
Your Question Answered: Is Aquaculture Sustainable?
Open-ocean, finfish aquaculture might seem like an efficient alternative to traditional commercial fishing but these fish farms cause tremendous damage to New England’s environment.
Dec 24, 2024
Five Questions with Caty Taborda
CLF’s new director of research and metrics has spent her career examining health inequity. Now, she brings an ambitious goal to CLF: addressing environmental health disparities across New England.
Dec 23, 2024
Progress Report: Tackling Toxic Chemicals
New England’s drinking water is under threat from dangerous chemicals. Toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, otherwise known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” infiltrate water because they are widely used in consumer, commercial, and industrial products.
Dec 19, 2024
Can They Do That? Deflating the Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act, the most extensive climate legislation ever passed in the United States, is now under threat thanks to Donald Trump’s pledge to unravel it.
